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
36.96s First CPU Idle
47s Last Painted Hero
57.69s Time To Interactive
82s Visually Complete
89.71s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
45.25s Fully Loaded
50.17s First CPU Idle
50.17s Time To Interactive

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
9.63s First CPU Idle
51s Visually Complete
74.04s Time To Interactive
120.59s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.89s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
38.13s First CPU Idle
38.13s Time To Interactive
40.06s Fully Loaded
45.2s Visually Complete

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
1.02s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.61s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
43.06s First CPU Idle
43.06s Time To Interactive
74.54s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
3s Start Render
4.44s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
30.92s First CPU Idle
30.92s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
38.14s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.9s Start Render
5.9s Largest Contentful Paint
5.92s First CPU Idle
21.9s Last Painted Hero
36.7s Visually Complete
56.89s Fully Loaded
60.43s Time To Interactive

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#8 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.25s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Visually Complete
10.3s Last Painted Hero
36.76s First CPU Idle
36.76s Time To Interactive
67.26s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
62.07s First CPU Idle
62.07s Time To Interactive
119.85s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.18s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.58s First CPU Idle
6.66s Largest Contentful Paint
86.66s Time To Interactive
87.4s Visually Complete
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#11 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.45s Largest Contentful Paint
16.1s Last Painted Hero
16.1s Visually Complete
19.82s First CPU Idle
19.82s Time To Interactive
22.56s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.44s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.27s First CPU Idle
7.55s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
59.87s Time To Interactive
85s Visually Complete
92.13s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.6s Start Render
8.31s Largest Contentful Paint
44.3s Last Painted Hero
44.3s Visually Complete
59.4s First CPU Idle
59.4s Time To Interactive
104.47s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.71s Backend
6s Start Render
9.37s Largest Contentful Paint
92.56s First CPU Idle
97.4s Visually Complete
116.26s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.1s Start Render
9.58s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
45.36s First CPU Idle
65.72s Time To Interactive
70s Visually Complete
84.84s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
4.9s Start Render
22.33s Largest Contentful Paint
26.28s First CPU Idle
102s Visually Complete
107.74s Time To Interactive
205.47s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
3.8s Start Render
20.89s First CPU Idle
29.75s Largest Contentful Paint
51.11s Time To Interactive
84.8s Visually Complete
92.27s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.77s Backend
6.1s Start Render
31.36s Largest Contentful Paint
32.84s First CPU Idle
72.7s Last Painted Hero
72.7s Visually Complete
118.24s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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