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
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
20.81s First CPU Idle
24.8s Last Painted Hero
24.8s Visually Complete
33.03s Time To Interactive
90.12s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.7s Largest Contentful Paint
10.16s First CPU Idle
14.4s Last Painted Hero
14.4s Visually Complete
19.71s Time To Interactive
22.77s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.62s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
32.7s Visually Complete
40.55s First CPU Idle
49.69s Time To Interactive
109.84s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
8.24s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
48s Visually Complete
59.33s First CPU Idle
65.79s Time To Interactive
119.85s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
46.58s Fully Loaded
49.54s First CPU Idle
49.54s Time To Interactive

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
42.48s First CPU Idle
42.48s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
47.67s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.75s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
13.9s First CPU Idle
14s Visually Complete
68.15s Time To Interactive
112.78s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.91s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
35.61s First CPU Idle
35.61s Time To Interactive
38.52s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.9s Backend
3.1s Start Render
20.15s Largest Contentful Paint
53.5s Last Painted Hero
53.5s Visually Complete
57.78s First CPU Idle
57.78s Time To Interactive
87.18s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.12s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.55s First CPU Idle
6.37s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
99.56s Time To Interactive
101s Visually Complete
104.48s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.4s Start Render
20.67s First CPU Idle
27.44s Largest Contentful Paint
31.9s Last Painted Hero
31.9s Visually Complete
49.64s Time To Interactive
57.04s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.63s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
25.8s Visually Complete
45.96s First CPU Idle
45.96s Time To Interactive
49.21s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.6s Start Render
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
27.53s First CPU Idle
29s Visually Complete
102.05s Time To Interactive
166.65s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.08s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.07s First CPU Idle
6.18s Largest Contentful Paint
19.34s Time To Interactive
20.29s Fully Loaded
20.3s Last Painted Hero
20.3s Visually Complete

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#15 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.49s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.5s Last Painted Hero
33.5s Visually Complete
48.03s Fully Loaded
49.49s Time To Interactive

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#16 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.8s Start Render
10.96s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
23.6s First CPU Idle
75.66s Time To Interactive
98.56s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6s Visually Complete
6.05s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
16.97s First CPU Idle
52.41s Time To Interactive
75.46s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.3s Start Render
9.74s Largest Contentful Paint
61s Last Painted Hero
72.4s First CPU Idle
83.6s Visually Complete
88.57s Time To Interactive
91.89s Fully Loaded

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