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
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
55.81s First CPU Idle
61s Last Painted Hero
81s Visually Complete
83.36s Time To Interactive
88.73s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.83s Largest Contentful Paint
14.8s Last Painted Hero
14.8s Visually Complete
18.12s First CPU Idle
18.12s Time To Interactive
20.41s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
57.14s First CPU Idle
57.14s Time To Interactive
74.1s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
33.13s First CPU Idle
44s Visually Complete
46.18s Time To Interactive
72.05s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
56.63s First CPU Idle
56.63s Time To Interactive
60.22s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.78s Backend
2.6s Start Render
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
4.92s First CPU Idle
21.42s Time To Interactive
21.5s Last Painted Hero
21.5s Visually Complete
26.02s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
28.93s First CPU Idle
65s Visually Complete
90.88s Time To Interactive
97.58s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.57s Largest Contentful Paint
25.1s Last Painted Hero
26.18s First CPU Idle
30s Visually Complete
33.04s Time To Interactive
51.57s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.1s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.87s First CPU Idle
7.57s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
73.12s Time To Interactive
88.4s Visually Complete
90.17s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.98s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
44.3s Visually Complete
65.22s First CPU Idle
65.22s Time To Interactive
92.92s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4s Start Render
5.92s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
36.17s First CPU Idle
73.14s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.5s Start Render
28.89s Largest Contentful Paint
29.7s Visually Complete
35.26s First CPU Idle
108.77s Time To Interactive
120.7s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
4.9s Start Render
22.74s First CPU Idle
32.79s Largest Contentful Paint
59.47s Time To Interactive
71s Visually Complete
109.98s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.77s Backend
5.3s Start Render
6.46s First CPU Idle
20.33s Largest Contentful Paint
60.1s Last Painted Hero
60.1s Visually Complete
80.52s Time To Interactive
88.93s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.88s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
27.9s Last Painted Hero
42.48s First CPU Idle
42.48s Time To Interactive
47.43s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.9s Start Render
9.44s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
53.1s First CPU Idle
53.1s Time To Interactive
60s Visually Complete
80.69s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.3s Largest Contentful Paint
9.39s First CPU Idle
74s Last Painted Hero
114s Visually Complete
116.92s Time To Interactive
119.29s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.79s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.3s First CPU Idle
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.32s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Visually Complete
48.24s Fully Loaded
52.82s Time To Interactive

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