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 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.2s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Last Painted Hero
9.8s Visually Complete
14.07s First CPU Idle
14.07s Time To Interactive
16.35s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
13.87s First CPU Idle
38s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
99.69s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.1s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
29.2s First CPU Idle
56.01s Time To Interactive
110.8s Visually Complete
119.84s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
41s Visually Complete
41.73s First CPU Idle
51.39s Time To Interactive
71.77s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.41s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
14.35s First CPU Idle
23s Visually Complete
28.81s Time To Interactive
114.17s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.74s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.67s Largest Contentful Paint
8.21s First CPU Idle
49.59s Time To Interactive
90.6s Visually Complete
103.73s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.58s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
31.3s First CPU Idle
31.3s Time To Interactive
48.98s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.99s Backend
3.1s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
7.04s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Visually Complete
36.92s First CPU Idle
45.43s Time To Interactive
45.56s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.1s Start Render
8.48s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
58.43s First CPU Idle
58.43s Time To Interactive
62.58s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.72s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.92s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
13.2s Visually Complete
32.19s First CPU Idle
50.36s Time To Interactive
57.14s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.71s Backend
4.9s Start Render
7.6s Last Painted Hero
23.46s Largest Contentful Paint
23.5s Visually Complete
29.46s First CPU Idle
45.87s Time To Interactive
60.74s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
5s Start Render
5.11s Largest Contentful Paint
23.87s First CPU Idle
29.7s Last Painted Hero
29.7s Visually Complete
52.2s Time To Interactive
55.18s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.7s Backend
5.75s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Start Render
21.46s First CPU Idle
21.46s Time To Interactive
21.6s Last Painted Hero
21.6s Visually Complete
31.43s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.02s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
42.29s First CPU Idle
42.29s Time To Interactive
73.51s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.79s Backend
6s Start Render
33.59s Largest Contentful Paint
57.08s First CPU Idle
79.5s Last Painted Hero
79.5s Visually Complete
116.61s Time To Interactive
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.81s Largest Contentful Paint
11.84s First CPU Idle
94s Last Painted Hero
116.1s Visually Complete
119.58s Time To Interactive
119.85s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
3.49s Backend
9.2s Start Render
32.74s Largest Contentful Paint
61.95s First CPU Idle
62.4s Visually Complete
99.16s Time To Interactive
169.61s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.47s Backend
9.8s Start Render
10.3s First CPU Idle
12.1s Last Painted Hero
12.13s Largest Contentful Paint
32.9s Visually Complete
51.28s Time To Interactive
53.03s Fully Loaded

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