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
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
34.19s First CPU Idle
62.76s Time To Interactive
81s Visually Complete
117.62s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
1.76s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.78s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
9.86s First CPU Idle
9.86s Time To Interactive
9.9s Visually Complete
49.84s Fully Loaded

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#3 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.28s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Start Render
20.49s First CPU Idle
27.9s Last Painted Hero
27.9s Visually Complete
32.13s Time To Interactive
99.33s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.78s Backend
4.47s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Start Render
6.95s First CPU Idle
6.95s Time To Interactive
48.5s Visually Complete
58.76s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
1.77s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.6s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
23.2s First CPU Idle
23.2s Time To Interactive
102.79s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.62s Largest Contentful Paint
10.39s First CPU Idle
10.39s Time To Interactive
18.3s Last Painted Hero
18.3s Visually Complete
24.81s Fully Loaded

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#7 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
4.5s Start Render
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
16.39s First CPU Idle
101.33s Time To Interactive
105s Visually Complete
120.14s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
9.8s Visually Complete
9.9s Last Painted Hero
10.18s First CPU Idle
10.18s Time To Interactive
68.63s Fully Loaded

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#9 CNN
0.96s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.41s Largest Contentful Paint
95.3s Visually Complete
111.83s First CPU Idle
111.83s Time To Interactive
119.83s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.73s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.15s First CPU Idle
4.15s Time To Interactive
7.17s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Last Painted Hero
75s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
1.8s Backend
7.5s Start Render
8.52s Largest Contentful Paint
8.59s First CPU Idle
9.1s Last Painted Hero
39.84s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
71.44s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
3.58s Backend
5.8s Start Render
9.04s Largest Contentful Paint
9.1s Last Painted Hero
14.5s Visually Complete
21s First CPU Idle
21s Time To Interactive
25.6s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
8.92s Backend
11.3s Start Render
11.51s Largest Contentful Paint
72.61s First CPU Idle
72.61s Time To Interactive
110.3s Visually Complete
118.92s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.93s Backend
5.9s Start Render
12.9s First CPU Idle
16.46s Largest Contentful Paint
21.07s Time To Interactive
45.4s Last Painted Hero
45.4s Visually Complete
54.09s Fully Loaded

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#15 LA TIMES
12.29s Backend
12.8s Start Render
17.03s Largest Contentful Paint
20.9s Last Painted Hero
20.9s Visually Complete
29.3s First CPU Idle
29.3s Time To Interactive
43.8s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
3.07s Backend
12.7s Start Render
21.84s First CPU Idle
21.84s Time To Interactive
22.19s Largest Contentful Paint
120s Visually Complete
120.19s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
1.97s Backend
35.9s Start Render
36.22s Largest Contentful Paint
46.17s First CPU Idle
46.17s Time To Interactive
56.5s Visually Complete
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
3.09s Backend
40s Start Render
40.29s Largest Contentful Paint
44.41s First CPU Idle
44.41s Time To Interactive
94s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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