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 Start Render which is when the first non-white content is painted in the browser.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A MOBILE SLOW CONNECTION

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#1 LA TIMES
0.76s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
16s Visually Complete
28s First CPU Idle
28s Time To Interactive
37.78s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.71s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
14.47s First CPU Idle
26.53s Time To Interactive
81.58s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
6.87s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
49.7s Visually Complete
53.52s First CPU Idle
53.52s Time To Interactive
100.17s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.73s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
23.6s Visually Complete
64.32s First CPU Idle
69.57s Time To Interactive
73.07s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.75s Largest Contentful Paint
27.94s First CPU Idle
56s Last Painted Hero
56s Visually Complete
66.19s Time To Interactive
72.94s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.7s Start Render
3.58s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
11.3s Visually Complete
16.56s First CPU Idle
16.56s Time To Interactive
33.11s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3s Start Render
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Last Painted Hero
31.9s Visually Complete
39.29s First CPU Idle
39.29s Time To Interactive
63.72s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.71s Backend
3s Start Render
3.11s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
5s Visually Complete
27.47s First CPU Idle
27.47s Time To Interactive
28.44s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.75s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
19.01s First CPU Idle
29.2s Last Painted Hero
29.2s Visually Complete
42.37s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.1s Backend
3.7s Start Render
6.15s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
41.89s First CPU Idle
82.6s Time To Interactive
96s Visually Complete
102.07s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.15s First CPU Idle
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
16.9s Time To Interactive
17.85s Fully Loaded
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.5s Start Render
7.83s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
60.39s First CPU Idle
60.39s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
4.6s Start Render
10.05s First CPU Idle
12.23s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Visually Complete
28s Last Painted Hero
65.22s Time To Interactive
67.78s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Visually Complete
27s Last Painted Hero
33.86s First CPU Idle
33.86s Time To Interactive
39.23s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.1s Start Render
21s Last Painted Hero
21.02s Largest Contentful Paint
48s Visually Complete
52.93s First CPU Idle
52.93s Time To Interactive
66.65s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Start Render
19.29s First CPU Idle
29s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
107.52s Time To Interactive
108.44s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.73s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
6s Last Painted Hero
6.04s Largest Contentful Paint
44.8s Visually Complete
56.11s Time To Interactive
64.59s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.8s Largest Contentful Paint
9.1s Visually Complete
50.87s First CPU Idle
85.83s Time To Interactive
225.99s Fully Loaded

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