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
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
36.69s First CPU Idle
36.69s Time To Interactive
48s Last Painted Hero
48s Visually Complete
88.75s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.11s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
45.09s First CPU Idle
55.35s Time To Interactive
79.14s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
34.03s First CPU Idle
55s Visually Complete
115.54s Time To Interactive
118.56s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.03s Largest Contentful Paint
38.09s First CPU Idle
38.09s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
55s Last Painted Hero
56.73s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.58s Largest Contentful Paint
27.6s Last Painted Hero
31.5s Visually Complete
33.33s First CPU Idle
33.33s Time To Interactive
50.7s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.74s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.23s First CPU Idle
68.38s Time To Interactive
72s Visually Complete
100.47s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.86s Backend
4.46s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Start Render
26.42s First CPU Idle
37.8s Last Painted Hero
37.8s Visually Complete
53.07s Time To Interactive
185.42s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.52s Largest Contentful Paint
23.6s Last Painted Hero
23.6s Visually Complete
41.88s First CPU Idle
41.88s Time To Interactive
64.24s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Visually Complete
8.5s Last Painted Hero
32.73s First CPU Idle
32.73s Time To Interactive
66.92s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.04s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
28.5s Visually Complete
29.75s First CPU Idle
29.75s Time To Interactive
35.24s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.25s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Visually Complete
28.7s Last Painted Hero
64.77s First CPU Idle
71.98s Time To Interactive
104.88s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.03s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.4s First CPU Idle
6.84s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
92.34s Time To Interactive
94.1s Visually Complete
95.63s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
111.1s First CPU Idle
118.62s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
120.16s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.45s Largest Contentful Paint
10.7s Last Painted Hero
10.7s Visually Complete
15.57s First CPU Idle
15.57s Time To Interactive
17.12s Fully Loaded

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#15 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.3s Start Render
8.48s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
34.23s First CPU Idle
34.23s Time To Interactive
48.84s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
1.46s Backend
9.8s Start Render
10.24s First CPU Idle
10.49s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
41.8s Visually Complete
47.71s Time To Interactive
61.94s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.79s Backend
6s Start Render
9.25s First CPU Idle
24.25s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
58.31s Time To Interactive
68.06s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
6s Start Render
29.88s Largest Contentful Paint
29.9s Visually Complete
39.57s First CPU Idle
110.7s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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