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
1.2s Start Render
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
34.3s First CPU Idle
35.6s Last Painted Hero
35.6s Visually Complete
45.25s Time To Interactive
92.03s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.32s Largest Contentful Paint
15.4s Last Painted Hero
15.4s Visually Complete
19.6s First CPU Idle
19.6s Time To Interactive
20.99s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.62s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
63.73s First CPU Idle
63.73s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
29.39s First CPU Idle
43.6s Last Painted Hero
62.76s Time To Interactive
88s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
46.31s Fully Loaded
48.9s First CPU Idle
48.9s Time To Interactive

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.06s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.14s Largest Contentful Paint
38.42s First CPU Idle
38.42s Time To Interactive
41.29s Fully Loaded
45s Visually Complete

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#7 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
27.62s First CPU Idle
57s Visually Complete
81.52s Time To Interactive
85.39s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.96s Backend
3.1s Start Render
7.11s Largest Contentful Paint
16.4s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
46.26s First CPU Idle
110.26s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.6s Start Render
29.25s Largest Contentful Paint
117.65s First CPU Idle
117.65s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
134.75s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
45.8s Visually Complete
53.24s First CPU Idle
53.24s Time To Interactive
85.1s Fully Loaded

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#11 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
4.5s Start Render
9.5s First CPU Idle
12.54s Largest Contentful Paint
48.06s Time To Interactive
54s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
85.9s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.34s First CPU Idle
6.4s Largest Contentful Paint
71.6s Visually Complete
108.83s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.7s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
27.52s First CPU Idle
27.52s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
34.72s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.8s Start Render
23.56s First CPU Idle
25.1s Largest Contentful Paint
46s Visually Complete
120.03s Fully Loaded
120.05s Time To Interactive

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#15 NPR
0.79s Backend
5.3s Start Render
18.65s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
57.05s First CPU Idle
101.87s Time To Interactive
110.12s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.1s Start Render
10.15s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
72.06s First CPU Idle
72.06s Time To Interactive
105.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
9.33s Largest Contentful Paint
118s Visually Complete
119.78s First CPU Idle
119.89s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.79s Backend
6.7s Start Render
6.7s First CPU Idle
6.7s Last Painted Hero
6.72s Largest Contentful Paint
36.7s Visually Complete
50.06s Fully Loaded
52.96s Time To Interactive

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