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
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
43s Last Painted Hero
49.37s First CPU Idle
49.37s Time To Interactive
79.1s Visually Complete
89.33s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
32.11s First CPU Idle
32.11s Time To Interactive
32.26s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.48s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
9.04s First CPU Idle
9.04s Time To Interactive
26.95s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.8s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.95s Largest Contentful Paint
5.31s First CPU Idle
24.1s Last Painted Hero
24.84s Time To Interactive
24.9s Visually Complete
34.48s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
16.48s First CPU Idle
16.48s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
25.92s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
3.46s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Start Render
23.95s First CPU Idle
74.57s Time To Interactive
115.2s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.82s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
34.95s First CPU Idle
34.95s Time To Interactive
53.74s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.32s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
30.2s Visually Complete
31.82s First CPU Idle
31.82s Time To Interactive
35.25s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.37s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
9.3s Last Painted Hero
30.39s First CPU Idle
30.39s Time To Interactive
55.89s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.72s Backend
4.5s Start Render
5.45s Largest Contentful Paint
5.52s First CPU Idle
42.8s Last Painted Hero
42.8s Visually Complete
48.61s Time To Interactive
50.4s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.46s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
7.7s Visually Complete
23.11s First CPU Idle
29.7s Last Painted Hero
53.88s Time To Interactive
91.81s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.54s Largest Contentful Paint
30.11s First CPU Idle
69s Visually Complete
71.47s Time To Interactive
150.4s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.61s First CPU Idle
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.11s Largest Contentful Paint
58.9s Visually Complete
59.13s Time To Interactive
60.83s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.97s Largest Contentful Paint
12.42s First CPU Idle
59s Last Painted Hero
59.89s Time To Interactive
81.7s Visually Complete
119.89s Fully Loaded

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#15 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.53s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
15.48s First CPU Idle
15.48s Time To Interactive
18.87s Fully Loaded

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.3s Start Render
7.9s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
60.39s First CPU Idle
60.39s Time To Interactive
101.1s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.8s Start Render
7.97s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
51.2s Visually Complete
52.96s First CPU Idle
73.29s Time To Interactive
103.69s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.91s Backend
6.3s Start Render
21.43s Largest Contentful Paint
51.9s Last Painted Hero
51.9s Visually Complete
57.96s First CPU Idle
57.96s Time To Interactive
64.58s Fully Loaded

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