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
0.76s Backend
1s Start Render
4.35s Largest Contentful Paint
15.68s First CPU Idle
15.68s Time To Interactive
16.55s Fully Loaded
16.6s Last Painted Hero
16.6s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
58s Last Painted Hero
59.04s First CPU Idle
59.04s Time To Interactive
80.8s Visually Complete
87.95s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
9.16s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
9.73s First CPU Idle
9.73s Time To Interactive
9.89s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
14.13s First CPU Idle
33s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
57.13s Time To Interactive
60.78s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.74s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
31.23s First CPU Idle
31.23s Time To Interactive
33s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.87s Backend
2.7s Start Render
7.59s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
65.7s First CPU Idle
69s Visually Complete
73.8s Fully Loaded
75.5s Time To Interactive

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#7 VOX
0.71s Backend
3.14s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Start Render
6.1s Last Painted Hero
14.6s Visually Complete
65.81s First CPU Idle
74.22s Time To Interactive
98.44s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.86s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
33.7s Last Painted Hero
33.7s Visually Complete
57.98s First CPU Idle
57.98s Time To Interactive
68.1s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.46s Backend
4.3s Start Render
9.59s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
26.3s First CPU Idle
92s Visually Complete
103.12s Time To Interactive
117.41s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.95s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.55s Largest Contentful Paint
21.51s First CPU Idle
67.84s Time To Interactive
77.4s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.96s Backend
4.6s Start Render
30.28s First CPU Idle
38.94s Time To Interactive
78.83s Largest Contentful Paint
99.2s Last Painted Hero
99.2s Visually Complete
103.18s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.03s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
20.93s First CPU Idle
35.3s Visually Complete
50.65s Time To Interactive
52.47s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.16s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Start Render
5.3s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
15.82s First CPU Idle
37.97s Time To Interactive
41.79s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.8s Backend
5.5s Start Render
27.88s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
31.71s First CPU Idle
94.91s Time To Interactive
119.34s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.5s Start Render
7.76s Largest Contentful Paint
47s Last Painted Hero
62.85s First CPU Idle
82s Visually Complete
82.29s Time To Interactive
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
10.4s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete
12.88s First CPU Idle
73.07s Time To Interactive
99.76s Fully Loaded

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