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
0.81s Backend
1s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete
57.49s First CPU Idle
57.49s Time To Interactive
118.49s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.8s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
15.93s First CPU Idle
15.93s Time To Interactive
17.7s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.07s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
52.4s First CPU Idle
52.4s Time To Interactive
115.65s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
6.46s First CPU Idle
12.4s Time To Interactive
12.54s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
44.01s Fully Loaded
45.73s First CPU Idle
45.73s Time To Interactive

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
16.6s First CPU Idle
61s Visually Complete
69.37s Time To Interactive
115s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.9s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
7.74s First CPU Idle
19.4s Last Painted Hero
19.4s Visually Complete
19.41s Time To Interactive
24.36s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.89s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Last Painted Hero
37.47s First CPU Idle
43s Visually Complete
48.63s Time To Interactive
51.77s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.18s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
17.24s First CPU Idle
32.1s Visually Complete
63.09s Time To Interactive
80.35s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.17s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
31.65s First CPU Idle
79.25s Time To Interactive
103.32s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
1.08s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.38s First CPU Idle
6.86s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
72.7s Visually Complete
77.3s Time To Interactive
81.78s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.61s Largest Contentful Paint
21.99s First CPU Idle
44.19s Time To Interactive
85.8s Last Painted Hero
85.8s Visually Complete
161.37s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.3s Visually Complete
5.34s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
37.66s First CPU Idle
37.66s Time To Interactive
82.82s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.88s Backend
5.4s Start Render
6.61s First CPU Idle
23.27s Largest Contentful Paint
61.6s Last Painted Hero
61.6s Visually Complete
89.13s Time To Interactive
94.45s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.8s Start Render
13.06s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Visually Complete
28s Last Painted Hero
57.92s First CPU Idle
57.92s Time To Interactive
63.45s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.8s Start Render
22.3s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Visually Complete
34.1s First CPU Idle
59.54s Time To Interactive
201.63s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.21s Largest Contentful Paint
20.13s First CPU Idle
93s Last Painted Hero
113s Visually Complete
113.44s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.74s Backend
6.18s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Start Render
6.2s Last Painted Hero
26.6s Visually Complete
41.09s First CPU Idle
41.09s Time To Interactive
41.4s Fully Loaded

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