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
0.79s Backend
1s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
12.95s First CPU Idle
34.18s Time To Interactive
36s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
88.08s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.53s Largest Contentful Paint
14.2s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
19.41s First CPU Idle
19.41s Time To Interactive
23.45s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.26s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
45.82s First CPU Idle
45.82s Time To Interactive
46.2s Visually Complete
50.68s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
9.54s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
59.32s First CPU Idle
84.82s Time To Interactive
86.64s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Visually Complete
46.94s Fully Loaded
51.72s First CPU Idle
51.72s Time To Interactive

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
21.52s First CPU Idle
45.72s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
49.59s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
9.24s First CPU Idle
62s Visually Complete
76.6s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.64s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
33.76s First CPU Idle
33.76s Time To Interactive
33.8s Visually Complete
49.96s Fully Loaded

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#9 REUTERS
0.87s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.16s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
112.1s Visually Complete
117.57s Fully Loaded
118.33s First CPU Idle
118.33s Time To Interactive

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
19.04s First CPU Idle
29.8s Last Painted Hero
29.8s Visually Complete
41.81s Time To Interactive
64.04s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.8s Backend
3.8s Start Render
20.1s Largest Contentful Paint
55.9s Last Painted Hero
55.9s Visually Complete
58.39s First CPU Idle
58.39s Time To Interactive
104.8s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.02s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.21s First CPU Idle
7.57s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
98.11s Time To Interactive
99s Visually Complete
99.07s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.91s Backend
3.9s Start Render
3.98s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
41.2s Visually Complete
47.14s First CPU Idle
47.14s Time To Interactive
61.18s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.57s Largest Contentful Paint
6.57s First CPU Idle
53s Last Painted Hero
53.4s Visually Complete
55.29s Time To Interactive
55.72s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5s Start Render
25.1s Largest Contentful Paint
25.1s Visually Complete
33.19s First CPU Idle
100.75s Time To Interactive
161.35s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.71s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.4s First CPU Idle
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Visually Complete
47.06s Time To Interactive
48.83s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.73s Largest Contentful Paint
8.9s Last Painted Hero
8.9s Visually Complete
38.66s First CPU Idle
38.66s Time To Interactive
65.69s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.9s Start Render
7.5s Largest Contentful Paint
13.95s First CPU Idle
83s Last Painted Hero
92s Visually Complete
119.67s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#19 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
10.95s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
57.32s First CPU Idle
57.32s Time To Interactive
75.95s Fully Loaded

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