SpeedCurve

Page Speed Benchmarks

Page speed has a huge impact on user experience. Faster sites have been proven to have lower bounce rates, higher conversion rates, bigger shopping cart sizes, and happier users. In these dashboards, we rank industry-leading websites based on how fast their pages appear to load, from a user’s perspective. For each site, click through to see their detailed test results.

Mobile Slow - Tested every day on an emulated mobile device at 4G Slow (1.6Mbps/768Kbps 150ms RTT). Find out more about why it's so important to test at slow speeds. Sites are sorted by Start Render which is when the first non-white content is painted in the browser.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A MOBILE SLOW CONNECTION

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#1 BBC.COM
0.84s Backend
1s Start Render
4.76s Largest Contentful Paint
16.49s First CPU Idle
16.49s Time To Interactive
17.5s Last Painted Hero
17.5s Visually Complete
17.52s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.81s Backend
1s Start Render
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
99.98s First CPU Idle
106.43s Time To Interactive
111.9s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.06s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
10.16s First CPU Idle
10.16s Time To Interactive
10.42s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.3s Start Render
6.94s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
71.6s First CPU Idle
71.6s Time To Interactive
120.56s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
26.38s First CPU Idle
26.38s Time To Interactive
29.24s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Start Render
26.15s First CPU Idle
64s Last Painted Hero
70s Visually Complete
76.83s Time To Interactive
119.16s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.83s Backend
3.3s Start Render
5.62s Largest Contentful Paint
51.6s Last Painted Hero
51.6s Visually Complete
52.41s First CPU Idle
52.41s Time To Interactive
53.83s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
1.01s Backend
3.7s Start Render
5.46s Largest Contentful Paint
33.9s Last Painted Hero
33.9s Visually Complete
35.62s First CPU Idle
60.8s Time To Interactive
74.53s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.6s Backend
4.2s Start Render
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
16.99s First CPU Idle
27s Last Painted Hero
69.19s Time To Interactive
77.45s Fully Loaded
82.7s Visually Complete

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#10 VOX
0.72s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.5s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
14.4s Visually Complete
28.64s First CPU Idle
113.87s Time To Interactive
117.98s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.86s Backend
4.49s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Start Render
39.3s Last Painted Hero
39.3s Visually Complete
39.4s First CPU Idle
56.62s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.95s Backend
4.6s Start Render
33.35s First CPU Idle
47s Largest Contentful Paint
72.4s Last Painted Hero
72.4s Visually Complete
74.88s Time To Interactive
81.6s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.79s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.57s First CPU Idle
8.9s Last Painted Hero
8.92s Largest Contentful Paint
40.8s Visually Complete
54.1s Time To Interactive
55.17s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Start Render
6.1s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
26s First CPU Idle
26s Time To Interactive
36.41s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
6.1s Start Render
34.78s First CPU Idle
38.5s Last Painted Hero
38.51s Largest Contentful Paint
65s Visually Complete
111.23s Time To Interactive
133.67s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.41s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Visually Complete
90.99s First CPU Idle
90.99s Time To Interactive
120.18s Fully Loaded

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#17 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.5s Start Render
3.78s Largest Contentful Paint
6.72s First CPU Idle
27.7s Last Painted Hero
28.2s Visually Complete
30.9s Time To Interactive
34.49s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
11.2s Start Render
11.37s Largest Contentful Paint
18.24s First CPU Idle
18.7s Last Painted Hero
18.7s Visually Complete
76.58s Time To Interactive
90.84s Fully Loaded

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