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
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
39.8s Last Painted Hero
60.12s First CPU Idle
60.12s Time To Interactive
87.6s Visually Complete
94.34s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.24s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Last Painted Hero
9.8s Visually Complete
14.32s First CPU Idle
14.32s Time To Interactive
16.6s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.58s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
47.61s First CPU Idle
62s Visually Complete
66.61s Time To Interactive
107.22s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
24.54s First CPU Idle
44s Visually Complete
44.36s Time To Interactive
60s Last Painted Hero
71.9s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
28.52s First CPU Idle
46s Visually Complete
114.64s Time To Interactive
117.69s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.73s Backend
2.6s Start Render
2.7s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
13.4s Visually Complete
25.62s First CPU Idle
90.73s Time To Interactive
101.56s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.79s Backend
2.7s Start Render
3s Largest Contentful Paint
5.21s First CPU Idle
41.68s Time To Interactive
75.7s Last Painted Hero
94.8s Visually Complete
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3s Start Render
3.7s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
31.63s First CPU Idle
31.63s Time To Interactive
32s Visually Complete
54.32s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.94s Backend
3.1s Start Render
7.1s Last Painted Hero
7.15s Largest Contentful Paint
63.93s First CPU Idle
63.93s Time To Interactive
82s Visually Complete
88.69s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
4.3s Start Render
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
21.77s First CPU Idle
28s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
71.09s Time To Interactive
116.35s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
57.23s First CPU Idle
57.23s Time To Interactive
70.9s Visually Complete
77.85s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
26.94s Largest Contentful Paint
53.02s First CPU Idle
58.5s Visually Complete
105.74s Time To Interactive
194.27s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
5.1s Start Render
7.7s Last Painted Hero
26.08s Largest Contentful Paint
26.6s Visually Complete
56.58s First CPU Idle
56.58s Time To Interactive
72.4s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.75s Backend
6s Start Render
7.96s First CPU Idle
36.13s Largest Contentful Paint
77.7s Last Painted Hero
77.7s Visually Complete
95.64s Time To Interactive
103.25s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.26s Largest Contentful Paint
12.47s First CPU Idle
100.5s Last Painted Hero
113.77s Time To Interactive
117.6s Visually Complete
118.58s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
1.5s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.63s Largest Contentful Paint
15.4s Last Painted Hero
15.4s Visually Complete
23.97s First CPU Idle
23.97s Time To Interactive
34.27s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.48s Backend
10.1s Start Render
11.18s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Last Painted Hero
43.2s Visually Complete
55.46s Fully Loaded
56.45s First CPU Idle
56.45s Time To Interactive

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
43.63s First CPU Idle
43.63s Time To Interactive
55.87s Fully Loaded

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