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
1s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
11.13s First CPU Idle
57s Last Painted Hero
81.89s Time To Interactive
89.5s Visually Complete
113.08s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.3s Largest Contentful Paint
10.8s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
14.3s First CPU Idle
14.3s Time To Interactive
16.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
13.5s Visually Complete
42.75s First CPU Idle
42.75s Time To Interactive
42.9s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.93s Largest Contentful Paint
8.58s First CPU Idle
24.5s Last Painted Hero
25.2s Visually Complete
37.21s Time To Interactive
39.23s Fully Loaded

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#5 NPR
0.75s Backend
2.9s Start Render
22.9s Largest Contentful Paint
50.8s Last Painted Hero
50.8s Visually Complete
58.13s First CPU Idle
58.13s Time To Interactive
65.62s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
35.83s First CPU Idle
35.83s Time To Interactive
54.41s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
1.24s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.1s First CPU Idle
6.76s Largest Contentful Paint
53.75s Time To Interactive
103s Last Painted Hero
103s Visually Complete
104.49s Fully Loaded

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#8 NEW YORK TIMES
0.88s Backend
4s Start Render
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
20.65s First CPU Idle
32.9s Last Painted Hero
32.9s Visually Complete
43.72s Time To Interactive
83.17s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
8.42s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
51.01s First CPU Idle
51.01s Time To Interactive
119.34s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.9s Visually Complete
4.94s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Last Painted Hero
41.6s First CPU Idle
41.6s Time To Interactive
73.58s Fully Loaded

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#11 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.7s Start Render
27.45s Largest Contentful Paint
31.9s First CPU Idle
114.2s Visually Complete
116.77s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.81s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
23.5s Visually Complete
48.22s First CPU Idle
48.22s Time To Interactive
60.55s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.65s Largest Contentful Paint
20.44s First CPU Idle
20.44s Time To Interactive
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
30.18s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.25s Largest Contentful Paint
115.6s First CPU Idle
115.6s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
120.12s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
1.48s Backend
9.8s Start Render
10.5s First CPU Idle
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.54s Largest Contentful Paint
43.6s Visually Complete
55.65s Time To Interactive
57.41s Fully Loaded

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#16 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
34.98s First CPU Idle
34.98s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
53.98s Fully Loaded

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#17 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
13.37s First CPU Idle
90s Last Painted Hero
96s Visually Complete
98.01s Time To Interactive
118.68s Fully Loaded

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#18 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
45.23s First CPU Idle
45.23s Time To Interactive
45.45s Fully Loaded
47s Visually Complete

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