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 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
56.42s First CPU Idle
65.8s Last Painted Hero
93.02s Time To Interactive
118.1s Visually Complete
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.32s Largest Contentful Paint
9.6s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
14.08s First CPU Idle
14.08s Time To Interactive
18.64s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.02s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
36.6s First CPU Idle
36.6s Time To Interactive
37.51s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
29.65s First CPU Idle
45.71s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
63s Visually Complete
63.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.75s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
13.4s Visually Complete
42.68s First CPU Idle
57.81s Time To Interactive
59.89s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.77s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.21s First CPU Idle
17.27s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
42.84s Time To Interactive
43.99s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.66s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
30.28s First CPU Idle
30.28s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
35.76s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.18s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.84s First CPU Idle
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
42.1s Visually Complete
84.53s Time To Interactive
93.31s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.1s Start Render
7.74s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
53.22s First CPU Idle
53.22s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#10 FORBES
3.28s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.86s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
18.33s First CPU Idle
98.03s Time To Interactive
98.75s Fully Loaded
103.8s Visually Complete

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#11 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.7s Start Render
29.05s Largest Contentful Paint
41.9s First CPU Idle
84.5s Visually Complete
114.25s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.04s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
23.6s Visually Complete
43.21s First CPU Idle
43.21s Time To Interactive
58.47s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.64s Largest Contentful Paint
20.47s First CPU Idle
20.47s Time To Interactive
22.1s Last Painted Hero
22.1s Visually Complete
29.44s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
5.7s Start Render
6.64s Largest Contentful Paint
24.95s First CPU Idle
38.1s Last Painted Hero
38.1s Visually Complete
50.1s Time To Interactive
59.46s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.3s Largest Contentful Paint
85.18s First CPU Idle
118.1s Visually Complete
119.74s Time To Interactive
135.4s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.75s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.77s First CPU Idle
35.24s Largest Contentful Paint
80.8s Last Painted Hero
80.8s Visually Complete
118.2s Time To Interactive
120.34s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.44s Backend
9.9s Start Render
11.03s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Last Painted Hero
31.1s Visually Complete
52.51s First CPU Idle
52.51s Time To Interactive
54.31s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.3s Visually Complete
5.32s Largest Contentful Paint
10.2s Last Painted Hero
45.14s First CPU Idle
45.14s Time To Interactive
73.13s Fully Loaded

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