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
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
14.24s First CPU Idle
26.7s Visually Complete
38.3s Time To Interactive
80.47s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.95s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
29.01s First CPU Idle
45.47s Time To Interactive
49s Visually Complete
79.22s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.2s Start Render
4.84s Largest Contentful Paint
22.23s First CPU Idle
44.85s Time To Interactive
73s Last Painted Hero
73s Visually Complete
74.07s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
9.34s First CPU Idle
41.8s Last Painted Hero
41.8s Visually Complete
41.85s Largest Contentful Paint
65.62s Time To Interactive
70.8s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
1.5s Start Render
6.52s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
22.3s First CPU Idle
22.3s Time To Interactive
22.82s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
32.96s First CPU Idle
32.96s Time To Interactive
36.74s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.8s Backend
1.8s Start Render
8.7s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
30.8s Visually Complete
39.41s First CPU Idle
39.41s Time To Interactive
43.66s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.89s Backend
1.8s Start Render
4.22s Largest Contentful Paint
4.77s First CPU Idle
14.85s Time To Interactive
15.58s Fully Loaded
15.6s Last Painted Hero
15.6s Visually Complete

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#9 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.44s Backend
2.2s Start Render
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.44s Largest Contentful Paint
40.39s First CPU Idle
40.39s Time To Interactive
42.44s Fully Loaded
47.5s Visually Complete

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.72s Backend
2.68s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Start Render
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
24.79s First CPU Idle
24.79s Time To Interactive
44.53s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.87s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.93s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
27.55s First CPU Idle
47.68s Time To Interactive
48.3s Visually Complete
53.44s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.88s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.31s Largest Contentful Paint
45.47s First CPU Idle
52s Last Painted Hero
52s Visually Complete
57.73s Time To Interactive
71.99s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.86s Backend
4.2s Start Render
22.65s Largest Contentful Paint
22.7s Last Painted Hero
44.1s Visually Complete
50.79s First CPU Idle
60.06s Time To Interactive
117.57s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.3s Start Render
8.62s Largest Contentful Paint
31.3s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
55.99s First CPU Idle
55.99s Time To Interactive
78.11s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.49s Largest Contentful Paint
37.15s First CPU Idle
37.15s Time To Interactive
37.3s Last Painted Hero
37.3s Visually Complete
43.16s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.7s Backend
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.89s First CPU Idle
46.9s Visually Complete
56.96s Time To Interactive
72.29s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.71s Backend
6s Start Render
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
117.7s Visually Complete
119.94s First CPU Idle
119.94s Time To Interactive
120.64s Fully Loaded

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