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
1.1s Start Render
3.42s Largest Contentful Paint
58.24s First CPU Idle
88s Last Painted Hero
88s Visually Complete
102.48s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.76s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
16.27s First CPU Idle
16.27s Time To Interactive
19.67s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.05s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
52.99s First CPU Idle
52.99s Time To Interactive
116.9s Visually Complete
119.6s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
46.37s Fully Loaded
48.98s First CPU Idle
48.98s Time To Interactive

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.25s Largest Contentful Paint
21.44s First CPU Idle
42.02s Time To Interactive
60s Last Painted Hero
60s Visually Complete
71.61s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.49s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
10.61s First CPU Idle
63s Visually Complete
78.19s Time To Interactive
119.51s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.8s Backend
2.8s Start Render
2.82s Largest Contentful Paint
4.88s First CPU Idle
20.5s Last Painted Hero
20.5s Visually Complete
23.1s Time To Interactive
26.92s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
3.25s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
31.62s First CPU Idle
31.62s Time To Interactive
32s Visually Complete
53.75s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.1s Backend
3.5s Start Render
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.53s Largest Contentful Paint
42.72s First CPU Idle
72.57s Time To Interactive
87.5s Visually Complete
89.32s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
3.6s Start Render
30.99s Largest Contentful Paint
59.13s First CPU Idle
118.54s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
204.03s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.13s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
27.7s Visually Complete
44.84s First CPU Idle
44.84s Time To Interactive
62.15s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.41s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
31.72s First CPU Idle
79.36s Time To Interactive
115.72s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.6s Start Render
27.68s Largest Contentful Paint
48.89s First CPU Idle
62s Visually Complete
113.68s Time To Interactive
122.78s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.2s Visually Complete
5.23s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
37.12s First CPU Idle
37.12s Time To Interactive
73.76s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.9s Start Render
5.9s First CPU Idle
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.92s Largest Contentful Paint
42s Visually Complete
53.92s Fully Loaded
56.65s Time To Interactive

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.1s Start Render
11.75s First CPU Idle
13.1s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
65.85s Time To Interactive
92.16s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.28s Largest Contentful Paint
13.99s First CPU Idle
98.54s Time To Interactive
101s Last Painted Hero
101s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.75s Backend
6.2s Start Render
18.62s Largest Contentful Paint
55.1s Last Painted Hero
55.1s Visually Complete
58.07s First CPU Idle
58.07s Time To Interactive
86.54s Fully Loaded

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