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
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
19.89s First CPU Idle
113.3s Visually Complete
119.41s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#2 YAHOO NEWS
0.75s Backend
3s Start Render
3.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
31.73s First CPU Idle
89s Time To Interactive
95.58s Fully Loaded
95.6s Visually Complete

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
3.55s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Last Painted Hero
21.21s First CPU Idle
26.4s Visually Complete
27.41s Time To Interactive
29.74s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.8s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.87s Largest Contentful Paint
24.01s First CPU Idle
53.89s Time To Interactive
54s Last Painted Hero
63s Visually Complete
87.82s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.82s Largest Contentful Paint
17.03s First CPU Idle
17.03s Time To Interactive
17.84s Fully Loaded
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
1.46s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.86s Largest Contentful Paint
73.84s First CPU Idle
73.84s Time To Interactive
119s Visually Complete
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#7 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Start Render
5.2s Last Painted Hero
15.36s First CPU Idle
16.4s Visually Complete
41.04s Time To Interactive
43.22s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.71s Backend
5.37s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Start Render
8.7s Last Painted Hero
14.9s Visually Complete
36.4s First CPU Idle
74.87s Time To Interactive
81.04s Fully Loaded

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#9 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.2s Start Render
6.81s Largest Contentful Paint
32.03s First CPU Idle
119.34s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
127.34s Fully Loaded

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#10 NPR
0.96s Backend
4.8s Start Render
7.28s Largest Contentful Paint
9.4s Visually Complete
45.54s First CPU Idle
59.77s Time To Interactive
74.62s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.5s Start Render
7.31s Largest Contentful Paint
12.52s First CPU Idle
12.52s Time To Interactive
66s Last Painted Hero
84s Visually Complete
117.36s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
7.41s Largest Contentful Paint
16.33s First CPU Idle
37s Last Painted Hero
61.6s Visually Complete
63.46s Time To Interactive
85.75s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.65s Largest Contentful Paint
9.1s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
9.59s First CPU Idle
9.59s Time To Interactive
9.81s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.72s Backend
5s Start Render
6.13s First CPU Idle
12.73s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
43.57s Time To Interactive
55.07s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
4.3s Start Render
24.33s Largest Contentful Paint
53.74s First CPU Idle
87.5s Time To Interactive
113.8s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.54s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
13.1s First CPU Idle
51s Visually Complete
72.87s Time To Interactive
78.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.72s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.64s Largest Contentful Paint
6.22s First CPU Idle
32.6s Last Painted Hero
33.8s Visually Complete
35.04s Time To Interactive
48.44s Fully Loaded

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