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
1.2s Start Render
15.9s First CPU Idle
19.07s Largest Contentful Paint
19.3s Last Painted Hero
19.3s Visually Complete
19.67s Time To Interactive
31.17s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.55s Largest Contentful Paint
62.42s First CPU Idle
83.71s Time To Interactive
113s Last Painted Hero
113s Visually Complete
119.61s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.04s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
52.34s First CPU Idle
52.34s Time To Interactive
64s Visually Complete
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.79s Largest Contentful Paint
21.76s First CPU Idle
44.07s Time To Interactive
61s Last Painted Hero
61s Visually Complete
75.85s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
32.73s Fully Loaded
37.25s First CPU Idle
37.25s Time To Interactive

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
10.44s First CPU Idle
49s Visually Complete
86s Time To Interactive
100.03s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.78s Backend
2.8s Start Render
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
4.84s First CPU Idle
19.3s Visually Complete
22.3s Time To Interactive
34.15s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.5s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
33.03s First CPU Idle
33.03s Time To Interactive
51.98s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
18.78s First CPU Idle
28s Visually Complete
60.23s Time To Interactive
105.61s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.42s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Start Render
18.8s First CPU Idle
38.3s Last Painted Hero
38.3s Visually Complete
80.55s Time To Interactive
129.71s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
1.96s Backend
3.9s Start Render
7.4s Last Painted Hero
7.44s Largest Contentful Paint
21.32s First CPU Idle
67.8s Visually Complete
72.73s Fully Loaded
75.95s Time To Interactive

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.3s Start Render
8.36s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
51.88s First CPU Idle
77.85s Time To Interactive
119.77s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.9s Start Render
31.52s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Visually Complete
63.11s First CPU Idle
110.32s Time To Interactive
137.76s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Start Render
5.9s First CPU Idle
5.9s Last Painted Hero
37.1s Visually Complete
45.58s Time To Interactive
47.38s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
6.1s Start Render
11.71s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
75.36s First CPU Idle
75.36s Time To Interactive
114.62s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.7s Start Render
6.97s Largest Contentful Paint
15.66s First CPU Idle
73s Last Painted Hero
87s Visually Complete
93.86s Time To Interactive
119.57s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
7.9s Start Render
8.05s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
20.79s First CPU Idle
61.93s Time To Interactive
111.2s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
3.38s Backend
8.8s Start Render
25.33s First CPU Idle
25.33s Time To Interactive
62.75s Largest Contentful Paint
102.1s Last Painted Hero
102.1s Visually Complete
119.93s Fully Loaded

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