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
1.77s Largest Contentful Paint
23.38s First CPU Idle
53.18s Time To Interactive
72s Last Painted Hero
105s Visually Complete
118.31s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.96s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
25.94s First CPU Idle
25.94s Time To Interactive
31.99s Fully Loaded

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#3 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.5s Start Render
2.55s Largest Contentful Paint
24.54s First CPU Idle
24.54s Time To Interactive
38s Last Painted Hero
49s Visually Complete
62.28s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.48s Largest Contentful Paint
13.49s First CPU Idle
42.54s Time To Interactive
42.6s Last Painted Hero
107.3s Visually Complete
119.7s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.46s Backend
3s Start Render
4.95s First CPU Idle
5.45s Largest Contentful Paint
29.2s Visually Complete
34.14s Time To Interactive
51.79s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
2s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.63s Largest Contentful Paint
10.94s First CPU Idle
10.94s Time To Interactive
95s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
1.81s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.63s First CPU Idle
7.6s Last Painted Hero
7.61s Largest Contentful Paint
48.9s Visually Complete
57.6s Time To Interactive
65.23s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
1s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.76s First CPU Idle
7.65s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
39.5s Visually Complete
40s Time To Interactive
61.61s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
2.66s Backend
6s Start Render
7.82s Largest Contentful Paint
74.99s First CPU Idle
74.99s Time To Interactive
107.4s Visually Complete
120.24s Fully Loaded

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#10 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.13s Largest Contentful Paint
8.61s First CPU Idle
26.3s Last Painted Hero
34.3s Time To Interactive
63.1s Visually Complete
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
5.17s Backend
7.9s Start Render
8.2s Largest Contentful Paint
8.2s Visually Complete
8.8s Last Painted Hero
24.36s First CPU Idle
24.36s Time To Interactive
94.12s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
6.13s Backend
6.9s Start Render
9.7s Last Painted Hero
9.76s Largest Contentful Paint
33.41s First CPU Idle
52s Visually Complete
61.11s Time To Interactive
83.07s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
20.64s Backend
26.7s Start Render
26.81s Largest Contentful Paint
30.2s Visually Complete
96.47s First CPU Idle
96.47s Time To Interactive
120.63s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
6.16s Backend
27.7s Start Render
27.84s Largest Contentful Paint
27.9s Visually Complete
49.9s Last Painted Hero
54.7s First CPU Idle
71.04s Time To Interactive
114.97s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
1.77s Backend
7.9s Start Render
19.9s First CPU Idle
33.06s Largest Contentful Paint
47s Visually Complete
67.53s Time To Interactive
145.6s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
20.33s Backend
35.2s Start Render
40.52s Largest Contentful Paint
44.62s First CPU Idle
44.62s Time To Interactive
120.08s Fully Loaded
120.1s Visually Complete

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
4.86s Backend
13.4s Start Render
42.45s Largest Contentful Paint
47.47s First CPU Idle
47.47s Time To Interactive
119.9s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
8.63s Backend
46.6s Start Render
47.39s First CPU Idle
58.14s Time To Interactive
100s Last Painted Hero
100.55s Largest Contentful Paint
105.7s Visually Complete
137.31s Fully Loaded

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