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 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.44s Largest Contentful Paint
13.6s Last Painted Hero
13.6s Visually Complete
18.33s First CPU Idle
18.33s Time To Interactive
20.12s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
39.8s Last Painted Hero
39.8s Visually Complete
56.64s First CPU Idle
56.64s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.97s Largest Contentful Paint
28.1s Last Painted Hero
29.92s First CPU Idle
35s Visually Complete
49.35s Time To Interactive
53.85s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.5s Start Render
44.05s Largest Contentful Paint
44.73s First CPU Idle
73s Last Painted Hero
74s Visually Complete
79.05s Time To Interactive
98.76s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
44.69s First CPU Idle
54.82s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
77.78s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
4.8s Visually Complete
27.2s First CPU Idle
27.2s Time To Interactive
27.51s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.07s Largest Contentful Paint
9.3s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
24.63s First CPU Idle
24.63s Time To Interactive
27.17s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.3s Start Render
23.37s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
49.94s First CPU Idle
49.94s Time To Interactive
80.3s Visually Complete
99.37s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.15s Backend
3.7s Start Render
8.41s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
11s Last Painted Hero
65.08s First CPU Idle
119.25s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
3.9s Start Render
3.92s Largest Contentful Paint
34.3s Last Painted Hero
34.3s Visually Complete
43.87s First CPU Idle
43.87s Time To Interactive
63.12s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.23s Largest Contentful Paint
18.84s First CPU Idle
29s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
55.21s Time To Interactive
70.01s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
1.45s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.32s Largest Contentful Paint
15.96s First CPU Idle
62.4s Last Painted Hero
62.4s Visually Complete
108.4s Time To Interactive
115.73s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.81s Largest Contentful Paint
16.29s First CPU Idle
16.29s Time To Interactive
17s Last Painted Hero
17.2s Visually Complete
17.41s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
29.7s Visually Complete
59.76s Time To Interactive
74.63s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
6s Start Render
6.13s Largest Contentful Paint
15.83s First CPU Idle
50s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete
66.47s Time To Interactive
90.86s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.25s Largest Contentful Paint
13.9s First CPU Idle
70s Last Painted Hero
84.82s Time To Interactive
118.2s Visually Complete
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
6.5s Start Render
11.85s First CPU Idle
12.51s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Visually Complete
38s Last Painted Hero
68.16s Time To Interactive
97.97s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
4.71s Backend
9.5s Start Render
24.07s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
26.47s First CPU Idle
59s Visually Complete
89.34s Time To Interactive
117.88s Fully Loaded

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