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
1.2s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
33.08s First CPU Idle
45.46s Time To Interactive
109s Visually Complete
119.44s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.73s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
13.23s First CPU Idle
64s Visually Complete
66.32s Time To Interactive
69.69s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.83s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.88s Largest Contentful Paint
14.1s Last Painted Hero
14.1s Visually Complete
19.27s First CPU Idle
19.27s Time To Interactive
23.5s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.46s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
54.26s First CPU Idle
54.26s Time To Interactive
57.72s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.81s Largest Contentful Paint
42s Visually Complete
43.04s First CPU Idle
43.04s Time To Interactive
48.42s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
1.4s Backend
1.8s Start Render
7.81s Largest Contentful Paint
57s Last Painted Hero
68.21s First CPU Idle
68.21s Time To Interactive
71.97s Fully Loaded
76.5s Visually Complete

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#7 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
11.5s Visually Complete
43.41s Fully Loaded
47.64s First CPU Idle
47.64s Time To Interactive

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.05s Backend
3.1s Start Render
11.11s Largest Contentful Paint
16.2s Last Painted Hero
38.71s First CPU Idle
38.71s Time To Interactive
57s Visually Complete
106.77s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.92s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
31.58s First CPU Idle
36.83s Time To Interactive
47.35s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.77s Backend
3.2s Start Render
27.67s Largest Contentful Paint
57.21s First CPU Idle
113.4s Visually Complete
117.44s Time To Interactive
158.34s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
67.07s First CPU Idle
67.07s Time To Interactive
111.4s Visually Complete
112.19s Fully Loaded

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#12 POLITICO
0.76s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Visually Complete
11s Last Painted Hero
45.53s First CPU Idle
45.53s Time To Interactive
71.88s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.57s Largest Contentful Paint
18.74s First CPU Idle
18.74s Time To Interactive
19.5s Last Painted Hero
19.5s Visually Complete
19.59s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5s Start Render
25.27s First CPU Idle
26.29s Largest Contentful Paint
26.3s Last Painted Hero
79.97s Time To Interactive
110.9s Visually Complete
117.57s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.52s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
39.4s Visually Complete
51.5s Time To Interactive
61.89s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
6.1s Start Render
10.09s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
50.39s First CPU Idle
59.09s Time To Interactive
77.26s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.26s Largest Contentful Paint
110.58s First CPU Idle
114.4s Visually Complete
119.55s Time To Interactive
137.55s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.73s Backend
6.9s Start Render
21.66s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
56.68s First CPU Idle
56.68s Time To Interactive
82.73s Fully Loaded

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