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
3.92s Largest Contentful Paint
13.64s First CPU Idle
31.1s Last Painted Hero
31.1s Visually Complete
49.47s Time To Interactive
99.68s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.54s Largest Contentful Paint
15.3s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
19.06s First CPU Idle
19.06s Time To Interactive
19.72s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
1.51s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
79.6s Last Painted Hero
81s Visually Complete
83.56s Fully Loaded
86.81s First CPU Idle
86.81s Time To Interactive

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#4 REUTERS
0.85s Backend
2.2s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
50s Visually Complete
104.77s First CPU Idle
119.65s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#5 YAHOO NEWS
1.23s Backend
3.2s Start Render
5.77s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
40.92s First CPU Idle
85.4s Visually Complete
95.86s Time To Interactive
100.24s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
23.4s Largest Contentful Paint
58s Last Painted Hero
58s Visually Complete
70.68s First CPU Idle
70.68s Time To Interactive
84.2s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
4.3s Start Render
28.42s Largest Contentful Paint
37.7s Last Painted Hero
37.7s Visually Complete
45.32s First CPU Idle
57.47s Time To Interactive
69.28s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.06s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.47s First CPU Idle
6.55s Largest Contentful Paint
24.24s Time To Interactive
32.2s Visually Complete
48.51s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.8s Backend
4.9s Start Render
18.24s Largest Contentful Paint
50.4s Last Painted Hero
50.4s Visually Complete
53.6s First CPU Idle
53.6s Time To Interactive
98.92s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.79s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
17.71s First CPU Idle
34s Last Painted Hero
43.48s Time To Interactive
67.76s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
15.49s First CPU Idle
23.52s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
57.1s Visually Complete
119.91s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.97s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
27.58s First CPU Idle
45.24s Time To Interactive
45.6s Visually Complete
48.33s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.85s Largest Contentful Paint
23.24s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
45.18s Time To Interactive
50.65s Fully Loaded

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#14 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Visually Complete
5.7s Last Painted Hero
12.02s First CPU Idle
42.89s Time To Interactive
45.31s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
9.64s First CPU Idle
70s Last Painted Hero
79.27s Time To Interactive
83s Visually Complete
120.95s Fully Loaded

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#16 BBC.COM
0.82s Backend
3s Start Render
4.81s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
31.33s First CPU Idle
31.33s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
36.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
23.37s Largest Contentful Paint
31.4s Visually Complete
33.29s First CPU Idle
118.34s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
8.48s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
28.9s Visually Complete
44.86s Fully Loaded
49.77s Time To Interactive

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#19 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
12.52s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
68.76s First CPU Idle
68.76s Time To Interactive
84.87s Fully Loaded

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