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
1s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
30.56s First CPU Idle
30.6s Last Painted Hero
51.46s Time To Interactive
111.2s Visually Complete
117.7s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.72s Largest Contentful Paint
12.7s Last Painted Hero
12.7s Visually Complete
15.94s First CPU Idle
15.94s Time To Interactive
19.14s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.68s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
52.42s First CPU Idle
52.42s Time To Interactive
62s Visually Complete
105.39s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Visually Complete
46.98s First CPU Idle
46.98s Time To Interactive
56.08s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
44.2s First CPU Idle
44.2s Time To Interactive
64.84s Fully Loaded
69.9s Visually Complete

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.42s Largest Contentful Paint
26.71s First CPU Idle
93s Last Painted Hero
93s Visually Complete
107.22s Time To Interactive
119.23s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.89s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
5.01s First CPU Idle
24.8s Last Painted Hero
25.5s Visually Complete
26.33s Time To Interactive
35.44s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.21s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
33.45s First CPU Idle
33.45s Time To Interactive
54.34s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
8.74s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
34.7s Visually Complete
35.34s First CPU Idle
35.34s Time To Interactive
42.42s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.27s Backend
4.3s Start Render
7.2s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Last Painted Hero
48.61s First CPU Idle
90.3s Visually Complete
90.37s Time To Interactive
92.12s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
1.2s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.54s Largest Contentful Paint
25.42s First CPU Idle
32.3s Last Painted Hero
32.3s Visually Complete
51.13s Time To Interactive
61.77s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.07s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
46.4s Visually Complete
56.36s First CPU Idle
56.36s Time To Interactive
86.56s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
10.2s Last Painted Hero
44.89s First CPU Idle
44.89s Time To Interactive
60.78s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.61s Largest Contentful Paint
20.1s Last Painted Hero
20.1s Visually Complete
20.97s First CPU Idle
20.97s Time To Interactive
28.59s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.77s Backend
6s Start Render
20.97s Largest Contentful Paint
48.6s Last Painted Hero
48.6s Visually Complete
51s First CPU Idle
73.55s Time To Interactive
87.99s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.91s Largest Contentful Paint
109.12s First CPU Idle
116s Visually Complete
118.17s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
6.6s Start Render
30.21s Largest Contentful Paint
36.32s First CPU Idle
36.9s Visually Complete
59.72s Time To Interactive
149.69s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.46s Backend
9.9s Start Render
10.57s First CPU Idle
12.16s Largest Contentful Paint
12.2s Last Painted Hero
44.2s Visually Complete
50.85s Time To Interactive
52.7s Fully Loaded

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