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
3.92s Largest Contentful Paint
26.58s First CPU Idle
37.6s Last Painted Hero
73s Visually Complete
75.54s Time To Interactive
114.98s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.79s Largest Contentful Paint
13.2s Last Painted Hero
13.2s Visually Complete
16.61s First CPU Idle
16.61s Time To Interactive
19.73s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.44s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
52.45s First CPU Idle
52.45s Time To Interactive
68s Visually Complete
118.02s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
49.8s Fully Loaded
54.86s First CPU Idle
54.86s Time To Interactive

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
21.44s First CPU Idle
44.92s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
100.96s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.52s Largest Contentful Paint
13.79s First CPU Idle
56s Visually Complete
85.75s Time To Interactive
91.42s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
30.22s First CPU Idle
30.22s Time To Interactive
47.77s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.72s First CPU Idle
7.8s Last Painted Hero
7.82s Largest Contentful Paint
87.2s Visually Complete
99.26s Time To Interactive
101.41s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.77s Backend
3.5s Start Render
4.21s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
18.44s First CPU Idle
33.1s Visually Complete
60.59s Time To Interactive
90.12s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.32s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
30.3s First CPU Idle
81.62s Time To Interactive
101.63s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
4.2s Start Render
30.65s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
40.34s First CPU Idle
49.88s Time To Interactive
61.35s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.97s Backend
4.3s Start Render
6.04s First CPU Idle
6.29s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23.3s Visually Complete
24.35s Time To Interactive
36.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
4.5s Start Render
26.82s Largest Contentful Paint
27.1s First CPU Idle
36s Visually Complete
114.1s Time To Interactive
149.54s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.4s Visually Complete
5.41s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
26.61s First CPU Idle
41.7s Time To Interactive
71.51s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.9s Start Render
13.37s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
48.53s First CPU Idle
48.53s Time To Interactive
98.31s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.9s Backend
6.1s Start Render
21.09s Largest Contentful Paint
26.15s First CPU Idle
58.4s Last Painted Hero
58.4s Visually Complete
64.43s Time To Interactive
83.34s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.51s Largest Contentful Paint
86s Visually Complete
104.84s First CPU Idle
108.34s Time To Interactive
115.44s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.79s Backend
6.9s Start Render
6.9s Last Painted Hero
6.92s Largest Contentful Paint
19.83s First CPU Idle
42.7s Visually Complete
45.57s Time To Interactive
64.45s Fully Loaded

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