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
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
35.3s Last Painted Hero
35.3s Visually Complete
69.72s First CPU Idle
77.09s Time To Interactive
105.67s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
8.38s Largest Contentful Paint
10.2s Last Painted Hero
10.2s Visually Complete
14.88s First CPU Idle
14.88s Time To Interactive
16.63s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.14s Largest Contentful Paint
8.38s First CPU Idle
26s Last Painted Hero
61.57s Time To Interactive
79s Visually Complete
107.18s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
38.3s Visually Complete
47.24s First CPU Idle
47.24s Time To Interactive
69.03s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.68s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
13.26s First CPU Idle
62s Visually Complete
86.95s Time To Interactive
91.9s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.73s Backend
2.5s Start Render
2.72s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Visually Complete
30.8s First CPU Idle
62.77s Time To Interactive
63.07s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.59s Largest Contentful Paint
5.27s First CPU Idle
24.3s Last Painted Hero
24.6s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
34.43s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
7.83s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
36.89s First CPU Idle
36.89s Time To Interactive
52.95s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.82s Backend
3.6s Start Render
6.4s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
11.55s First CPU Idle
30s Visually Complete
36.95s Time To Interactive
37.11s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.98s Largest Contentful Paint
31.1s Last Painted Hero
31.1s Visually Complete
67.49s First CPU Idle
67.49s Time To Interactive
83.31s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.89s Backend
3.9s Start Render
9.66s First CPU Idle
34.28s Largest Contentful Paint
66.9s Last Painted Hero
66.9s Visually Complete
80.27s Time To Interactive
88.97s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.51s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
47.12s First CPU Idle
54.19s Time To Interactive
69.81s Fully Loaded
71s Visually Complete

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.2s Start Render
35s Largest Contentful Paint
57.04s First CPU Idle
58.1s Visually Complete
90.55s Time To Interactive
152.8s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Start Render
52.1s Last Painted Hero
52.1s Visually Complete
119.92s Fully Loaded
119.95s First CPU Idle
119.95s Time To Interactive

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.7s Start Render
7.09s Largest Contentful Paint
115.25s Time To Interactive
116.16s First CPU Idle
118s Visually Complete
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
7.59s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Start Render
29.9s Last Painted Hero
29.9s Visually Complete
30.59s First CPU Idle
30.59s Time To Interactive
39.43s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.47s Backend
9.9s Start Render
10.55s First CPU Idle
10.77s Largest Contentful Paint
11.1s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
49.21s Time To Interactive
52.02s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5s Start Render
5.1s Visually Complete
5.17s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Last Painted Hero
48.63s First CPU Idle
48.63s Time To Interactive
83.97s Fully Loaded

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