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
2.41s Largest Contentful Paint
22.62s First CPU Idle
53.59s Time To Interactive
77s Last Painted Hero
77s Visually Complete
94.69s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.71s Largest Contentful Paint
14.3s Last Painted Hero
14.3s Visually Complete
18.34s First CPU Idle
18.34s Time To Interactive
21.04s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.52s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
30.45s First CPU Idle
35s Visually Complete
49.5s Time To Interactive
50.74s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
12.66s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
32.46s First CPU Idle
66.8s Time To Interactive
93.8s Visually Complete
104.28s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
45.17s First CPU Idle
45.17s Time To Interactive
58s Visually Complete
62s Last Painted Hero
88.13s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
5s Visually Complete
55.49s Fully Loaded
57.74s First CPU Idle
57.74s Time To Interactive

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#7 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.6s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
11.83s First CPU Idle
15s Visually Complete
69.16s Time To Interactive
76.66s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.99s Backend
2.7s Start Render
9.6s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
58s Visually Complete
65.65s First CPU Idle
65.65s Time To Interactive
105.71s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.48s Largest Contentful Paint
17.89s First CPU Idle
20s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
33.54s Time To Interactive
68.61s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
19.2s First CPU Idle
27s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
39.03s Time To Interactive
58.97s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.63s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
68.86s First CPU Idle
68.86s Time To Interactive
92.7s Visually Complete
100.68s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.08s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.08s First CPU Idle
6.22s Largest Contentful Paint
18.96s Time To Interactive
19.68s Fully Loaded
19.7s Last Painted Hero
19.7s Visually Complete

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.81s Backend
5s Start Render
22.95s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
24.98s First CPU Idle
55.5s Visually Complete
88.29s Time To Interactive
99.48s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.74s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.31s Largest Contentful Paint
34.75s First CPU Idle
55.2s Last Painted Hero
55.2s Visually Complete
111.62s Time To Interactive
112.33s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.75s Backend
5.9s Start Render
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.93s Largest Contentful Paint
32.3s Visually Complete
46.45s Fully Loaded
47.38s First CPU Idle
47.38s Time To Interactive

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#16 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.4s Visually Complete
6.41s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Last Painted Hero
39.61s First CPU Idle
39.61s Time To Interactive
70.94s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.5s Largest Contentful Paint
28.99s First CPU Idle
71.85s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#18 THE ONION
1.45s Backend
7.9s Start Render
10.97s Largest Contentful Paint
14.5s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
52.08s First CPU Idle
57.73s Time To Interactive
86.13s Fully Loaded

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