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
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.12s Largest Contentful Paint
32.59s First CPU Idle
35s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
40.92s Time To Interactive
87.98s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.57s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
19.51s First CPU Idle
19.51s Time To Interactive
23.76s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.15s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
29.27s First CPU Idle
46.5s Time To Interactive
46.8s Visually Complete
49.59s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.69s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
12.74s First CPU Idle
12.74s Time To Interactive
12.88s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
7.54s Largest Contentful Paint
25.6s Last Painted Hero
25.6s Visually Complete
69.65s First CPU Idle
77.36s Time To Interactive
85.19s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
30.9s First CPU Idle
30.9s Time To Interactive
31.05s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
29.43s First CPU Idle
83.29s Time To Interactive
91.02s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.1s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.29s First CPU Idle
7.5s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
73.11s Time To Interactive
94.9s Visually Complete
96.73s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
26.3s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
36.56s First CPU Idle
36.56s Time To Interactive
47.64s Fully Loaded

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#10 REUTERS
0.98s Backend
3s Start Render
3.36s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s Last Painted Hero
22.84s First CPU Idle
51s Visually Complete
112.86s Time To Interactive
118.05s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.4s Largest Contentful Paint
28.4s Last Painted Hero
28.4s Visually Complete
29.26s First CPU Idle
41.55s Time To Interactive
57.3s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
16.89s First CPU Idle
52s Visually Complete
69.59s Time To Interactive
82.52s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.8s Start Render
27.57s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Visually Complete
42.33s First CPU Idle
108.77s Time To Interactive
154.2s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.04s Backend
4.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Start Render
6.56s First CPU Idle
84.15s Time To Interactive
85s Last Painted Hero
85.13s Fully Loaded
85.2s Visually Complete

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#15 POLITICO
0.73s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.41s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
35.44s First CPU Idle
44.03s Time To Interactive
68.43s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.76s Backend
5.6s Start Render
6.56s First CPU Idle
23.18s Largest Contentful Paint
55.3s Last Painted Hero
55.3s Visually Complete
79.96s Time To Interactive
82.61s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.9s Start Render
9.8s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
63.04s First CPU Idle
63.04s Time To Interactive
72.39s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.9s Start Render
5.98s First CPU Idle
12.85s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
45s Visually Complete
56.02s Fully Loaded
58.2s Time To Interactive

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#19 CNN
0.73s Backend
6s Start Render
8.1s Largest Contentful Paint
14.32s First CPU Idle
85s Visually Complete
99.2s Last Painted Hero
119.3s Time To Interactive
120.18s Fully Loaded

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