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
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
24.8s Last Painted Hero
24.8s Visually Complete
30.8s First CPU Idle
30.8s Time To Interactive
38.82s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
43.44s First CPU Idle
43.44s Time To Interactive
44.84s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.74s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.21s Largest Contentful Paint
8.48s First CPU Idle
58s Visually Complete
80.46s Time To Interactive
90.38s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.9s Largest Contentful Paint
43.85s First CPU Idle
43.85s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
62s Last Painted Hero
95.75s Fully Loaded

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#5 REUTERS
0.88s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
23.72s First CPU Idle
118.1s Visually Complete
119.78s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.75s Largest Contentful Paint
20.63s First CPU Idle
31.4s Last Painted Hero
31.4s Visually Complete
41.78s Time To Interactive
55.82s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
42.2s Visually Complete
46.61s First CPU Idle
46.61s Time To Interactive
59.02s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
3.1s Start Render
4s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
35.2s First CPU Idle
44.42s Time To Interactive
56.12s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.19s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
50.55s First CPU Idle
50.55s Time To Interactive
51.61s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.31s Largest Contentful Paint
9.1s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
35.96s First CPU Idle
44.13s Time To Interactive
59.51s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.9s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
53.53s Fully Loaded
55.96s Time To Interactive

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.39s Largest Contentful Paint
6.86s First CPU Idle
77.8s Time To Interactive
78s Last Painted Hero
78s Visually Complete
81.23s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.41s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
19.2s First CPU Idle
19.2s Time To Interactive
23.48s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
2.08s Backend
4s Start Render
4.42s First CPU Idle
7.65s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
88s Visually Complete
97.19s Time To Interactive
119.62s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
8.04s Largest Contentful Paint
96.05s First CPU Idle
114.7s Visually Complete
120.47s Time To Interactive
130.66s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.9s Start Render
9.49s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
24.5s First CPU Idle
33s Visually Complete
56.91s Time To Interactive
71.86s Fully Loaded

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#17 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.8s Start Render
11.07s Largest Contentful Paint
36.2s Last Painted Hero
36.2s Visually Complete
93.32s First CPU Idle
101.47s Time To Interactive
104.85s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.73s Backend
7.4s Start Render
22.13s Largest Contentful Paint
46.68s First CPU Idle
60.5s Last Painted Hero
60.6s Visually Complete
91.03s Time To Interactive
107.07s Fully Loaded

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#19 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.8s Start Render
27.01s Largest Contentful Paint
31.35s First CPU Idle
35s Visually Complete
116.81s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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