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
1.1s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
13.81s First CPU Idle
46s Last Painted Hero
53.27s Time To Interactive
66.3s Visually Complete
96.22s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.73s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
12.25s First CPU Idle
66.59s Time To Interactive
76.7s Fully Loaded
77s Visually Complete

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#3 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.3s Start Render
8.02s Largest Contentful Paint
16.1s Last Painted Hero
16.1s Visually Complete
19.73s First CPU Idle
19.73s Time To Interactive
22.78s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.64s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
34.2s Visually Complete
47.45s First CPU Idle
47.45s Time To Interactive
71.13s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.63s Largest Contentful Paint
45.98s First CPU Idle
45.98s Time To Interactive
60s Last Painted Hero
75.36s Fully Loaded
80.6s Visually Complete

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.03s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
27s First CPU Idle
27s Time To Interactive
27.74s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.94s Backend
2.3s Start Render
9s Largest Contentful Paint
41.99s First CPU Idle
58s Last Painted Hero
58s Visually Complete
116.19s Time To Interactive
119.15s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
21.6s Visually Complete
25.87s First CPU Idle
25.87s Time To Interactive
30.47s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.77s Backend
3s Start Render
35.67s Largest Contentful Paint
39.53s First CPU Idle
78s Visually Complete
80.03s Time To Interactive
126.48s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.51s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
57.9s Visually Complete
61.63s First CPU Idle
61.63s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.1s Start Render
6.49s Largest Contentful Paint
22.8s Last Painted Hero
22.8s Visually Complete
64.09s First CPU Idle
69.46s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
4.6s Start Render
9.69s First CPU Idle
10.8s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
74.93s Time To Interactive
77.05s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.04s First CPU Idle
6.14s Largest Contentful Paint
16.28s Time To Interactive
17s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
20.09s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.77s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.21s Largest Contentful Paint
49.91s First CPU Idle
56.5s Last Painted Hero
56.5s Visually Complete
104.41s Time To Interactive
111.89s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.46s Largest Contentful Paint
18.73s First CPU Idle
49.5s Last Painted Hero
49.5s Visually Complete
60.38s Time To Interactive
94.15s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.53s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
49.55s Time To Interactive
78s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.7s Start Render
22.7s Last Painted Hero
22.75s Largest Contentful Paint
25.9s Visually Complete
27.24s First CPU Idle
86.85s Time To Interactive
116.09s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.21s Largest Contentful Paint
34.96s First CPU Idle
106s Visually Complete
119.74s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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