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
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
26.5s Last Painted Hero
34.9s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
54.32s Time To Interactive
92.5s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
45.28s Fully Loaded
49.14s First CPU Idle
49.14s Time To Interactive

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
16.62s First CPU Idle
52s Visually Complete
81.31s Time To Interactive
86.43s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.89s Largest Contentful Paint
26.39s First CPU Idle
44.02s Time To Interactive
61s Last Painted Hero
80.2s Fully Loaded
84s Visually Complete

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#5 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
3.24s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
30.21s First CPU Idle
30.21s Time To Interactive
50.23s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.83s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.06s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
41.9s Visually Complete
47.75s First CPU Idle
47.75s Time To Interactive
59.14s Fully Loaded

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#7 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.96s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Visually Complete
8s Last Painted Hero
33.98s First CPU Idle
41.59s Time To Interactive
58.69s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.31s Largest Contentful Paint
42s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
48.93s First CPU Idle
48.93s Time To Interactive
119.63s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.77s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.2s Last Painted Hero
6.21s Largest Contentful Paint
6.47s First CPU Idle
47.5s Visually Complete
62.14s Time To Interactive
81.37s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.03s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.12s First CPU Idle
6.71s Largest Contentful Paint
75.47s Time To Interactive
76s Last Painted Hero
76.2s Visually Complete
110.94s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.92s Backend
3.2s Start Render
7.07s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
47.65s First CPU Idle
69s Visually Complete
104.83s Time To Interactive
107.89s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.15s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
19.33s First CPU Idle
19.33s Time To Interactive
21.1s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
8.42s Largest Contentful Paint
27.56s First CPU Idle
37.9s Last Painted Hero
37.9s Visually Complete
97.92s Time To Interactive
117.76s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
6s Start Render
14.57s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
58.71s First CPU Idle
58.71s Time To Interactive
78.56s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.93s Backend
5.3s Start Render
19.28s Largest Contentful Paint
33.67s First CPU Idle
51.9s Last Painted Hero
52.1s Visually Complete
61.61s Time To Interactive
104.38s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.9s Start Render
20.07s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Visually Complete
41.48s First CPU Idle
118.48s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.7s Start Render
21.32s Largest Contentful Paint
29.1s First CPU Idle
31s Visually Complete
50.15s Time To Interactive
182.4s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
5s Start Render
24.08s First CPU Idle
28.75s Largest Contentful Paint
46s Visually Complete
52.66s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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