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
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
36.93s First CPU Idle
37s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
50.2s Time To Interactive
91.27s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.72s Largest Contentful Paint
14.4s Last Painted Hero
14.4s Visually Complete
19.26s First CPU Idle
19.26s Time To Interactive
20.94s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.32s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
46.76s First CPU Idle
46.76s Time To Interactive
50.95s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.88s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
6.2s First CPU Idle
12.24s Time To Interactive
12.39s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
44.49s Fully Loaded
45.37s First CPU Idle
45.37s Time To Interactive

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.8s Start Render
9.39s Largest Contentful Paint
59s Last Painted Hero
89.33s First CPU Idle
89.33s Time To Interactive
100.8s Visually Complete
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
14.67s First CPU Idle
75.7s Time To Interactive
77.88s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
34.79s First CPU Idle
44.58s Time To Interactive
55.76s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.92s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
47.6s First CPU Idle
60.86s Time To Interactive
115.9s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
1.05s Backend
3.5s Start Render
19.74s First CPU Idle
24.31s Largest Contentful Paint
29.2s Visually Complete
39.56s Time To Interactive
58.76s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.86s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
71.55s First CPU Idle
71.55s Time To Interactive
87s Visually Complete
91.46s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.66s Largest Contentful Paint
6.28s First CPU Idle
19.98s Time To Interactive
20.7s Fully Loaded
20.7s Last Painted Hero
20.7s Visually Complete

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#13 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.49s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
8.7s Last Painted Hero
32.79s First CPU Idle
39.68s Time To Interactive
69.29s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.3s First CPU Idle
5.59s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
40.22s Time To Interactive
41s Visually Complete
43.27s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.76s Backend
5.6s Start Render
19.66s Largest Contentful Paint
55s Last Painted Hero
55s Visually Complete
57.89s First CPU Idle
57.89s Time To Interactive
105.86s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.9s Start Render
9.77s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
55.98s First CPU Idle
55.98s Time To Interactive
73.55s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
8.68s Largest Contentful Paint
14.14s First CPU Idle
82.9s Last Painted Hero
82.9s Visually Complete
90.75s Time To Interactive
93.23s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.81s Backend
6.8s Start Render
29.74s First CPU Idle
30.04s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Visually Complete
104.35s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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