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
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
22.66s First CPU Idle
42s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
52.98s Time To Interactive
99.18s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.89s Largest Contentful Paint
10.85s First CPU Idle
15.4s Last Painted Hero
15.4s Visually Complete
19.98s Time To Interactive
23.55s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
12.49s First CPU Idle
62s Last Painted Hero
64s Visually Complete
71.04s Time To Interactive
118.98s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
4.6s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
28.1s Visually Complete
30.79s First CPU Idle
53.92s Time To Interactive
89.5s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.42s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Visually Complete
45.67s First CPU Idle
45.67s Time To Interactive
77.37s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
44.52s Fully Loaded
47.09s First CPU Idle
47.09s Time To Interactive

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
8.02s Largest Contentful Paint
60.58s First CPU Idle
90s Last Painted Hero
90.44s Time To Interactive
96.52s Fully Loaded
101.5s Visually Complete

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.13s Backend
2.9s Start Render
9.71s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
62.32s First CPU Idle
69.02s Time To Interactive
119.6s Visually Complete
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
29.94s First CPU Idle
40.68s Time To Interactive
50.18s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.2s Start Render
33.61s Largest Contentful Paint
79.37s First CPU Idle
115.55s Time To Interactive
117s Visually Complete
216.72s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.96s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
51.22s First CPU Idle
54.5s Visually Complete
57.19s Time To Interactive
62.69s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
4.4s Start Render
5.83s Largest Contentful Paint
6.41s First CPU Idle
25.56s Time To Interactive
35.3s Visually Complete
43.19s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.7s Start Render
25.43s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
27.83s First CPU Idle
70s Visually Complete
78.35s Time To Interactive
118.82s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
41.5s Last Painted Hero
45.65s First CPU Idle
52.66s Time To Interactive
78.01s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.75s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.73s Largest Contentful Paint
19.9s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
52.05s Time To Interactive
57.74s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
11.01s Largest Contentful Paint
24.09s First CPU Idle
38s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
71.9s Time To Interactive
72.76s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
1.01s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.22s Largest Contentful Paint
58.02s First CPU Idle
58.5s Last Painted Hero
58.5s Visually Complete
119.62s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.53s Largest Contentful Paint
13.64s First CPU Idle
81s Last Painted Hero
92s Visually Complete
119.86s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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