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
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
12.89s First CPU Idle
29.4s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
73.4s Time To Interactive
91.61s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.34s Largest Contentful Paint
13.6s Last Painted Hero
13.6s Visually Complete
18.69s First CPU Idle
18.69s Time To Interactive
21.27s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.52s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
65.17s First CPU Idle
65.17s Time To Interactive
102s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
30.92s First CPU Idle
52.2s Last Painted Hero
84s Visually Complete
85s Time To Interactive
102.55s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
11.93s First CPU Idle
11.93s Time To Interactive
12.09s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
11.56s First CPU Idle
30.04s Time To Interactive
30.31s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
13.48s First CPU Idle
59s Visually Complete
84.17s Time To Interactive
84.74s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.06s Backend
3s Start Render
3.4s First CPU Idle
12.07s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
38.7s Visually Complete
86.25s Time To Interactive
99.58s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
3s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
9.6s Last Painted Hero
31.5s Visually Complete
32.37s First CPU Idle
32.37s Time To Interactive
49.95s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.6s Start Render
18.35s First CPU Idle
33.95s Largest Contentful Paint
39.4s Last Painted Hero
39.4s Visually Complete
67.6s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.81s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
41.3s Visually Complete
60.2s First CPU Idle
69.41s Time To Interactive
93.05s Fully Loaded

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#12 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
4.4s Start Render
12.21s First CPU Idle
17.18s Largest Contentful Paint
41s Last Painted Hero
59.44s Time To Interactive
82.08s Fully Loaded
84.9s Visually Complete

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.73s Largest Contentful Paint
79.82s First CPU Idle
91.42s Time To Interactive
92.6s Visually Complete
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.5s Start Render
22.79s Largest Contentful Paint
23.85s First CPU Idle
55.4s Last Painted Hero
55.4s Visually Complete
109.8s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.71s First CPU Idle
6.37s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
42.5s Visually Complete
55.51s Fully Loaded
56.17s Time To Interactive

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.8s Backend
5.8s Start Render
25.88s Largest Contentful Paint
35.5s First CPU Idle
48s Visually Complete
55.53s Time To Interactive
225.03s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
107.83s First CPU Idle
112.7s Visually Complete
119.49s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
6.2s Start Render
9.43s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
44.02s First CPU Idle
44.02s Time To Interactive
70.81s Fully Loaded

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