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
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
43.17s First CPU Idle
79.97s Time To Interactive
88.94s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.4s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s Last Painted Hero
10.6s Visually Complete
14.05s First CPU Idle
14.05s Time To Interactive
16.76s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.15s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
55.93s First CPU Idle
55.93s Time To Interactive
95s Visually Complete
114.58s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
13.2s Visually Complete
32.82s First CPU Idle
52.05s Time To Interactive
55.48s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
58.9s First CPU Idle
58.9s Time To Interactive
60.5s Last Painted Hero
61s Visually Complete
63.51s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.47s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Start Render
9s Last Painted Hero
10.57s First CPU Idle
61s Visually Complete
105.91s Time To Interactive
109.29s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3.1s Start Render
4.04s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
33.56s First CPU Idle
33.56s Time To Interactive
53.36s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.76s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5.41s First CPU Idle
22.1s Visually Complete
50.52s Time To Interactive
68.94s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.3s Start Render
6.72s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
38.11s First CPU Idle
62s Visually Complete
74.02s Time To Interactive
74.17s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.2s Start Render
8.57s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
67.46s First CPU Idle
67.46s Time To Interactive
89.75s Fully Loaded
93s Visually Complete

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#11 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.7s Start Render
28.71s First CPU Idle
30.02s Largest Contentful Paint
70.2s Visually Complete
115.06s Time To Interactive
140.69s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
4.9s Start Render
4.98s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
29.1s Visually Complete
45.93s First CPU Idle
50.79s Fully Loaded
53.7s Time To Interactive

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.89s Largest Contentful Paint
23.79s First CPU Idle
30s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
81.58s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
6.23s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Visually Complete
24.01s First CPU Idle
68.49s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
1.38s Backend
6.6s Start Render
38.08s Largest Contentful Paint
59.03s First CPU Idle
66.7s Last Painted Hero
66.9s Visually Complete
68.41s Time To Interactive
80.27s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
1.09s Backend
7.9s Start Render
7.91s Largest Contentful Paint
30.6s Last Painted Hero
30.6s Visually Complete
34.54s First CPU Idle
34.54s Time To Interactive
39.95s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.46s Backend
10.1s Start Render
11.22s First CPU Idle
11.89s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
33.9s Visually Complete
48.05s Time To Interactive
48.49s Fully Loaded

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