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
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
84.11s First CPU Idle
95.96s Time To Interactive
107.7s Visually Complete
119.58s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.33s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
14.57s First CPU Idle
14.57s Time To Interactive
16.53s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.47s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Last Painted Hero
53.28s First CPU Idle
53.28s Time To Interactive
85s Visually Complete
110.2s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
13.8s Visually Complete
34.4s First CPU Idle
83.42s Time To Interactive
85.69s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
43.64s First CPU Idle
43.64s Time To Interactive
61s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
66.45s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
9.44s First CPU Idle
27s Visually Complete
112.74s Time To Interactive
119.37s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.26s First CPU Idle
5.36s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
25.2s Visually Complete
25.45s Time To Interactive
34.41s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
3.1s Start Render
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
34.93s First CPU Idle
34.93s Time To Interactive
54.56s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.89s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.92s First CPU Idle
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.33s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Visually Complete
35.52s Fully Loaded
38.06s Time To Interactive

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.21s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
50.13s First CPU Idle
59.83s Time To Interactive
119.19s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
4.9s Start Render
23.99s Largest Contentful Paint
27.1s Last Painted Hero
27.1s Visually Complete
54.67s First CPU Idle
54.67s Time To Interactive
101.25s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.3s Start Render
26.55s First CPU Idle
39.78s Largest Contentful Paint
50s Visually Complete
51.08s Time To Interactive
200.54s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.71s Largest Contentful Paint
19.4s Last Painted Hero
19.4s Visually Complete
23.07s First CPU Idle
40.07s Time To Interactive
52.09s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.77s Backend
6s Start Render
37.22s Largest Contentful Paint
67.2s Last Painted Hero
67.2s Visually Complete
68.96s First CPU Idle
68.96s Time To Interactive
79.51s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
7.05s Largest Contentful Paint
117.28s First CPU Idle
119.79s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
6.45s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Start Render
28.73s First CPU Idle
35.9s Last Painted Hero
35.9s Visually Complete
50.02s Time To Interactive
59.56s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.44s Backend
9.9s Start Render
11.14s First CPU Idle
12.4s Last Painted Hero
12.42s Largest Contentful Paint
47s Visually Complete
52.23s Time To Interactive
54.02s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
43.63s First CPU Idle
43.63s Time To Interactive
55.87s Fully Loaded

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