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
1s Start Render
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
57s Last Painted Hero
57s Visually Complete
105s First CPU Idle
119.87s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.43s Largest Contentful Paint
10.4s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete
13.89s First CPU Idle
13.89s Time To Interactive
16.3s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.24s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
60.05s First CPU Idle
60.05s Time To Interactive
115.98s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
3s Largest Contentful Paint
17.33s First CPU Idle
50.55s Time To Interactive
51s Visually Complete
66s Last Painted Hero
66.88s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.23s Largest Contentful Paint
12.98s First CPU Idle
95s Last Painted Hero
95s Visually Complete
106.95s Time To Interactive
119.86s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.8s Start Render
2.9s Largest Contentful Paint
13.3s Visually Complete
38.69s First CPU Idle
116.55s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.79s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.43s Largest Contentful Paint
9.45s First CPU Idle
36.96s Time To Interactive
66.1s Last Painted Hero
90.3s Visually Complete
102.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.33s Largest Contentful Paint
26.5s First CPU Idle
29s Last Painted Hero
33.4s Visually Complete
34.43s Time To Interactive
55.46s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.19s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.64s First CPU Idle
8.69s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
33.8s Visually Complete
46.02s Fully Loaded
50.41s Time To Interactive

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
3.88s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Start Render
20.78s First CPU Idle
34.8s Last Painted Hero
34.8s Visually Complete
51.9s Time To Interactive
66.76s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
6.24s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
47.16s First CPU Idle
47.16s Time To Interactive
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.7s Start Render
28.66s First CPU Idle
29.51s Largest Contentful Paint
38.8s Visually Complete
112.2s Time To Interactive
222.37s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.88s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
49.6s Visually Complete
53.78s First CPU Idle
53.78s Time To Interactive
60.2s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
8.1s Last Painted Hero
43.02s First CPU Idle
43.02s Time To Interactive
73.22s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.48s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
8.1s Visually Complete
21.46s First CPU Idle
21.46s Time To Interactive
21.7s Last Painted Hero
32.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
49.55s Largest Contentful Paint
69.8s Visually Complete
97.26s First CPU Idle
118.36s Time To Interactive
120.08s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
1.04s Backend
6.4s Start Render
19.81s First CPU Idle
19.81s Time To Interactive
46.67s Largest Contentful Paint
89.1s Last Painted Hero
89.1s Visually Complete
115.9s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.49s Backend
9.6s Start Render
10.99s First CPU Idle
13s Last Painted Hero
13.07s Largest Contentful Paint
43.5s Visually Complete
54.75s Time To Interactive
56.49s Fully Loaded

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