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
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
38.5s Last Painted Hero
85.79s First CPU Idle
94.8s Visually Complete
107.06s Time To Interactive
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.47s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s Last Painted Hero
10.6s Visually Complete
14.03s First CPU Idle
14.03s Time To Interactive
16.65s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.04s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
57.04s First CPU Idle
57.04s Time To Interactive
113.2s Visually Complete
115.76s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
13.9s Visually Complete
23.9s First CPU Idle
69.39s Time To Interactive
86.54s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
48.89s First CPU Idle
48.89s Time To Interactive
73.37s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.57s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
26.66s First CPU Idle
119.35s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.62s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
35.62s First CPU Idle
35.62s Time To Interactive
50.38s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.14s First CPU Idle
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
24.5s Last Painted Hero
25.2s Visually Complete
25.44s Time To Interactive
34.31s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.03s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.73s First CPU Idle
7.4s Last Painted Hero
7.46s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Visually Complete
37.34s Time To Interactive
47.96s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4s Start Render
9.52s Largest Contentful Paint
51.01s First CPU Idle
51.01s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
64.6s Visually Complete
72.4s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
24.4s Last Painted Hero
24.4s Visually Complete
48.71s First CPU Idle
48.71s Time To Interactive
105.73s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.2s Start Render
34.21s Largest Contentful Paint
60.7s Last Painted Hero
60.7s Visually Complete
61.79s First CPU Idle
61.79s Time To Interactive
66.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.86s Backend
5.59s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
24.55s First CPU Idle
30.6s Last Painted Hero
30.6s Visually Complete
51.59s Time To Interactive
54.62s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
43.63s First CPU Idle
43.63s Time To Interactive
55.87s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.9s Start Render
29.98s Largest Contentful Paint
36.5s First CPU Idle
62.4s Visually Complete
81s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.87s Backend
5.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Start Render
8.2s Visually Complete
20.7s Last Painted Hero
22.72s First CPU Idle
22.72s Time To Interactive
31.33s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.92s Largest Contentful Paint
115.57s First CPU Idle
119.68s Time To Interactive
119.8s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.49s Backend
9.9s Start Render
11.24s Largest Contentful Paint
12.2s Last Painted Hero
40.3s Visually Complete
52.23s First CPU Idle
52.23s Time To Interactive
53.99s Fully Loaded

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