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
2.74s Largest Contentful Paint
43.6s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
70.34s First CPU Idle
107.37s Time To Interactive
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.37s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Last Painted Hero
9.8s Visually Complete
14.52s First CPU Idle
14.52s Time To Interactive
16.4s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.13s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
29.51s First CPU Idle
64.03s Time To Interactive
104.5s Visually Complete
116.37s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
13.4s Visually Complete
28.76s First CPU Idle
109.47s Time To Interactive
115.64s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
40.37s First CPU Idle
40.37s Time To Interactive
58s Last Painted Hero
58s Visually Complete
70.57s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
13.23s First CPU Idle
95s Last Painted Hero
102.47s Time To Interactive
109s Visually Complete
118.6s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
5.3s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s First CPU Idle
25.2s Last Painted Hero
25.9s Visually Complete
26.75s Time To Interactive
35.83s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
3s Start Render
3.93s Largest Contentful Paint
27.2s Last Painted Hero
34.5s Visually Complete
34.82s First CPU Idle
34.82s Time To Interactive
54.35s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.86s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.25s Largest Contentful Paint
18.98s First CPU Idle
29.8s Last Painted Hero
29.8s Visually Complete
102.85s Time To Interactive
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.24s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.9s First CPU Idle
7.4s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
39.94s Time To Interactive
48.34s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.47s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
35.47s First CPU Idle
35.47s Time To Interactive
49.8s Visually Complete
53.29s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.7s Start Render
22.76s Largest Contentful Paint
23.3s Last Painted Hero
23.3s Visually Complete
46.13s First CPU Idle
46.13s Time To Interactive
59.78s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.65s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
20.84s First CPU Idle
26.94s Time To Interactive
27.4s Last Painted Hero
31.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.9s Start Render
27.68s Largest Contentful Paint
48.75s First CPU Idle
61.54s Time To Interactive
76s Visually Complete
202.33s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.71s Backend
6s Start Render
6.76s Largest Contentful Paint
8.96s First CPU Idle
107s Last Painted Hero
118.31s Time To Interactive
119.81s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#16 NPR
0.76s Backend
6s Start Render
27.2s Largest Contentful Paint
53.46s First CPU Idle
59.2s Last Painted Hero
59.2s Visually Complete
65.23s Time To Interactive
70.64s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.48s Backend
9.6s Start Render
11.03s First CPU Idle
11.38s Largest Contentful Paint
12.3s Last Painted Hero
38.5s Visually Complete
59.41s Time To Interactive
61.15s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
44.12s First CPU Idle
44.12s Time To Interactive
74.31s Fully Loaded

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