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
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
24.3s First CPU Idle
43s Last Painted Hero
52s Visually Complete
54.57s Time To Interactive
91.4s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
9.58s First CPU Idle
36s Visually Complete
83.39s Time To Interactive
85.64s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
12.33s First CPU Idle
12.33s Time To Interactive
12.48s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.47s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
45.45s Fully Loaded
50.49s First CPU Idle
50.49s Time To Interactive

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#5 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
3.57s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
24.87s First CPU Idle
24.87s Time To Interactive
28s Visually Complete
50.62s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.01s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
43.6s Visually Complete
52.27s First CPU Idle
52.27s Time To Interactive
73.62s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.44s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
57.74s First CPU Idle
57.74s Time To Interactive
114s Visually Complete
119.06s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
18.31s First CPU Idle
38.2s Last Painted Hero
43.63s Time To Interactive
80.16s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.74s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.3s First CPU Idle
6.3s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
46.6s Visually Complete
65.43s Time To Interactive
85.08s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.42s Largest Contentful Paint
6.59s First CPU Idle
78.3s Time To Interactive
79s Last Painted Hero
79.1s Visually Complete
80.87s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
1.12s Backend
3.2s Start Render
6.52s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
76.55s First CPU Idle
90.4s Visually Complete
90.81s Time To Interactive
105.1s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.6s Start Render
6.87s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Last Painted Hero
37.05s First CPU Idle
102.08s Time To Interactive
102.8s Visually Complete
104.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.9s Start Render
7.3s Largest Contentful Paint
94s Visually Complete
95.21s First CPU Idle
119.79s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.39s Largest Contentful Paint
14.5s Last Painted Hero
14.5s Visually Complete
19.28s First CPU Idle
19.28s Time To Interactive
23.36s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.9s Start Render
9.54s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
54.06s First CPU Idle
54.06s Time To Interactive
75.6s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.5s Start Render
26.72s Largest Contentful Paint
30.8s Visually Complete
32.58s First CPU Idle
78.79s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.81s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.47s First CPU Idle
27.83s Largest Contentful Paint
68.2s Last Painted Hero
68.2s Visually Complete
73.71s Time To Interactive
82.71s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
4.7s Start Render
29.53s Largest Contentful Paint
84.61s First CPU Idle
84.61s Time To Interactive
119s Visually Complete
134.26s Fully Loaded

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