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
2.36s Largest Contentful Paint
25.9s Last Painted Hero
25.9s Visually Complete
31.43s First CPU Idle
52.37s Time To Interactive
88.24s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.55s Largest Contentful Paint
15.2s Last Painted Hero
15.2s Visually Complete
20.06s First CPU Idle
20.06s Time To Interactive
21.88s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.19s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
39.11s First CPU Idle
51.4s Time To Interactive
65s Visually Complete
88.01s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
1.6s Start Render
8.49s Largest Contentful Paint
25.5s First CPU Idle
39.1s Last Painted Hero
39.1s Visually Complete
101.44s Time To Interactive
112.11s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.65s Largest Contentful Paint
42.1s First CPU Idle
42.1s Time To Interactive
60s Last Painted Hero
61s Visually Complete
91.57s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
4.8s Visually Complete
56.44s Fully Loaded
57.4s First CPU Idle
57.4s Time To Interactive

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#7 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
28.43s First CPU Idle
79.87s Time To Interactive
84.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.53s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
29.2s First CPU Idle
29.2s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
43.87s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.07s Backend
3.1s Start Render
6.07s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
64.4s First CPU Idle
90.07s Time To Interactive
96.35s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.81s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.86s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
41.9s Visually Complete
55.16s First CPU Idle
55.16s Time To Interactive
118.3s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
4.08s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Start Render
27.11s First CPU Idle
33.8s Last Painted Hero
33.8s Visually Complete
44.28s Time To Interactive
63.32s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.06s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.47s Largest Contentful Paint
6.71s First CPU Idle
54.37s Time To Interactive
55s Last Painted Hero
55s Visually Complete
55.42s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.1s Start Render
26.53s Largest Contentful Paint
32.79s First CPU Idle
34.4s Visually Complete
119.52s Time To Interactive
164.11s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.1s Visually Complete
6.13s Largest Contentful Paint
17.06s First CPU Idle
39.7s Last Painted Hero
44.3s Time To Interactive
75.19s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
7.6s Largest Contentful Paint
15.34s First CPU Idle
93s Last Painted Hero
119.06s Time To Interactive
119.9s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
6.2s Start Render
10.1s Largest Contentful Paint
25.95s First CPU Idle
26s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
55.43s Time To Interactive
73.84s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.89s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.7s First CPU Idle
22.71s Largest Contentful Paint
60s Last Painted Hero
60s Visually Complete
93s Time To Interactive
95.62s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.79s Backend
6.68s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Start Render
6.7s First CPU Idle
6.7s Last Painted Hero
42.3s Visually Complete
54.95s Time To Interactive
83.79s Fully Loaded

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