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 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.54s Largest Contentful Paint
12.3s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
15.64s First CPU Idle
15.64s Time To Interactive
17.45s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.3s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
30.8s Visually Complete
32.01s First CPU Idle
32.01s Time To Interactive
35.01s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
1.2s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
36.86s First CPU Idle
52.29s Time To Interactive
88.83s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.88s Largest Contentful Paint
24.49s First CPU Idle
24.49s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
40s Last Painted Hero
41.64s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
37.13s First CPU Idle
37.13s Time To Interactive
37.28s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.36s Largest Contentful Paint
9.59s First CPU Idle
46s Visually Complete
102.09s Time To Interactive
108.83s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
1.09s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.42s First CPU Idle
6.8s Last Painted Hero
6.87s Largest Contentful Paint
94s Visually Complete
94.93s Time To Interactive
97.27s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
4.7s Largest Contentful Paint
8.45s First CPU Idle
31.3s Visually Complete
33.44s Time To Interactive
45.95s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
3s Start Render
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
35.45s First CPU Idle
35.45s Time To Interactive
53.4s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.86s Backend
3.8s Start Render
6.6s Last Painted Hero
23.9s First CPU Idle
28.89s Largest Contentful Paint
39.4s Visually Complete
83.71s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.4s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
42.82s First CPU Idle
63.16s Time To Interactive
77.62s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
24.96s Largest Contentful Paint
33.43s First CPU Idle
119s Visually Complete
119.41s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
5s Start Render
5.27s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
40s Visually Complete
40.68s First CPU Idle
40.68s Time To Interactive
63.55s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.46s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
9s Last Painted Hero
31.96s First CPU Idle
31.96s Time To Interactive
60s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
1.31s Backend
5.5s Start Render
22.88s Largest Contentful Paint
48.7s Last Painted Hero
48.7s Visually Complete
52.06s First CPU Idle
52.06s Time To Interactive
63.88s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.62s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
48.14s First CPU Idle
54.83s Time To Interactive
71.63s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.4s Start Render
7.21s Largest Contentful Paint
12.86s First CPU Idle
73.2s Last Painted Hero
95.9s Visually Complete
111.24s Time To Interactive
118.81s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.47s Backend
9.9s Start Render
10.95s First CPU Idle
10.99s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
46.8s Visually Complete
56.13s Time To Interactive
57.92s Fully Loaded

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