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
0.77s Backend
1s Start Render
4.22s Largest Contentful Paint
17.08s First CPU Idle
17.08s Time To Interactive
18.05s Fully Loaded
18.1s Last Painted Hero
18.1s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
37.2s Last Painted Hero
60.8s First CPU Idle
60.8s Time To Interactive
117s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.88s Largest Contentful Paint
11.4s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
14.09s First CPU Idle
14.09s Time To Interactive
16.82s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.44s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
35.08s First CPU Idle
35.08s Time To Interactive
76.7s Visually Complete
86.47s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
13.9s Visually Complete
28.77s First CPU Idle
59.34s Fully Loaded
59.35s Time To Interactive

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
36.3s Visually Complete
40.71s First CPU Idle
40.71s Time To Interactive
60.33s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.3s Start Render
2.47s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
13.52s First CPU Idle
60s Visually Complete
93.03s Fully Loaded
94.54s Time To Interactive

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.6s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
5.2s First CPU Idle
5.25s Largest Contentful Paint
20.2s Visually Complete
37.25s Time To Interactive
42.34s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.85s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.66s First CPU Idle
5.84s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Visually Complete
53s Last Painted Hero
53.24s Time To Interactive
54.49s Fully Loaded

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#10 NPR
0.98s Backend
3.6s Start Render
19.71s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
61.26s First CPU Idle
80s Time To Interactive
93.68s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.7s Start Render
6.6s Largest Contentful Paint
39.87s First CPU Idle
40.6s Last Painted Hero
40.6s Visually Complete
66.43s Time To Interactive
81.21s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
3.8s Start Render
14.21s First CPU Idle
24.75s Largest Contentful Paint
28.7s Last Painted Hero
28.7s Visually Complete
62.42s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
9.29s Largest Contentful Paint
21.94s First CPU Idle
23s Last Painted Hero
63.7s Time To Interactive
82.82s Fully Loaded
87.9s Visually Complete

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5.2s Start Render
25.37s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
39.5s Visually Complete
46.58s First CPU Idle
104.25s Time To Interactive
119.23s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
26.5s Last Painted Hero
27.19s First CPU Idle
27.19s Time To Interactive
37.54s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.24s Largest Contentful Paint
10.3s Visually Complete
112.6s First CPU Idle
119.64s Time To Interactive
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.49s Backend
8.2s Start Render
11.7s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Last Painted Hero
37.4s Visually Complete
50.85s First CPU Idle
50.85s Time To Interactive
53.14s Fully Loaded

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