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
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
15.94s First CPU Idle
43.1s Visually Complete
45.02s Time To Interactive
60.48s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.95s Backend
2s Start Render
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
11.8s Visually Complete
42.77s First CPU Idle
42.77s Time To Interactive
66.98s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
26.22s First CPU Idle
61s Visually Complete
87.99s Time To Interactive
90.15s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
32.55s First CPU Idle
56.81s Time To Interactive
74s Last Painted Hero
77.49s Fully Loaded
79s Visually Complete

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.98s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
27.1s Visually Complete
28.78s First CPU Idle
44.12s Time To Interactive
89.04s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
19.34s First CPU Idle
28.1s Last Painted Hero
28.1s Visually Complete
79.43s Time To Interactive
127.73s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.5s Start Render
3.91s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
33.06s First CPU Idle
33.06s Time To Interactive
51.67s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.31s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
70s Visually Complete
70.13s First CPU Idle
70.13s Time To Interactive
76.45s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.05s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
51.39s First CPU Idle
51.39s Time To Interactive
78.04s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.58s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
10.1s Last Painted Hero
41.41s First CPU Idle
41.41s Time To Interactive
83.85s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
1.35s Backend
3.4s Start Render
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.25s Largest Contentful Paint
34.79s First CPU Idle
64.08s Time To Interactive
95s Visually Complete
103.82s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.79s Backend
7.3s Start Render
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.31s Largest Contentful Paint
20.24s First CPU Idle
32.5s Visually Complete
44.98s Time To Interactive
45.46s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.45s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
15.51s First CPU Idle
15.51s Time To Interactive
18.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.18s Backend
3.2s Start Render
5.33s First CPU Idle
8.34s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
31.44s Time To Interactive
32s Visually Complete
40.74s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.77s Backend
6s Start Render
13.19s Largest Contentful Paint
62s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
75.61s First CPU Idle
75.61s Time To Interactive
93.27s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.75s Backend
6.4s Start Render
23.36s Largest Contentful Paint
60.9s Last Painted Hero
60.9s Visually Complete
68.51s First CPU Idle
83.78s Time To Interactive
91.35s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
2.2s Backend
8.1s Start Render
28.87s First CPU Idle
29.6s Visually Complete
29.61s Largest Contentful Paint
119.93s Fully Loaded
120.01s Time To Interactive

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.8s Start Render
12.85s First CPU Idle
68s Last Painted Hero
71.61s Largest Contentful Paint
92s Visually Complete
107.38s Time To Interactive
116.5s Fully Loaded

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