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
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
21.91s First CPU Idle
45s Last Painted Hero
65.63s Time To Interactive
78s Visually Complete
94.73s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
31.52s First CPU Idle
46.6s Last Painted Hero
60.52s Time To Interactive
79.1s Visually Complete
116.78s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
12.06s First CPU Idle
12.1s Visually Complete
41.06s Time To Interactive
43.96s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
9.87s First CPU Idle
68s Visually Complete
100.99s Time To Interactive
115.85s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.82s Largest Contentful Paint
47.58s First CPU Idle
47.58s Time To Interactive
48s Visually Complete
63s Last Painted Hero
100.43s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
16.95s First CPU Idle
20s Last Painted Hero
27.79s Time To Interactive
29s Visually Complete
46.99s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.03s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.53s Largest Contentful Paint
6.51s First CPU Idle
71.4s Visually Complete
110.01s Time To Interactive
116.95s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
9.1s Last Painted Hero
36.37s First CPU Idle
36.37s Time To Interactive
67.2s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Start Render
5.9s First CPU Idle
5.9s Last Painted Hero
45s Visually Complete
52.44s Fully Loaded
54.76s Time To Interactive

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.5s Start Render
6s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
46.64s First CPU Idle
46.64s Time To Interactive
60s Visually Complete
119.75s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.3s Largest Contentful Paint
96.6s Visually Complete
99.68s First CPU Idle
114.48s Time To Interactive
121.41s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.33s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
18.71s First CPU Idle
18.71s Time To Interactive
20.84s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.95s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.5s First CPU Idle
7.94s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
73.92s Time To Interactive
100s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
10.5s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
72.81s First CPU Idle
72.81s Time To Interactive
103.62s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.6s Start Render
20.82s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Last Painted Hero
37.3s Visually Complete
51.96s First CPU Idle
51.96s Time To Interactive
60.2s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
6.1s Start Render
24.18s Largest Contentful Paint
35.31s First CPU Idle
83.5s Visually Complete
98.03s Time To Interactive
133.48s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.8s Start Render
24.7s Largest Contentful Paint
34.61s First CPU Idle
44.33s Time To Interactive
83.5s Visually Complete
89.47s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.75s Backend
6.6s Start Render
19.05s First CPU Idle
19.05s Time To Interactive
33.54s Largest Contentful Paint
70.4s Last Painted Hero
70.4s Visually Complete
120.01s Fully Loaded

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