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
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
42.14s First CPU Idle
59.86s Time To Interactive
83s Visually Complete
88.48s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
56.02s Fully Loaded
60.1s First CPU Idle
60.1s Time To Interactive

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.34s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
8.47s First CPU Idle
24s Visually Complete
80.1s Time To Interactive
89.44s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.85s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
42.69s First CPU Idle
42.69s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
48.09s Fully Loaded

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#5 REUTERS
1.05s Backend
3s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.24s Largest Contentful Paint
79.11s First CPU Idle
110.46s Time To Interactive
113.68s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.32s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
27.25s First CPU Idle
27.25s Time To Interactive
34s Visually Complete
47.51s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.64s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Start Render
19.12s First CPU Idle
30.5s Last Painted Hero
30.5s Visually Complete
40.48s Time To Interactive
55.49s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.8s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
46.6s Visually Complete
64.75s First CPU Idle
70.57s Time To Interactive
83.78s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.99s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.83s Largest Contentful Paint
6.29s First CPU Idle
61.29s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
67.14s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
4.9s Start Render
5.03s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
27.23s First CPU Idle
68.54s Time To Interactive
84.12s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.49s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
30.1s First CPU Idle
49.5s Visually Complete
51.08s Time To Interactive
54.2s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.4s First CPU Idle
5.76s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
46.48s Fully Loaded
46.53s Time To Interactive

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
1.28s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.49s First CPU Idle
6.87s Largest Contentful Paint
85.04s Time To Interactive
101s Last Painted Hero
102.41s Fully Loaded
105s Visually Complete

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.33s Largest Contentful Paint
14.3s Last Painted Hero
14.3s Visually Complete
18.91s First CPU Idle
18.91s Time To Interactive
20.91s Fully Loaded

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#15 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.7s Start Render
8.5s Last Painted Hero
8.61s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
42.01s First CPU Idle
50.56s Time To Interactive
53.2s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
10.22s Largest Contentful Paint
106.5s Visually Complete
108.71s First CPU Idle
110.56s Time To Interactive
216.82s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.8s Start Render
10.76s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Visually Complete
29s Last Painted Hero
39.07s First CPU Idle
56.06s Time To Interactive
68.92s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.95s Backend
5.7s Start Render
20.2s Largest Contentful Paint
25.66s First CPU Idle
54.8s Last Painted Hero
54.8s Visually Complete
59.25s Time To Interactive
97.86s Fully Loaded

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#19 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
22.29s Largest Contentful Paint
26.14s First CPU Idle
78.8s Visually Complete
79.19s Time To Interactive
214.54s Fully Loaded

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