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
0.71s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
70.89s First CPU Idle
70.89s Time To Interactive
72s Last Painted Hero
72s Visually Complete
91.39s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.28s Largest Contentful Paint
14.8s Last Painted Hero
14.8s Visually Complete
20.02s First CPU Idle
20.02s Time To Interactive
23.57s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.03s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
48.8s Visually Complete
65.99s First CPU Idle
65.99s Time To Interactive
88.33s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
33.75s First CPU Idle
44.48s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
79.5s Fully Loaded
83s Visually Complete

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
6.91s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
25.72s First CPU Idle
54.63s Time To Interactive
79.2s Visually Complete
101.96s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
46.5s Fully Loaded
48.56s First CPU Idle
48.56s Time To Interactive

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#7 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
15.28s First CPU Idle
54s Visually Complete
94.21s Time To Interactive
96.04s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.02s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.94s First CPU Idle
7.95s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
63.29s Time To Interactive
88s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.8s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.75s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
47s Visually Complete
69.7s First CPU Idle
69.7s Time To Interactive
73.55s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
1.2s Backend
4.19s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Start Render
24.43s First CPU Idle
36.7s Last Painted Hero
36.7s Visually Complete
53.14s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
4.4s Start Render
5.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6.73s First CPU Idle
60.94s Time To Interactive
61s Last Painted Hero
61.5s Visually Complete
100.41s Fully Loaded

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#12 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
28.04s First CPU Idle
28.04s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
47.64s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.8s Start Render
22.93s Largest Contentful Paint
40.9s First CPU Idle
88.51s Time To Interactive
104.9s Visually Complete
123.52s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.84s Backend
5.6s Start Render
21.27s Largest Contentful Paint
57.4s Last Painted Hero
57.4s Visually Complete
65.94s First CPU Idle
94.28s Time To Interactive
106.93s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
8.63s Largest Contentful Paint
13.57s First CPU Idle
113s Last Painted Hero
118.82s Time To Interactive
119.86s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#16 THE ONION
1.18s Backend
7.1s Start Render
14.73s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Visually Complete
28s Last Painted Hero
62.24s First CPU Idle
62.24s Time To Interactive
74.67s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.81s Backend
7.2s Start Render
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.22s Largest Contentful Paint
30.15s First CPU Idle
30.2s Visually Complete
56.6s Time To Interactive
57.68s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.54s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s First CPU Idle
37s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
49.75s Time To Interactive
82.15s Fully Loaded

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