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
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
48s Visually Complete
49.09s First CPU Idle
80.82s Time To Interactive
89s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.06s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
50.69s First CPU Idle
50.69s Time To Interactive
53.86s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.5s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
9.36s First CPU Idle
9.36s Time To Interactive
27.2s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
22.98s First CPU Idle
22.98s Time To Interactive
26.56s Fully Loaded

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#5 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.33s Largest Contentful Paint
18.85s First CPU Idle
30.4s Last Painted Hero
30.4s Visually Complete
50.72s Time To Interactive
59.83s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
3s Start Render
3.63s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
33.13s First CPU Idle
33.13s Time To Interactive
53.44s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.75s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s Last Painted Hero
27.5s Visually Complete
40.97s First CPU Idle
40.97s Time To Interactive
56.95s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.09s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
32.7s First CPU Idle
32.7s Time To Interactive
48s Visually Complete
50.87s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.72s Backend
4.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
34.8s Visually Complete
43.69s Time To Interactive
45.5s Fully Loaded

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#10 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
8.2s Visually Complete
29.4s Last Painted Hero
58.9s First CPU Idle
58.9s Time To Interactive
90.5s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
3s Start Render
5.38s First CPU Idle
5.57s Largest Contentful Paint
24.2s Last Painted Hero
25.2s Visually Complete
25.94s Time To Interactive
34.61s Fully Loaded

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#12 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.3s Visually Complete
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
27.6s Last Painted Hero
33.69s First CPU Idle
33.69s Time To Interactive
59.44s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.84s Largest Contentful Paint
16.79s First CPU Idle
74s Last Painted Hero
80.28s Time To Interactive
98.3s Visually Complete
131.27s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1.36s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.77s First CPU Idle
7.1s Last Painted Hero
7.14s Largest Contentful Paint
61.57s Time To Interactive
61.6s Visually Complete
63.52s Fully Loaded

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#15 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.3s Start Render
7.66s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
47.6s First CPU Idle
47.6s Time To Interactive
61.52s Fully Loaded

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#16 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.78s Largest Contentful Paint
13.1s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Visually Complete
16.4s First CPU Idle
16.4s Time To Interactive
19.77s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
1s Backend
6.4s Start Render
23.34s Largest Contentful Paint
50s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete
55.9s First CPU Idle
80.1s Time To Interactive
91.04s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.9s Start Render
24.32s First CPU Idle
25.85s Largest Contentful Paint
56.9s Visually Complete
93.41s Time To Interactive
217.09s Fully Loaded

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