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
84.4s Visually Complete
89.61s First CPU Idle
89.61s Time To Interactive
118.76s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.72s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.36s Largest Contentful Paint
8.82s First CPU Idle
8.82s Time To Interactive
37.1s Last Painted Hero
37.1s Visually Complete
87.34s Fully Loaded

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#3 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.4s Visually Complete
3.42s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
23.18s First CPU Idle
23.18s Time To Interactive
117.52s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
2s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.9s Largest Contentful Paint
10.83s First CPU Idle
31.68s Time To Interactive
74s Visually Complete
120.18s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.3s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
7.8s First CPU Idle
7.8s Time To Interactive
109.66s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
1.7s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.69s Largest Contentful Paint
76.3s Visually Complete
78.56s First CPU Idle
78.56s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.45s Backend
3.1s Start Render
4.8s First CPU Idle
4.8s Time To Interactive
5.03s Largest Contentful Paint
34.5s Last Painted Hero
41.07s Fully Loaded
41.1s Visually Complete

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#8 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.4s Start Render
6.57s Largest Contentful Paint
23.57s First CPU Idle
45.83s Time To Interactive
76s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#9 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.8s Start Render
6.98s Largest Contentful Paint
9.3s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
11.86s First CPU Idle
31.01s Time To Interactive
119.11s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
1.07s Backend
7.49s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Start Render
52.65s First CPU Idle
106.49s Time To Interactive
116.67s Fully Loaded
117s Visually Complete

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#11 BUSINESS INSIDER
3.06s Backend
4s Start Render
5.93s First CPU Idle
5.93s Time To Interactive
12.1s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
19.85s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
4.15s Backend
4.6s Start Render
12.17s Largest Contentful Paint
15.3s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
43.3s First CPU Idle
43.3s Time To Interactive
51.84s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.71s Backend
8.1s Start Render
12.4s Largest Contentful Paint
45.93s First CPU Idle
45.93s Time To Interactive
56s Visually Complete
128.55s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.74s Backend
9.3s Start Render
10.43s First CPU Idle
10.43s Time To Interactive
16.3s Largest Contentful Paint
16.3s Last Painted Hero
16.3s Visually Complete
40.35s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
12.19s Backend
18.7s Start Render
18.8s Visually Complete
18.82s Largest Contentful Paint
27.21s First CPU Idle
27.21s Time To Interactive
120.17s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.81s Backend
14.7s Start Render
20.89s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21.21s First CPU Idle
21.21s Time To Interactive
107.4s Visually Complete
118.39s Fully Loaded

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#17 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.4s Start Render
9.92s First CPU Idle
16s Time To Interactive
40.17s Largest Contentful Paint
41s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
59.09s Fully Loaded

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#18 YAHOO NEWS
1.18s Backend
3.8s Start Render
18.75s First CPU Idle
18.75s Time To Interactive
56.5s Last Painted Hero
56.5s Visually Complete
56.51s Largest Contentful Paint
71.59s Fully Loaded

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