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
1.1s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
40.9s Last Painted Hero
40.9s Visually Complete
54.46s First CPU Idle
54.46s Time To Interactive
92.2s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.76s Largest Contentful Paint
10.9s Last Painted Hero
10.9s Visually Complete
14.34s First CPU Idle
14.34s Time To Interactive
17.04s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.03s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
53.8s First CPU Idle
69.81s Time To Interactive
90s Visually Complete
120.3s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
23.92s First CPU Idle
33.4s Visually Complete
43.68s Time To Interactive
54.71s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.73s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
10.27s First CPU Idle
56s Visually Complete
91.71s Time To Interactive
101.75s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.89s First CPU Idle
4.94s Largest Contentful Paint
53.7s Time To Interactive
79.7s Last Painted Hero
91.2s Visually Complete
102.29s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
7.85s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
28.98s First CPU Idle
28.98s Time To Interactive
30.2s Visually Complete
52.37s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.08s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.63s First CPU Idle
6.53s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
90s Visually Complete
92.77s Time To Interactive
94.6s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
27.07s Largest Contentful Paint
55.2s Last Painted Hero
55.2s Visually Complete
58.06s First CPU Idle
58.06s Time To Interactive
85.23s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.71s Backend
4s Start Render
4.11s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Last Painted Hero
13.3s Visually Complete
31.65s First CPU Idle
56.64s Time To Interactive
61.71s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.3s Start Render
10s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
40.6s First CPU Idle
66s Visually Complete
67.93s Time To Interactive
119.53s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
4.39s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Start Render
20.8s First CPU Idle
33.4s Last Painted Hero
33.4s Visually Complete
54.56s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.92s Backend
4.6s Start Render
20.23s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
58.95s First CPU Idle
58.95s Time To Interactive
82.63s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.2s Start Render
27.05s Largest Contentful Paint
42.99s First CPU Idle
81.1s Visually Complete
119.26s Time To Interactive
120.33s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.9s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s First CPU Idle
90.8s Last Painted Hero
90.8s Visually Complete
119.71s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Start Render
10.2s Visually Complete
28.26s First CPU Idle
28.26s Time To Interactive
30.6s Last Painted Hero
43.51s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.48s Backend
8.1s Start Render
8.4s First CPU Idle
8.78s Largest Contentful Paint
8.8s Last Painted Hero
39.5s Visually Complete
46.48s Time To Interactive
48.26s Fully Loaded

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