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
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
28.03s First CPU Idle
50s Last Painted Hero
61.3s Visually Complete
67.38s Time To Interactive
92.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.74s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
16.26s First CPU Idle
16.26s Time To Interactive
19.65s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.35s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
52.96s First CPU Idle
52.96s Time To Interactive
67s Visually Complete
119.81s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.81s Largest Contentful Paint
19.82s First CPU Idle
40.12s Time To Interactive
58s Last Painted Hero
61s Visually Complete
74.15s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
55.44s Fully Loaded
60.19s First CPU Idle
60.19s Time To Interactive

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
26.64s First CPU Idle
76.59s Time To Interactive
114.73s Fully Loaded
119.8s Visually Complete

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
1.03s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.37s First CPU Idle
8s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
64.2s Visually Complete
65.63s Time To Interactive
72.34s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
22.1s Visually Complete
45.19s First CPU Idle
45.19s Time To Interactive
60.85s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
1.09s Backend
3.7s Start Render
22.48s First CPU Idle
93.99s Largest Contentful Paint
94s Visually Complete
115.25s Time To Interactive
133.53s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.31s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
28.03s First CPU Idle
28.03s Time To Interactive
29s Visually Complete
50.57s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.6s Largest Contentful Paint
20.5s Last Painted Hero
20.5s Visually Complete
56.58s First CPU Idle
56.58s Time To Interactive
119.56s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.72s Largest Contentful Paint
5.34s First CPU Idle
72.1s Time To Interactive
73.1s Visually Complete
89.94s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.6s Start Render
22.44s Largest Contentful Paint
27.59s First CPU Idle
52.9s Visually Complete
102.81s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
10.26s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
42.58s First CPU Idle
59.74s Time To Interactive
80.75s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.3s Visually Complete
6.32s Largest Contentful Paint
30.7s Last Painted Hero
38.78s First CPU Idle
38.78s Time To Interactive
111.61s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.83s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.13s Largest Contentful Paint
46.23s First CPU Idle
58.9s Last Painted Hero
58.9s Visually Complete
61.28s Time To Interactive
87.32s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.71s Backend
7.1s Start Render
7.28s Largest Contentful Paint
13.82s First CPU Idle
67s Visually Complete
83s Last Painted Hero
109.61s Time To Interactive
118.74s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.79s Backend
7.1s Start Render
7.1s First CPU Idle
7.26s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
51.7s Visually Complete
54.85s Time To Interactive
56.65s Fully Loaded

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