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
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
12.93s First CPU Idle
24.1s Last Painted Hero
24.1s Visually Complete
41.15s Time To Interactive
85.71s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Visually Complete
5.2s Last Painted Hero
41.02s First CPU Idle
41.02s Time To Interactive
45.96s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
8.55s First CPU Idle
61s Visually Complete
82.29s Time To Interactive
92.79s Fully Loaded

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#4 REUTERS
1.09s Backend
2.3s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.53s Largest Contentful Paint
49.6s First CPU Idle
90.1s Visually Complete
118.69s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
47.85s First CPU Idle
47.85s Time To Interactive
64s Last Painted Hero
77.98s Fully Loaded
83s Visually Complete

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#6 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
28.3s Last Painted Hero
36.68s First CPU Idle
36.68s Time To Interactive
39s Visually Complete
57s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.61s Largest Contentful Paint
25.14s First CPU Idle
32.4s Last Painted Hero
32.4s Visually Complete
42.8s Time To Interactive
60.9s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.61s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
35.8s Visually Complete
46.33s First CPU Idle
46.33s Time To Interactive
53.92s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.78s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.8s Visually Complete
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
37.51s First CPU Idle
45.68s Time To Interactive
69.27s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.7s Start Render
5.85s Largest Contentful Paint
25.2s Last Painted Hero
25.2s Visually Complete
86.61s First CPU Idle
117.42s Time To Interactive
118.11s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.03s Backend
4.3s Start Render
6.2s First CPU Idle
6.28s Largest Contentful Paint
58.28s Time To Interactive
59s Last Painted Hero
59s Visually Complete
59.14s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.49s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
48.35s First CPU Idle
48.5s Visually Complete
53.94s Time To Interactive
54.71s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.9s Start Render
5.9s First CPU Idle
6.67s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
43s Visually Complete
46.66s Time To Interactive
49.76s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.8s Start Render
7.09s Largest Contentful Paint
15.31s First CPU Idle
57s Last Painted Hero
57s Visually Complete
91.19s Time To Interactive
100.46s Fully Loaded

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#15 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.57s Largest Contentful Paint
15.8s Last Painted Hero
15.8s Visually Complete
19.53s First CPU Idle
19.53s Time To Interactive
21.06s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.2s Start Render
9.8s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
56.96s First CPU Idle
56.96s Time To Interactive
74.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
1.1s Backend
3s Start Render
3.34s First CPU Idle
11.18s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
68s Visually Complete
95.5s Time To Interactive
99.08s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.7s Start Render
25.32s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Visually Complete
33.41s First CPU Idle
117.97s Time To Interactive
120.04s Fully Loaded

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#19 NPR
0.94s Backend
5.8s Start Render
8.28s First CPU Idle
38.41s Largest Contentful Paint
71s Last Painted Hero
71s Visually Complete
75.78s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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