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
1.1s Start Render
2.14s Largest Contentful Paint
7.55s First CPU Idle
53s Last Painted Hero
63s Visually Complete
67.41s Time To Interactive
89.68s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.55s Largest Contentful Paint
13.1s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Visually Complete
17.1s First CPU Idle
17.1s Time To Interactive
19.06s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.7s Largest Contentful Paint
46s Last Painted Hero
51s Visually Complete
51.03s First CPU Idle
51.03s Time To Interactive
118.51s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.71s Largest Contentful Paint
48.82s First CPU Idle
48.82s Time To Interactive
66s Last Painted Hero
80.6s Fully Loaded
82s Visually Complete

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
42.84s First CPU Idle
42.84s Time To Interactive
75.99s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
9.04s First CPU Idle
56s Visually Complete
74.86s Time To Interactive
116.97s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.04s Backend
2.3s Start Render
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s First CPU Idle
58.73s Time To Interactive
59s Last Painted Hero
59.4s Visually Complete
88.95s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.2s Largest Contentful Paint
27.75s First CPU Idle
27.75s Time To Interactive
35s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
38.4s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.53s Backend
3.6s Start Render
7.6s Last Painted Hero
7.66s Largest Contentful Paint
33.9s Visually Complete
37.44s First CPU Idle
37.44s Time To Interactive
40.18s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.7s Start Render
27.67s Largest Contentful Paint
36.04s First CPU Idle
90.98s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
197.94s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.81s Backend
3.7s Start Render
5.2s Last Painted Hero
23.6s Visually Complete
23.61s Largest Contentful Paint
62.84s First CPU Idle
62.84s Time To Interactive
104.05s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.22s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
33.41s First CPU Idle
66.27s Time To Interactive
103.82s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
22.8s Largest Contentful Paint
30.98s First CPU Idle
95.1s Visually Complete
108.17s Time To Interactive
128.03s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.25s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Visually Complete
30.5s Last Painted Hero
40.82s First CPU Idle
40.82s Time To Interactive
71.47s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.9s Backend
5.2s Start Render
19.3s Largest Contentful Paint
55.4s Last Painted Hero
55.4s Visually Complete
58.23s First CPU Idle
58.23s Time To Interactive
83.12s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.77s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
5.81s Largest Contentful Paint
27.8s Last Painted Hero
30.6s Visually Complete
44.32s Time To Interactive
45.35s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
6.84s Largest Contentful Paint
14.2s First CPU Idle
85.7s Last Painted Hero
85.7s Visually Complete
100.37s Time To Interactive
119.89s Fully Loaded

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#18 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
6.2s Start Render
9.56s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
48.7s First CPU Idle
61.92s Time To Interactive
73s Visually Complete
119.9s Fully Loaded

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