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
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
39.8s Last Painted Hero
60.12s First CPU Idle
60.12s Time To Interactive
87.6s Visually Complete
94.34s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
57.23s First CPU Idle
57.23s Time To Interactive
70.9s Visually Complete
77.85s Fully Loaded

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#3 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
4.3s Start Render
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
21.77s First CPU Idle
28s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
71.09s Time To Interactive
116.35s Fully Loaded

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#4 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.26s Largest Contentful Paint
12.47s First CPU Idle
100.5s Last Painted Hero
113.77s Time To Interactive
117.6s Visually Complete
118.58s Fully Loaded

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#5 YAHOO NEWS
0.94s Backend
3.1s Start Render
7.1s Last Painted Hero
7.15s Largest Contentful Paint
63.93s First CPU Idle
63.93s Time To Interactive
82s Visually Complete
88.69s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.24s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Last Painted Hero
9.8s Visually Complete
14.32s First CPU Idle
14.32s Time To Interactive
16.6s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
5.1s Start Render
7.7s Last Painted Hero
26.08s Largest Contentful Paint
26.6s Visually Complete
56.58s First CPU Idle
56.58s Time To Interactive
72.4s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.75s Backend
6s Start Render
7.96s First CPU Idle
36.13s Largest Contentful Paint
77.7s Last Painted Hero
77.7s Visually Complete
95.64s Time To Interactive
103.25s Fully Loaded

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#9 FORBES
0.74s Backend
2.41s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Start Render
8.3s Last Painted Hero
10.01s First CPU Idle
26s Visually Complete
100.75s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.87s Largest Contentful Paint
24.47s First CPU Idle
46.33s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
73.21s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.71s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
32.21s First CPU Idle
64.99s Time To Interactive
77.48s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.76s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
5.45s First CPU Idle
25.7s Last Painted Hero
26.8s Visually Complete
27.07s Time To Interactive
34.67s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.7s Start Render
5.43s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
36.1s Visually Complete
37.34s First CPU Idle
37.34s Time To Interactive
54.9s Fully Loaded

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#14 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.48s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
65.89s First CPU Idle
78s Visually Complete
103.08s Time To Interactive
107.01s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.88s Backend
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Start Render
20.8s Last Painted Hero
20.8s Visually Complete
24.63s First CPU Idle
24.63s Time To Interactive
30.35s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
1.49s Backend
9.9s Start Render
10.55s First CPU Idle
10.9s Largest Contentful Paint
11.8s Last Painted Hero
41.1s Visually Complete
52.12s Time To Interactive
53.85s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
2.45s Backend
8.6s Start Render
31.38s First CPU Idle
31.41s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Visually Complete
118.42s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
43.63s First CPU Idle
43.63s Time To Interactive
55.87s Fully Loaded

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