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
3.71s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
50.33s First CPU Idle
56.49s Time To Interactive
80.8s Visually Complete
89.56s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.1s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
15.94s First CPU Idle
15.94s Time To Interactive
19.47s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.61s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
29.7s Visually Complete
31.59s First CPU Idle
31.59s Time To Interactive
36.52s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
50.34s First CPU Idle
50.34s Time To Interactive
53.87s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.9s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
19.98s First CPU Idle
19.98s Time To Interactive
25.87s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.34s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
8.61s First CPU Idle
18.34s Time To Interactive
26.77s Fully Loaded
31.9s Visually Complete

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.74s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.48s Largest Contentful Paint
5.34s First CPU Idle
41.1s Time To Interactive
90.6s Visually Complete
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.03s Backend
3s Start Render
6.63s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
66.94s First CPU Idle
84s Visually Complete
99.16s Time To Interactive
99.39s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
3s Start Render
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
33.69s First CPU Idle
33.69s Time To Interactive
51.42s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.91s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
29.1s Visually Complete
44s First CPU Idle
44s Time To Interactive
59.36s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.09s Largest Contentful Paint
21.63s First CPU Idle
32.2s Last Painted Hero
32.2s Visually Complete
41.98s Time To Interactive
55.47s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.32s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
31.45s First CPU Idle
48.76s Time To Interactive
77.3s Visually Complete
95.82s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.72s Largest Contentful Paint
49.95s First CPU Idle
117.5s Visually Complete
118.47s Time To Interactive
226.52s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.8s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.93s First CPU Idle
38.3s Visually Complete
55s Time To Interactive
56.42s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.92s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
32.56s First CPU Idle
32.56s Time To Interactive
58.28s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.79s Backend
5.84s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Start Render
21.85s First CPU Idle
35.1s Last Painted Hero
35.1s Visually Complete
58.9s Time To Interactive
68.62s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.95s Backend
6.1s Start Render
20.44s Largest Contentful Paint
49.4s Last Painted Hero
49.4s Visually Complete
51.16s First CPU Idle
51.16s Time To Interactive
63.48s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
9.49s First CPU Idle
78.55s Largest Contentful Paint
102s Last Painted Hero
102s Visually Complete
119.64s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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