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
0.79s Backend
1s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
26.3s Last Painted Hero
40.6s First CPU Idle
47.4s Visually Complete
48.88s Time To Interactive
86.95s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.56s Largest Contentful Paint
12.6s Last Painted Hero
12.6s Visually Complete
15.8s First CPU Idle
15.8s Time To Interactive
19.08s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.96s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
31.83s First CPU Idle
31.83s Time To Interactive
49.2s Visually Complete
52.55s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
24.89s First CPU Idle
24.89s Time To Interactive
43s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
47.01s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
37.96s First CPU Idle
37.96s Time To Interactive
38.1s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.69s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
24.83s First CPU Idle
53s Visually Complete
67.44s Time To Interactive
78.88s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.06s First CPU Idle
5.25s Largest Contentful Paint
40.13s Time To Interactive
60.6s Last Painted Hero
62.2s Visually Complete
67.24s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.45s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
32.7s First CPU Idle
32.7s Time To Interactive
53.49s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.88s First CPU Idle
6.62s Largest Contentful Paint
39s Last Painted Hero
89.3s Visually Complete
100.72s Time To Interactive
101.69s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.36s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
49.76s First CPU Idle
60.97s Time To Interactive
100.44s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.78s Backend
4.5s Start Render
23.9s Largest Contentful Paint
48.6s Last Painted Hero
48.6s Visually Complete
54.67s First CPU Idle
54.67s Time To Interactive
67.18s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.1s Start Render
31.93s Largest Contentful Paint
34.23s First CPU Idle
60.6s Visually Complete
78.75s Time To Interactive
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.43s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
33.52s First CPU Idle
33.52s Time To Interactive
59.92s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.28s Largest Contentful Paint
43.17s First CPU Idle
43.17s Time To Interactive
43.5s Last Painted Hero
43.5s Visually Complete
56.82s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.26s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Start Render
30.4s Last Painted Hero
30.4s Visually Complete
54.83s First CPU Idle
54.83s Time To Interactive
95.97s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.4s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
45.58s First CPU Idle
60.35s Time To Interactive
77.52s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
7.03s Largest Contentful Paint
13.51s First CPU Idle
65s Last Painted Hero
78.46s Time To Interactive
85.4s Visually Complete
119.04s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.49s Backend
9.8s Start Render
10.4s First CPU Idle
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.52s Largest Contentful Paint
39.4s Visually Complete
55.42s Time To Interactive
56.52s Fully Loaded

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