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
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
16.19s First CPU Idle
37.8s Last Painted Hero
113.7s Visually Complete
116.34s Fully Loaded
120.01s Time To Interactive

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.58s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
14.21s First CPU Idle
14.21s Time To Interactive
16.58s Fully Loaded

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#3 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.2s Largest Contentful Paint
16.92s First CPU Idle
16.92s Time To Interactive
17.87s Fully Loaded
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.28s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
31.8s Visually Complete
36.57s First CPU Idle
36.57s Time To Interactive
37.58s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.24s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
20.9s First CPU Idle
35s Visually Complete
45.75s Time To Interactive
69.26s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
11.34s First CPU Idle
46s Visually Complete
85.04s Time To Interactive
109.51s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.6s Start Render
2.98s Largest Contentful Paint
5.69s First CPU Idle
31.1s Last Painted Hero
31.6s Visually Complete
32.29s Time To Interactive
52.6s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
5.9s Last Painted Hero
51.32s First CPU Idle
51.32s Time To Interactive
57.21s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.81s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.92s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
32.23s First CPU Idle
32.23s Time To Interactive
32.38s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.79s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.82s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
56.51s First CPU Idle
56.51s Time To Interactive
76.67s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
64.68s First CPU Idle
64.68s Time To Interactive
118.94s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.9s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
19.09s First CPU Idle
26.8s Last Painted Hero
47.62s Time To Interactive
77.8s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.91s Backend
5.1s Start Render
21.51s Largest Contentful Paint
56s Last Painted Hero
56.5s Visually Complete
64.57s First CPU Idle
64.57s Time To Interactive
80.18s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.2s Start Render
24.58s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
41.74s First CPU Idle
73s Visually Complete
102.45s Time To Interactive
119.25s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
7.1s Visually Complete
25.6s Last Painted Hero
31.73s First CPU Idle
56.4s Time To Interactive
93.88s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.88s Largest Contentful Paint
9.7s Last Painted Hero
9.7s Visually Complete
47.75s First CPU Idle
47.75s Time To Interactive
73.56s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.22s Largest Contentful Paint
10.7s Visually Complete
31.41s First CPU Idle
31.41s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.49s Backend
8.7s Start Render
9.12s First CPU Idle
9.45s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
31.5s Visually Complete
42.4s Time To Interactive
44.26s Fully Loaded

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