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
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
26.7s Last Painted Hero
35.49s First CPU Idle
38s Visually Complete
56.17s Time To Interactive
98.28s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Visually Complete
4.8s Last Painted Hero
56.42s Fully Loaded
60.84s First CPU Idle
60.84s Time To Interactive

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.42s Largest Contentful Paint
16.67s First CPU Idle
20s Visually Complete
81.41s Time To Interactive
86.69s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.16s Largest Contentful Paint
21s First CPU Idle
41.28s Time To Interactive
45.8s Fully Loaded
46s Visually Complete

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#5 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.53s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
27.28s First CPU Idle
27.28s Time To Interactive
28s Visually Complete
32.78s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.78s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.87s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
45.17s First CPU Idle
45.17s Time To Interactive
60.18s Fully Loaded

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#7 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.28s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Visually Complete
18.02s First CPU Idle
46s Last Painted Hero
49.37s Time To Interactive
64.73s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.66s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Last Painted Hero
47.03s First CPU Idle
47.03s Time To Interactive
66s Visually Complete
105.91s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.22s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.88s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Visually Complete
46.57s First CPU Idle
58.45s Time To Interactive
116.48s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.97s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.44s First CPU Idle
6.52s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
48.5s Visually Complete
68.9s Time To Interactive
92.35s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.7s Start Render
6.78s Largest Contentful Paint
29.07s First CPU Idle
37.6s Last Painted Hero
37.6s Visually Complete
91.51s Time To Interactive
110.68s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.34s Largest Contentful Paint
15.4s Last Painted Hero
15.4s Visually Complete
19.86s First CPU Idle
19.86s Time To Interactive
21.11s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
8.09s Largest Contentful Paint
14.57s First CPU Idle
89.3s Last Painted Hero
103.2s Visually Complete
118.71s Time To Interactive
120.48s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.76s Backend
8.1s Start Render
8.1s Last Painted Hero
8.14s Largest Contentful Paint
14.51s First CPU Idle
63.5s Visually Complete
66.27s Time To Interactive
87.7s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
6.1s Start Render
11.77s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
55.6s First CPU Idle
55.6s Time To Interactive
71.78s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.72s Backend
6.9s Start Render
23s Largest Contentful Paint
59s Last Painted Hero
59s Visually Complete
62.95s First CPU Idle
62.95s Time To Interactive
107.11s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.1s Start Render
28.22s First CPU Idle
28.64s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Visually Complete
105.32s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.9s Start Render
22.86s First CPU Idle
31.43s Largest Contentful Paint
37.1s Last Painted Hero
37.1s Visually Complete
53.75s Time To Interactive
68.72s Fully Loaded

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