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
1.02s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.43s Largest Contentful Paint
30.73s First CPU Idle
48.42s Time To Interactive
72s Last Painted Hero
78.5s Visually Complete
88.41s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.7s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.49s Largest Contentful Paint
12.7s Last Painted Hero
12.7s Visually Complete
16.11s First CPU Idle
16.11s Time To Interactive
19.25s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
31.66s First CPU Idle
31.66s Time To Interactive
49.4s Visually Complete
51.68s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
17.45s First CPU Idle
41.47s Time To Interactive
58s Last Painted Hero
60s Visually Complete
60.35s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
35.96s First CPU Idle
35.96s Time To Interactive
36.86s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.41s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Visually Complete
27.51s First CPU Idle
96.45s Time To Interactive
99.32s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.74s Backend
2.7s Start Render
5.35s Largest Contentful Paint
5.42s First CPU Idle
33.4s Time To Interactive
87.1s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.78s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.59s Largest Contentful Paint
19.6s First CPU Idle
28s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
33.42s Time To Interactive
54.94s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.96s Backend
3.2s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
7.02s Largest Contentful Paint
12.34s First CPU Idle
99.9s Visually Complete
99.93s Time To Interactive
101.38s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
4.07s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Start Render
20.41s First CPU Idle
31.4s Last Painted Hero
31.4s Visually Complete
59.3s Time To Interactive
62.42s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
27.48s First CPU Idle
55s Time To Interactive
68.1s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.58s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Start Render
6.3s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
53.07s First CPU Idle
53.07s Time To Interactive
68.56s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5s Visually Complete
5.02s Largest Contentful Paint
9.6s Last Painted Hero
31.93s First CPU Idle
31.93s Time To Interactive
62.24s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.74s Backend
5.3s Start Render
6.29s First CPU Idle
22.92s Largest Contentful Paint
53.5s Last Painted Hero
53.5s Visually Complete
56.81s Time To Interactive
65.17s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
22.33s First CPU Idle
22.33s Time To Interactive
23.4s Last Painted Hero
23.4s Visually Complete
28.67s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.8s Start Render
27.4s Largest Contentful Paint
47.04s First CPU Idle
52.4s Visually Complete
86.17s Time To Interactive
138.97s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.99s Largest Contentful Paint
114.83s First CPU Idle
118s Time To Interactive
119s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.47s Backend
9.7s Start Render
10.61s First CPU Idle
11.79s Largest Contentful Paint
11.8s Last Painted Hero
41.6s Visually Complete
57.21s Time To Interactive
58.97s Fully Loaded

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