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
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
51s Last Painted Hero
59.26s First CPU Idle
69.25s Time To Interactive
118s Visually Complete
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
61.33s Fully Loaded
66.06s First CPU Idle
66.06s Time To Interactive

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
10.22s First CPU Idle
55s Visually Complete
86.57s Time To Interactive
94.73s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.75s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.67s Largest Contentful Paint
21.35s First CPU Idle
43.42s Time To Interactive
61s Last Painted Hero
77.11s Fully Loaded
82.2s Visually Complete

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
4.88s First CPU Idle
21.5s Visually Complete
21.83s Time To Interactive
25.58s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.03s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
40.5s Visually Complete
57.24s First CPU Idle
57.24s Time To Interactive
80.08s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Start Render
33.7s Last Painted Hero
33.7s Visually Complete
34.92s First CPU Idle
57.18s Time To Interactive
72.7s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
34.51s First CPU Idle
34.51s Time To Interactive
54.35s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.81s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Visually Complete
36s Last Painted Hero
41.8s First CPU Idle
41.8s Time To Interactive
73.37s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.4s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Last Painted Hero
40.99s First CPU Idle
57.07s Time To Interactive
92s Visually Complete
117.6s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
6.71s Largest Contentful Paint
9.67s First CPU Idle
82.4s Last Painted Hero
104.39s Time To Interactive
111.8s Visually Complete
117.69s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.08s Backend
3.2s Start Render
6.8s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
48.91s First CPU Idle
61s Visually Complete
61.46s Time To Interactive
72.44s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.74s Backend
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Start Render
7s First CPU Idle
7s Last Painted Hero
43.5s Visually Complete
52.42s Time To Interactive
65.6s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
7.08s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
67.13s First CPU Idle
67.13s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#15 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.5s Largest Contentful Paint
13.6s Last Painted Hero
13.6s Visually Complete
16.73s First CPU Idle
16.73s Time To Interactive
19.44s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
1.37s Backend
6.6s Start Render
12.81s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
48.54s First CPU Idle
57.53s Time To Interactive
90.02s Fully Loaded
95.1s Visually Complete

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#17 NPR
0.98s Backend
4.2s Start Render
19.13s Largest Contentful Paint
59.7s Last Painted Hero
59.7s Visually Complete
70.75s First CPU Idle
70.75s Time To Interactive
97.2s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
1.62s Backend
7.6s Start Render
35.39s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Visually Complete
56.48s First CPU Idle
100.35s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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