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
0.74s Backend
0.9s Start Render
5.28s Largest Contentful Paint
17.46s First CPU Idle
17.46s Time To Interactive
18.3s Fully Loaded
18.3s Last Painted Hero
18.3s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.81s Backend
1s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
103.3s Visually Complete
118.32s First CPU Idle
118.32s Time To Interactive
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.43s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
9.79s First CPU Idle
9.79s Time To Interactive
9.91s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.75s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.76s Largest Contentful Paint
11.32s First CPU Idle
39s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
48.86s Time To Interactive
103.8s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
3.45s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
36.43s First CPU Idle
36.43s Time To Interactive
43.98s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
7.65s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
69.74s First CPU Idle
94.2s Time To Interactive
118s Visually Complete
119.68s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.92s Backend
3.5s Start Render
13.16s Largest Contentful Paint
13.2s Visually Complete
58.63s First CPU Idle
58.63s Time To Interactive
73.28s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.78s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.77s Largest Contentful Paint
45.57s First CPU Idle
45.57s Time To Interactive
53s Last Painted Hero
64.72s Fully Loaded
65.6s Visually Complete

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#9 VOX
0.73s Backend
4.19s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Start Render
6s Last Painted Hero
14.6s Visually Complete
32.66s First CPU Idle
116.26s Time To Interactive
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
8.07s Largest Contentful Paint
93s Visually Complete
94.54s First CPU Idle
94.54s Time To Interactive
120.54s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.88s Backend
4.9s Start Render
4.94s Largest Contentful Paint
15.22s First CPU Idle
38.3s Last Painted Hero
38.3s Visually Complete
52.04s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5s Start Render
6.07s First CPU Idle
18.45s Largest Contentful Paint
26.9s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
55.42s Time To Interactive
57.18s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.11s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
15.66s First CPU Idle
17.1s Visually Complete
44.16s Time To Interactive
46.33s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.5s Start Render
13.93s First CPU Idle
13.93s Time To Interactive
21.73s Largest Contentful Paint
110s Last Painted Hero
119.98s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#15 BLOOMBERG
3.56s Backend
8.7s Start Render
34.74s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Last Painted Hero
41.34s First CPU Idle
82s Visually Complete
111.15s Time To Interactive
119.21s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.54s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
13.1s First CPU Idle
51s Visually Complete
72.87s Time To Interactive
78.91s Fully Loaded

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