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
0.71s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.07s Largest Contentful Paint
15.4s First CPU Idle
21s Last Painted Hero
31.8s Visually Complete
39.91s Time To Interactive
82.69s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.38s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
11.53s First CPU Idle
21.86s Time To Interactive
28.53s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
9.7s First CPU Idle
24.1s Visually Complete
54.27s Time To Interactive
57.32s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
27.5s Visually Complete
51.92s First CPU Idle
51.92s Time To Interactive
55.66s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.72s Largest Contentful Paint
28.33s First CPU Idle
57s Last Painted Hero
57s Visually Complete
58.67s Time To Interactive
70.2s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Last Painted Hero
8.4s Visually Complete
28.55s First CPU Idle
28.55s Time To Interactive
29.37s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.74s Backend
2.5s Start Render
7.37s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
9.5s Last Painted Hero
38.83s First CPU Idle
38.83s Time To Interactive
90.5s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.7s Start Render
3.42s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
26.57s First CPU Idle
26.57s Time To Interactive
28.91s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.8s Backend
3s Start Render
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Last Painted Hero
41.8s Visually Complete
42.48s First CPU Idle
48.4s Time To Interactive
57.12s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.77s Backend
3.5s Start Render
25.09s First CPU Idle
28.41s Largest Contentful Paint
40.18s Time To Interactive
119s Visually Complete
138.32s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.39s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
36.84s First CPU Idle
47.8s Visually Complete
53.83s Time To Interactive
54.74s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
4.5s Start Render
10.58s First CPU Idle
12.61s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
58.31s Time To Interactive
65.05s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.19s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.78s Largest Contentful Paint
6.49s First CPU Idle
17.44s Time To Interactive
18.17s Fully Loaded
18.2s Last Painted Hero
18.2s Visually Complete

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
22.8s Last Painted Hero
22.83s Largest Contentful Paint
24.68s First CPU Idle
86.28s Time To Interactive
113s Visually Complete
118.96s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.82s Backend
5s Start Render
5.05s Largest Contentful Paint
10.64s First CPU Idle
18s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
47.42s Time To Interactive
51.33s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
29.5s Last Painted Hero
33.08s First CPU Idle
33.08s Time To Interactive
59.5s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.72s Largest Contentful Paint
17.14s First CPU Idle
42.5s Visually Complete
53.67s Time To Interactive
82.9s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.5s Largest Contentful Paint
14.6s First CPU Idle
86s Last Painted Hero
116.2s Visually Complete
119.91s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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