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
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
22.9s First CPU Idle
40s Last Painted Hero
40s Visually Complete
51.66s Time To Interactive
94.56s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
11.38s First CPU Idle
21s Visually Complete
86.35s Time To Interactive
88.52s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
45.46s First CPU Idle
45.46s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
80.33s Fully Loaded
83s Visually Complete

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#4 VOX
0.73s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.34s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
5s Visually Complete
47.83s Fully Loaded
52.57s First CPU Idle
52.57s Time To Interactive

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#5 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
31.16s First CPU Idle
31.16s Time To Interactive
31.9s Visually Complete
37.64s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.49s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
51s Visually Complete
68.82s First CPU Idle
68.82s Time To Interactive
85.92s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
4.59s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Start Render
19.61s First CPU Idle
32.4s Last Painted Hero
32.4s Visually Complete
43.33s Time To Interactive
62.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
24.96s First CPU Idle
43s Last Painted Hero
61.98s Time To Interactive
77s Visually Complete
78.95s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.07s Backend
2.9s Start Render
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
79.48s First CPU Idle
99.8s Visually Complete
100.06s Time To Interactive
102.08s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.09s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.34s First CPU Idle
6.49s Largest Contentful Paint
78.95s Time To Interactive
80s Visually Complete
86.24s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.78s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.6s First CPU Idle
6.6s Last Painted Hero
6.61s Largest Contentful Paint
53.8s Visually Complete
65.64s Time To Interactive
80.9s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.69s Largest Contentful Paint
10.8s First CPU Idle
16.5s Last Painted Hero
16.5s Visually Complete
19.82s Time To Interactive
23.43s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.6s Start Render
7.98s Largest Contentful Paint
29.7s Last Painted Hero
29.7s Visually Complete
33.72s First CPU Idle
92.55s Time To Interactive
102.87s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
11.01s Largest Contentful Paint
14.83s First CPU Idle
91.2s Last Painted Hero
107.5s Visually Complete
117.98s Time To Interactive
120.04s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.36s Backend
6.6s Start Render
13.34s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
70.21s First CPU Idle
78.13s Time To Interactive
82.67s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.82s Backend
6.2s Start Render
27.96s Largest Contentful Paint
31.2s Visually Complete
38.9s First CPU Idle
115.7s Time To Interactive
196.19s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.78s Backend
4.2s Start Render
29.84s Largest Contentful Paint
63.5s Last Painted Hero
63.5s Visually Complete
67.07s First CPU Idle
67.07s Time To Interactive
115.21s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.28s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Visually Complete
18.02s First CPU Idle
46s Last Painted Hero
49.37s Time To Interactive
64.73s Fully Loaded

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