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
1s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
108.8s Visually Complete
118.77s First CPU Idle
118.77s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
1s Start Render
6.41s Largest Contentful Paint
16.69s First CPU Idle
16.69s Time To Interactive
17.63s Fully Loaded
17.7s Last Painted Hero
17.7s Visually Complete

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.57s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
14.56s First CPU Idle
14.56s Time To Interactive
18.62s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.32s Largest Contentful Paint
16.19s First CPU Idle
35s Last Painted Hero
44.87s Time To Interactive
96.5s Visually Complete
102.6s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.27s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
23.92s First CPU Idle
29s Visually Complete
42.63s Time To Interactive
43.03s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.34s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
13.28s First CPU Idle
44s Visually Complete
89.56s Fully Loaded
90.52s Time To Interactive

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.98s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.86s Largest Contentful Paint
6.75s First CPU Idle
22s Visually Complete
33.89s Time To Interactive
43.87s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
30.9s Last Painted Hero
30.9s Visually Complete
61.99s First CPU Idle
61.99s Time To Interactive
92.62s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.92s Backend
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Start Render
34.33s First CPU Idle
55.6s Last Painted Hero
55.6s Visually Complete
58.84s Time To Interactive
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.5s Start Render
9.86s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
47s Visually Complete
68.66s First CPU Idle
75.21s Time To Interactive
118.36s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.41s First CPU Idle
16.48s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
44.4s Time To Interactive
47.2s Visually Complete
53.29s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
1.09s Backend
5.4s Start Render
19.6s First CPU Idle
27.29s Largest Contentful Paint
58.9s Last Painted Hero
58.9s Visually Complete
77.41s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.97s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Start Render
9s Visually Complete
10.1s Last Painted Hero
28.64s First CPU Idle
28.64s Time To Interactive
39.03s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.42s Largest Contentful Paint
12.07s First CPU Idle
68s Last Painted Hero
84.4s Visually Complete
94.82s Time To Interactive
119.07s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.92s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.82s First CPU Idle
5.83s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
51.61s Time To Interactive
51.7s Visually Complete
53.05s Fully Loaded

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#16 VOX
0.71s Backend
5.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Start Render
5.6s Last Painted Hero
14.1s Visually Complete
52.61s First CPU Idle
68.85s Time To Interactive
92.23s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
6.6s Start Render
27.63s First CPU Idle
31.9s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Visually Complete
119.91s Time To Interactive
121.14s Fully Loaded

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