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
1.2s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
40.71s First CPU Idle
66s Last Painted Hero
67.49s Time To Interactive
70.3s Visually Complete
101.86s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.26s Largest Contentful Paint
12.3s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
16.3s First CPU Idle
16.3s Time To Interactive
17.74s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.08s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
43s Visually Complete
50.66s First CPU Idle
50.66s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.9s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.85s Largest Contentful Paint
21.55s First CPU Idle
44.3s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
73.88s Fully Loaded
78.9s Visually Complete

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.69s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
12.21s First CPU Idle
72s Visually Complete
82.88s Time To Interactive
89.98s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.74s Largest Contentful Paint
4.85s First CPU Idle
20.1s Last Painted Hero
20.9s Time To Interactive
21.5s Visually Complete
25.74s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
3.58s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
32.79s First CPU Idle
32.79s Time To Interactive
53.05s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.96s Backend
3.1s Start Render
6.08s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
54.55s First CPU Idle
63.9s Visually Complete
64.92s Time To Interactive
65.78s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.81s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
47.25s First CPU Idle
47.25s Time To Interactive
61.49s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
7.48s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
66.18s First CPU Idle
79.72s Time To Interactive
101.88s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.73s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
11.8s Visually Complete
12.26s First CPU Idle
42.14s Time To Interactive
44.74s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
1.22s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.76s Largest Contentful Paint
21.79s First CPU Idle
32.2s Last Painted Hero
32.2s Visually Complete
114.75s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
25.75s First CPU Idle
28.53s Largest Contentful Paint
114.5s Visually Complete
119.93s Time To Interactive
156.82s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.2s Start Render
12.13s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
53.55s First CPU Idle
53.55s Time To Interactive
75.86s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.74s Backend
5.5s Start Render
19.74s Largest Contentful Paint
57.7s Last Painted Hero
57.7s Visually Complete
62.09s First CPU Idle
70.68s Time To Interactive
95.63s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.8s Visually Complete
5.81s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
38.15s First CPU Idle
38.15s Time To Interactive
105.74s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6s Start Render
6.8s Largest Contentful Paint
16.39s First CPU Idle
72s Last Painted Hero
80.5s Visually Complete
85.87s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.3s First CPU Idle
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.33s Largest Contentful Paint
40.7s Visually Complete
46.58s Time To Interactive
48.73s Fully Loaded

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