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
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
30.9s Last Painted Hero
56.31s First CPU Idle
66.43s Time To Interactive
79s Visually Complete
96.38s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
11.87s First CPU Idle
41.01s Time To Interactive
44.4s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
49.3s Visually Complete
62.83s First CPU Idle
69.82s Time To Interactive
118.47s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
16.62s First CPU Idle
83.49s Time To Interactive
95s Last Painted Hero
106s Visually Complete
120s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
21.51s First CPU Idle
46.85s Time To Interactive
47s Visually Complete
62s Last Painted Hero
76.47s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.11s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
30.3s Visually Complete
31.09s First CPU Idle
31.09s Time To Interactive
48.15s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.5s Start Render
4.03s Largest Contentful Paint
18.49s First CPU Idle
23.8s Last Painted Hero
23.8s Visually Complete
54.47s Time To Interactive
58.81s Fully Loaded

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#8 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
19.46s First CPU Idle
31s Last Painted Hero
41.95s Time To Interactive
82.7s Visually Complete
84.65s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.63s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Visually Complete
47s Time To Interactive
50.01s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.73s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.7s Visually Complete
5.72s Largest Contentful Paint
26.3s Last Painted Hero
36.79s First CPU Idle
36.79s Time To Interactive
67.95s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.76s Largest Contentful Paint
39s Last Painted Hero
45s Visually Complete
67.04s First CPU Idle
67.04s Time To Interactive
120.46s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.31s Largest Contentful Paint
112.9s Visually Complete
114.58s Time To Interactive
116.34s First CPU Idle
120.36s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.13s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.57s First CPU Idle
6.67s Largest Contentful Paint
73.92s Time To Interactive
75.1s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.42s Largest Contentful Paint
15.4s Last Painted Hero
15.4s Visually Complete
19.32s First CPU Idle
19.32s Time To Interactive
20.99s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.13s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.52s First CPU Idle
10.09s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
50.11s Time To Interactive
61.7s Visually Complete
76.02s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
6.3s Start Render
10.53s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
50.42s First CPU Idle
50.42s Time To Interactive
68.22s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.8s Backend
6.2s Start Render
19.09s Largest Contentful Paint
54s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
55.03s First CPU Idle
55.03s Time To Interactive
82.28s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
2.35s Backend
6.5s Start Render
24.61s Largest Contentful Paint
38.29s First CPU Idle
51.2s Visually Complete
100.59s Time To Interactive
118.99s Fully Loaded

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