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
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
27.79s First CPU Idle
46.8s Last Painted Hero
46.8s Visually Complete
49.21s Time To Interactive
89.29s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.97s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
16.41s First CPU Idle
16.41s Time To Interactive
19.86s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.93s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
31.63s First CPU Idle
31.63s Time To Interactive
47.5s Visually Complete
50.85s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.88s Largest Contentful Paint
22.68s First CPU Idle
22.68s Time To Interactive
40s Last Painted Hero
42.22s Fully Loaded
46s Visually Complete

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.06s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
37.59s First CPU Idle
37.59s Time To Interactive
37.74s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.52s Largest Contentful Paint
9.04s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
104.11s Time To Interactive
110.68s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.24s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
34.63s First CPU Idle
34.63s Time To Interactive
53.52s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.75s Backend
3.1s Start Render
5.43s Largest Contentful Paint
9.72s First CPU Idle
23.8s Last Painted Hero
24.5s Visually Complete
28.47s Time To Interactive
29.25s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.2s Start Render
8.9s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
50.59s First CPU Idle
77.8s Time To Interactive
100.42s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.27s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.68s First CPU Idle
7.7s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
41.47s Time To Interactive
45.33s Fully Loaded

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#11 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
4.9s Start Render
5.12s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
35s Last Painted Hero
38.58s First CPU Idle
38.58s Time To Interactive
58.72s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.81s Largest Contentful Paint
42.37s First CPU Idle
42.37s Time To Interactive
42.8s Last Painted Hero
42.8s Visually Complete
64.04s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.91s Largest Contentful Paint
44s First CPU Idle
104.82s Time To Interactive
118s Visually Complete
213.4s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.47s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
26.8s Last Painted Hero
26.8s Visually Complete
48.63s First CPU Idle
48.63s Time To Interactive
55.93s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.51s Largest Contentful Paint
25.94s First CPU Idle
52.7s Last Painted Hero
52.7s Visually Complete
98.12s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.77s Backend
5.9s Start Render
21.95s Largest Contentful Paint
23.96s First CPU Idle
54s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
55.67s Time To Interactive
64.84s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
12.61s First CPU Idle
35.06s Largest Contentful Paint
50s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete
84.66s Time To Interactive
119.58s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.47s Backend
9.8s Start Render
10.37s First CPU Idle
10.4s Last Painted Hero
10.42s Largest Contentful Paint
41.3s Visually Complete
52.5s Time To Interactive
54.26s Fully Loaded

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