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
1.1s Start Render
2.12s Largest Contentful Paint
41.6s Last Painted Hero
62.87s First CPU Idle
77.41s Time To Interactive
85.3s Visually Complete
92.31s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
8.46s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
14.44s First CPU Idle
14.44s Time To Interactive
16.56s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.84s Largest Contentful Paint
24.3s First CPU Idle
35s Last Painted Hero
75.03s Time To Interactive
94s Visually Complete
102.12s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Visually Complete
30.83s First CPU Idle
52.93s Time To Interactive
86.4s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.07s Largest Contentful Paint
37.5s Visually Complete
42.82s First CPU Idle
42.82s Time To Interactive
43.78s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.7s Backend
2.5s Start Render
2.82s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
13.6s First CPU Idle
67s Visually Complete
119.57s Time To Interactive
120.08s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.7s Start Render
7.87s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
34.49s First CPU Idle
34.49s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
52.2s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.9s Start Render
5.33s First CPU Idle
5.43s Largest Contentful Paint
29.4s Last Painted Hero
29.4s Visually Complete
41.97s Time To Interactive
43.82s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.04s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.99s First CPU Idle
7.45s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
64.99s Time To Interactive
97.22s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
7.92s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
39.73s First CPU Idle
63.39s Time To Interactive
117s Visually Complete
118.97s Fully Loaded

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#11 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
4.8s Start Render
27.05s Largest Contentful Paint
53.56s First CPU Idle
64.2s Visually Complete
119.82s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#12 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
27.5s Last Painted Hero
43.64s First CPU Idle
43.64s Time To Interactive
92.63s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
1.29s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.66s Largest Contentful Paint
25.6s First CPU Idle
83.53s Time To Interactive
119.2s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
5.6s Start Render
6.13s Largest Contentful Paint
36.43s First CPU Idle
53.72s Time To Interactive
53.8s Last Painted Hero
53.8s Visually Complete
65.45s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
36.28s Largest Contentful Paint
75.58s First CPU Idle
118.4s Visually Complete
119.1s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.9s Backend
6.2s Start Render
36.25s First CPU Idle
43.89s Largest Contentful Paint
60.9s Last Painted Hero
60.9s Visually Complete
75.04s Time To Interactive
84.08s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
7.4s Start Render
7.49s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Visually Complete
30.5s Last Painted Hero
30.77s First CPU Idle
30.77s Time To Interactive
41.13s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.46s Backend
10.1s Start Render
10.54s First CPU Idle
11.24s Largest Contentful Paint
11.3s Last Painted Hero
46.1s Visually Complete
52.44s Time To Interactive
56.66s Fully Loaded

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