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
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
56.02s First CPU Idle
92.27s Time To Interactive
107.9s Visually Complete
118.61s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.36s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
29.86s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
73.17s Time To Interactive
90.33s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.74s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.05s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
21.59s First CPU Idle
26s Visually Complete
28.96s Time To Interactive
30.16s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.8s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Visually Complete
8.3s Last Painted Hero
35.31s First CPU Idle
54.82s Time To Interactive
58.38s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.66s Largest Contentful Paint
60s Visually Complete
105.72s First CPU Idle
105.72s Time To Interactive
120.26s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
1s Start Render
4.83s Largest Contentful Paint
16.59s First CPU Idle
16.59s Time To Interactive
17.41s Fully Loaded
17.5s Last Painted Hero
17.5s Visually Complete

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.74s Backend
3.6s Start Render
5.05s Largest Contentful Paint
6.55s First CPU Idle
24.8s Last Painted Hero
25.6s Visually Complete
26.84s Time To Interactive
36.39s Fully Loaded

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#8 NEW YORK TIMES
0.92s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.37s Largest Contentful Paint
38.3s Last Painted Hero
38.3s Visually Complete
44.7s First CPU Idle
53.46s Time To Interactive
120.14s Fully Loaded

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#9 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5s Start Render
5.68s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
38.49s First CPU Idle
115.8s Visually Complete
118.95s Time To Interactive
119.72s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.13s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
40.59s First CPU Idle
49.93s Fully Loaded
49.94s Time To Interactive

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#11 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.49s Largest Contentful Paint
12.57s First CPU Idle
12.57s Time To Interactive
80.9s Last Painted Hero
80.9s Visually Complete
119.68s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.93s Backend
3.4s Start Render
6.53s Largest Contentful Paint
53.45s First CPU Idle
53.45s Time To Interactive
62.44s Fully Loaded
62.5s Last Painted Hero
62.5s Visually Complete

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#13 THE ONION
2.02s Backend
7.77s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s Start Render
7.9s Last Painted Hero
12.04s First CPU Idle
33.5s Visually Complete
44.39s Time To Interactive
46.31s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.98s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
9.76s First CPU Idle
9.76s Time To Interactive
9.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.8s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.84s First CPU Idle
10.45s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
36.6s Visually Complete
44.64s Time To Interactive
57.45s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
4s Start Render
24.51s Largest Contentful Paint
41s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
58.13s First CPU Idle
58.13s Time To Interactive
94.73s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.91s Backend
4.5s Start Render
34.95s First CPU Idle
40.41s Time To Interactive
118.97s Largest Contentful Paint
119.3s Last Painted Hero
119.3s Visually Complete
127.5s Fully Loaded

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