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
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
3.52s Largest Contentful Paint
28.21s First CPU Idle
58.06s Time To Interactive
79s Last Painted Hero
79s Visually Complete
115.84s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.66s Largest Contentful Paint
11.9s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
16.57s First CPU Idle
16.57s Time To Interactive
19.28s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.73s Largest Contentful Paint
39s Last Painted Hero
45.09s First CPU Idle
59.94s Time To Interactive
108.5s Visually Complete
118.3s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.78s Largest Contentful Paint
44.05s First CPU Idle
44.05s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
62s Last Painted Hero
73.51s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
12.2s Visually Complete
50.62s Fully Loaded
55.58s First CPU Idle
55.58s Time To Interactive

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
10.61s First CPU Idle
63s Visually Complete
87.06s Time To Interactive
90.12s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.71s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
33.81s First CPU Idle
33.81s Time To Interactive
53.88s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.31s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.13s First CPU Idle
8.67s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
67.2s Time To Interactive
92.9s Visually Complete
95.56s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.33s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
17.73s First CPU Idle
42.1s Visually Complete
58.88s Time To Interactive
75.04s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
6.77s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
30.27s First CPU Idle
64.67s Time To Interactive
80.4s Visually Complete
101.62s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
4.5s Start Render
25.11s First CPU Idle
32.93s Largest Contentful Paint
46.9s Visually Complete
51.75s Time To Interactive
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.7s Start Render
23.87s Largest Contentful Paint
52.37s First CPU Idle
52.4s Visually Complete
111.65s Time To Interactive
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
9.1s Last Painted Hero
37.37s First CPU Idle
44.28s Time To Interactive
72.7s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.71s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.71s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Visually Complete
48.85s Fully Loaded
53.21s Time To Interactive

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.9s Start Render
12.52s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Last Painted Hero
46.72s First CPU Idle
56s Visually Complete
58.79s Time To Interactive
77.46s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.83s Backend
6.1s Start Render
30.41s Largest Contentful Paint
67.4s Last Painted Hero
67.4s Visually Complete
76.59s First CPU Idle
102.44s Time To Interactive
107.41s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.92s Largest Contentful Paint
16.21s First CPU Idle
73s Last Painted Hero
91.34s Time To Interactive
92s Visually Complete
119.13s Fully Loaded

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#18 FINANCIAL TIMES
5.12s Backend
6.5s Start Render
8.99s First CPU Idle
9.59s Largest Contentful Paint
43.52s Time To Interactive
92.7s Last Painted Hero
92.8s Visually Complete
102.66s Fully Loaded

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