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
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Last Painted Hero
54.27s First CPU Idle
60.92s Time To Interactive
118.8s Visually Complete
120.09s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
9.15s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
12.8s Visually Complete
15.24s First CPU Idle
15.24s Time To Interactive
19.15s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
0.91s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.58s First CPU Idle
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
55.9s Last Painted Hero
55.9s Visually Complete
58.76s Time To Interactive
60.79s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.9s Largest Contentful Paint
49.9s Last Painted Hero
49.9s Visually Complete
62.3s First CPU Idle
62.3s Time To Interactive
76.35s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.7s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
71.29s First CPU Idle
76s Visually Complete
76.61s Time To Interactive
119.75s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.93s Backend
4.7s Start Render
22.11s First CPU Idle
27.65s Largest Contentful Paint
40.1s Last Painted Hero
40.1s Visually Complete
54.38s Time To Interactive
119.79s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.95s Backend
5s Start Render
19.01s Largest Contentful Paint
38.89s First CPU Idle
53.2s Last Painted Hero
53.2s Visually Complete
68.4s Time To Interactive
84.76s Fully Loaded

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#8 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.51s Largest Contentful Paint
76.9s First CPU Idle
110.2s Visually Complete
117.4s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.25s Largest Contentful Paint
16.84s First CPU Idle
16.84s Time To Interactive
17.83s Fully Loaded
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.78s Largest Contentful Paint
16.86s First CPU Idle
42s Last Painted Hero
50.19s Time To Interactive
57.4s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
39.56s First CPU Idle
39.56s Time To Interactive
45.52s Fully Loaded

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#12 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.44s Largest Contentful Paint
16.3s First CPU Idle
81.96s Time To Interactive
97s Visually Complete
98s Last Painted Hero
118.96s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.6s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.81s Largest Contentful Paint
6.61s First CPU Idle
24.4s Visually Complete
32.67s Time To Interactive
43.55s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.76s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.33s First CPU Idle
16.16s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
42.07s Time To Interactive
47.43s Fully Loaded
50.4s Visually Complete

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
8.6s Visually Complete
9.2s Last Painted Hero
27.56s First CPU Idle
27.56s Time To Interactive
37.97s Fully Loaded

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#16 VOX
0.71s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Last Painted Hero
8.2s Visually Complete
56.67s First CPU Idle
72.2s Time To Interactive
75.88s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
6.1s Start Render
29.4s First CPU Idle
30.77s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
71s Visually Complete
96.49s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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