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 Largest Contentful Paint which is when the largest element – usually image or video – in the viewport is rendered.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A MOBILE SLOW CONNECTION

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#1 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
41.34s First CPU Idle
59s Last Painted Hero
59s Visually Complete
68.73s Time To Interactive
86.27s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
31.56s Fully Loaded
35.37s First CPU Idle
35.37s Time To Interactive

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#3 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
26.05s First CPU Idle
69s Visually Complete
81.12s Time To Interactive
89.31s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.82s Largest Contentful Paint
21.47s First CPU Idle
52.18s Time To Interactive
68s Visually Complete
70.51s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.87s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
46.14s First CPU Idle
53.3s Time To Interactive
109.58s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.16s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
34.1s Visually Complete
34.63s First CPU Idle
34.63s Time To Interactive
48.34s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.47s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
68.41s First CPU Idle
78.36s Time To Interactive
102.34s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.6s Start Render
5.47s Largest Contentful Paint
8.45s First CPU Idle
20.9s Last Painted Hero
20.9s Visually Complete
23.94s Time To Interactive
27.76s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.6s Visually Complete
5.62s Largest Contentful Paint
28.4s Last Painted Hero
40.59s First CPU Idle
40.59s Time To Interactive
69.48s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
55.7s First CPU Idle
55.7s Time To Interactive
94s Visually Complete
114.42s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
6.5s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
35.6s Visually Complete
55.13s Time To Interactive
57.8s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.97s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.52s First CPU Idle
6.7s Last Painted Hero
6.73s Largest Contentful Paint
69.78s Time To Interactive
94.2s Visually Complete
120s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.71s Backend
6s Start Render
6.85s Largest Contentful Paint
15.73s First CPU Idle
56s Last Painted Hero
88.1s Visually Complete
94.33s Time To Interactive
98.49s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
12.8s Last Painted Hero
12.8s Visually Complete
16.23s First CPU Idle
16.23s Time To Interactive
17.96s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
6.1s Start Render
11.89s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Visually Complete
32s Last Painted Hero
56.01s First CPU Idle
56.01s Time To Interactive
73.56s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.98s Backend
6.2s Start Render
21.49s Largest Contentful Paint
56.41s First CPU Idle
64.3s Last Painted Hero
64.3s Visually Complete
71.02s Time To Interactive
89.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.8s Start Render
28.45s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Visually Complete
35.64s First CPU Idle
111.99s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
5.2s Start Render
40.33s First CPU Idle
48.39s Largest Contentful Paint
81.05s Time To Interactive
94s Visually Complete
133.2s Fully Loaded

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