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
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.42s Largest Contentful Paint
42.57s First CPU Idle
53.04s Time To Interactive
84s Last Painted Hero
84s Visually Complete
90.4s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.59s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
16.31s First CPU Idle
16.31s Time To Interactive
19.61s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.93s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
34.52s First CPU Idle
34.52s Time To Interactive
43s Visually Complete
51.56s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
23.89s First CPU Idle
23.89s Time To Interactive
41s Last Painted Hero
42.74s Fully Loaded
47.8s Visually Complete

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
36.98s First CPU Idle
36.98s Time To Interactive
37.96s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.43s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
8.53s First CPU Idle
8.53s Time To Interactive
27.08s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
11.97s First CPU Idle
40s Last Painted Hero
49s Visually Complete
49.34s Time To Interactive
62.66s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.9s Backend
3s Start Render
3.07s Largest Contentful Paint
5.36s First CPU Idle
42.62s Time To Interactive
53.3s Visually Complete
57.82s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
3.2s Start Render
23.72s Largest Contentful Paint
33.6s First CPU Idle
90.95s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
137.71s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.81s Backend
3.2s Start Render
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.32s Largest Contentful Paint
30.3s Visually Complete
33.04s First CPU Idle
33.04s Time To Interactive
35.06s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.91s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
38.27s First CPU Idle
57s Visually Complete
63.69s Time To Interactive
68.57s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.36s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
65.03s First CPU Idle
65.03s Time To Interactive
68.46s Fully Loaded
73.3s Visually Complete

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#13 ESPN
0.75s Backend
4.5s Start Render
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.51s Largest Contentful Paint
18.04s First CPU Idle
39s Visually Complete
46.45s Time To Interactive
46.55s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.2s Start Render
30.81s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Visually Complete
44.45s First CPU Idle
100.32s Time To Interactive
208.84s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.28s Backend
5.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Start Render
9.4s Visually Complete
22.74s First CPU Idle
34.1s Last Painted Hero
57.02s Time To Interactive
101.6s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
6s Start Render
8.36s First CPU Idle
18.97s Largest Contentful Paint
43.08s Time To Interactive
44s Last Painted Hero
68.36s Fully Loaded
73.1s Visually Complete

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#17 NPR
0.79s Backend
6.2s Start Render
20.71s Largest Contentful Paint
45.7s Last Painted Hero
45.7s Visually Complete
49.71s First CPU Idle
49.71s Time To Interactive
54.1s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.6s Start Render
14.08s First CPU Idle
20.74s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
72.88s Time To Interactive
118.73s Fully Loaded

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