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
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
8.2s First CPU Idle
65.7s Visually Complete
94.64s Time To Interactive
110.42s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.49s Largest Contentful Paint
10.4s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete
15.67s First CPU Idle
15.67s Time To Interactive
17.26s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
65.06s First CPU Idle
65.06s Time To Interactive
84s Visually Complete
110.33s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
13.5s Visually Complete
55.6s First CPU Idle
55.6s Time To Interactive
62.47s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.95s Backend
2.1s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.12s Largest Contentful Paint
34.2s Visually Complete
40.06s First CPU Idle
40.06s Time To Interactive
54.45s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.7s Start Render
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
19.79s First CPU Idle
82s Last Painted Hero
84s Visually Complete
90.24s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.7s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.05s Largest Contentful Paint
10.07s First CPU Idle
36.24s Time To Interactive
78.6s Visually Complete
83.43s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
34.63s First CPU Idle
34.63s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
52.42s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.84s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.76s First CPU Idle
7.49s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
38.17s Time To Interactive
38.32s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.91s Largest Contentful Paint
16.26s First CPU Idle
27.4s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
39.13s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.79s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
34.1s Visually Complete
44.92s First CPU Idle
103.74s Time To Interactive
108.43s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
9.13s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
64.77s First CPU Idle
64.77s Time To Interactive
119.36s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5s Start Render
30.15s Largest Contentful Paint
38.66s First CPU Idle
100.19s Time To Interactive
103.8s Visually Complete
145.27s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
21.28s Largest Contentful Paint
57.9s Visually Complete
94.17s First CPU Idle
119.5s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.7s Backend
7.5s Start Render
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
9.9s Visually Complete
30.5s Last Painted Hero
32.45s First CPU Idle
32.45s Time To Interactive
39.26s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
1.01s Backend
8s Start Render
33.03s Largest Contentful Paint
59.4s Last Painted Hero
59.6s Visually Complete
65.63s First CPU Idle
72.2s Time To Interactive
98.5s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.48s Backend
9s Start Render
9.88s Largest Contentful Paint
9.9s Last Painted Hero
16.57s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
55.03s Time To Interactive
56.77s Fully Loaded

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