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
0.74s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.29s Largest Contentful Paint
36.42s First CPU Idle
38s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
56.45s Time To Interactive
88.76s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.62s Largest Contentful Paint
10.68s First CPU Idle
14.2s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
19.29s Time To Interactive
20.83s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.22s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
44.33s First CPU Idle
44.33s Time To Interactive
53.91s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
1.7s Start Render
7.26s Largest Contentful Paint
73.1s Last Painted Hero
80.1s Visually Complete
82.17s Fully Loaded
84.79s First CPU Idle
84.79s Time To Interactive

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
11.46s First CPU Idle
33.63s Time To Interactive
48.98s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.21s Largest Contentful Paint
15.15s First CPU Idle
53s Visually Complete
65.48s Time To Interactive
78.6s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.36s Backend
2.2s Start Render
3.19s Largest Contentful Paint
33.88s First CPU Idle
64s Last Painted Hero
77.84s Fully Loaded
80.29s Time To Interactive
83.2s Visually Complete

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.08s Backend
2.8s Start Render
9.3s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
71.61s First CPU Idle
98s Visually Complete
98.37s Time To Interactive
99.14s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.46s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
35.67s First CPU Idle
49.67s Time To Interactive
55.93s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.64s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
73.1s First CPU Idle
74.7s Visually Complete
84.13s Time To Interactive
86.54s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
1.08s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.62s Largest Contentful Paint
19.91s First CPU Idle
32.1s Last Painted Hero
32.1s Visually Complete
50.07s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1s Backend
4.1s Start Render
6.53s Largest Contentful Paint
6.59s First CPU Idle
18.73s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19.5s Visually Complete
19.57s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.5s Start Render
21.68s First CPU Idle
23.96s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
45s Visually Complete
66.15s Time To Interactive
92.92s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5s Start Render
11.69s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
54.85s First CPU Idle
54.85s Time To Interactive
78.2s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.85s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
19.8s Last Painted Hero
36.1s Visually Complete
41.97s Time To Interactive
46.76s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.85s Backend
6s Start Render
6.58s Largest Contentful Paint
99.56s First CPU Idle
108.4s Visually Complete
118.15s Time To Interactive
120.95s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
0.73s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.5s Visually Complete
6.54s Largest Contentful Paint
43s Last Painted Hero
47.9s First CPU Idle
47.9s Time To Interactive
85.36s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.95s Backend
6.3s Start Render
21.98s Largest Contentful Paint
54.7s Last Painted Hero
54.7s Visually Complete
57.49s First CPU Idle
57.49s Time To Interactive
103.82s Fully Loaded

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