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
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
9.6s Last Painted Hero
23s First CPU Idle
35.31s Time To Interactive
84.1s Visually Complete
92.44s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
19.33s First CPU Idle
19.33s Time To Interactive
23.44s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.36s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
58.4s Visually Complete
63.34s First CPU Idle
63.34s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
24.53s First CPU Idle
65.06s Time To Interactive
83.3s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.78s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
20.84s First CPU Idle
43.99s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
81.9s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.74s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s First CPU Idle
73.93s Time To Interactive
115.99s Fully Loaded
116s Visually Complete

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#7 VOX
0.72s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.3s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
12.3s First CPU Idle
36.17s Time To Interactive
36.48s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
3s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
18.15s First CPU Idle
20s Last Painted Hero
27.17s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
48.01s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.8s Start Render
19.16s First CPU Idle
27.22s Largest Contentful Paint
77s Visually Complete
89.28s Time To Interactive
108.98s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
21.79s Largest Contentful Paint
69s Last Painted Hero
69s Visually Complete
69.14s First CPU Idle
69.14s Time To Interactive
114.42s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.95s Backend
4s Start Render
4.32s First CPU Idle
7.1s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
70.4s Visually Complete
71.45s Time To Interactive
85.16s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
24.59s First CPU Idle
79.99s Time To Interactive
100.2s Visually Complete
119.48s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
4.9s Start Render
5.13s Largest Contentful Paint
35.9s Last Painted Hero
35.9s Visually Complete
40.01s First CPU Idle
40.01s Time To Interactive
68.93s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5s Start Render
20.6s Largest Contentful Paint
39.94s First CPU Idle
81s Visually Complete
94.97s Time To Interactive
151.99s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.71s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.72s Largest Contentful Paint
39.7s Visually Complete
50.51s Time To Interactive
54.51s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
8.17s Largest Contentful Paint
109.06s First CPU Idle
119.4s Visually Complete
119.93s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.83s Backend
6.1s Start Render
19.42s Largest Contentful Paint
44.66s First CPU Idle
64.9s Last Painted Hero
64.9s Visually Complete
110.17s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#18 THE ONION
1.67s Backend
7.7s Start Render
12.66s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
57.05s First CPU Idle
57.05s Time To Interactive
79.41s Fully Loaded
84.4s Visually Complete

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