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
1s Start Render
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
32.9s Last Painted Hero
40.32s First CPU Idle
69.07s Time To Interactive
70s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
16.04s First CPU Idle
16.04s Time To Interactive
19.17s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.66s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
43s Visually Complete
55.19s First CPU Idle
55.19s Time To Interactive
119s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
37.42s First CPU Idle
49.6s Time To Interactive
67s Last Painted Hero
68s Visually Complete
68.59s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
41.51s First CPU Idle
41.51s Time To Interactive
44.05s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.74s Backend
2.51s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
28.93s First CPU Idle
64s Visually Complete
84.28s Time To Interactive
88.25s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.82s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.91s First CPU Idle
5.92s Largest Contentful Paint
20.8s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
22.74s Time To Interactive
26.5s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
3.59s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
31.17s First CPU Idle
31.17s Time To Interactive
47.18s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
3.8s Start Render
21.2s First CPU Idle
32.7s Last Painted Hero
32.7s Visually Complete
32.78s Largest Contentful Paint
55.27s Time To Interactive
127.87s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
1.24s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.22s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
22.36s First CPU Idle
29s Visually Complete
51.94s Time To Interactive
96.04s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.55s Largest Contentful Paint
28.22s First CPU Idle
47.4s Last Painted Hero
71.97s Time To Interactive
87.5s Visually Complete
98.06s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.15s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.54s First CPU Idle
7.1s Last Painted Hero
7.12s Largest Contentful Paint
56.64s Time To Interactive
82.6s Visually Complete
85.86s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
25.35s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Visually Complete
29.96s First CPU Idle
114.93s Time To Interactive
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5s Start Render
5.15s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
29.1s Last Painted Hero
38.82s First CPU Idle
38.82s Time To Interactive
46.82s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
38.3s Visually Complete
46.31s Fully Loaded
48.45s Time To Interactive

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
9.93s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
59.63s First CPU Idle
84.18s Time To Interactive
95.84s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.12s Largest Contentful Paint
61.18s First CPU Idle
61.6s Last Painted Hero
61.6s Visually Complete
87.5s Time To Interactive
97.25s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.1s Largest Contentful Paint
16.21s First CPU Idle
90s Last Painted Hero
110.5s Visually Complete
112.88s Time To Interactive
118.94s Fully Loaded

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