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
1s Start Render
2.56s Largest Contentful Paint
22.35s First CPU Idle
24.8s Last Painted Hero
78.9s Visually Complete
80.38s Time To Interactive
90.12s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.54s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
15.35s First CPU Idle
15.35s Time To Interactive
18.67s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.06s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
28.38s First CPU Idle
63.65s Time To Interactive
75s Visually Complete
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.98s Largest Contentful Paint
38.9s First CPU Idle
38.9s Time To Interactive
57s Last Painted Hero
57s Visually Complete
62.52s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
37.6s First CPU Idle
37.6s Time To Interactive
37.75s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
11.4s First CPU Idle
51s Visually Complete
79.06s Time To Interactive
81.76s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
28.2s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
32.87s First CPU Idle
32.87s Time To Interactive
53.27s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
5.26s First CPU Idle
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
5.32s Largest Contentful Paint
25.97s Time To Interactive
34.42s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.17s Backend
3.2s Start Render
7.39s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Last Painted Hero
39.34s First CPU Idle
101.1s Time To Interactive
101.1s Visually Complete
113.96s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
7.13s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
33.12s First CPU Idle
33.12s Time To Interactive
48.59s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Start Render
20.86s First CPU Idle
34.2s Last Painted Hero
34.2s Visually Complete
50.94s Time To Interactive
66.6s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.66s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
28.4s Visually Complete
51.77s First CPU Idle
51.77s Time To Interactive
85.59s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.7s Start Render
28.34s Largest Contentful Paint
70.9s Visually Complete
108.66s Time To Interactive
109.27s First CPU Idle
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.4s Visually Complete
5.41s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
36.35s First CPU Idle
36.35s Time To Interactive
62.45s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.49s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
35.1s Last Painted Hero
35.1s Visually Complete
53.77s First CPU Idle
53.77s Time To Interactive
75.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.74s Backend
6s Start Render
23.92s Largest Contentful Paint
46.9s Last Painted Hero
46.9s Visually Complete
48.62s First CPU Idle
56.63s Time To Interactive
65.45s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
7.09s Largest Contentful Paint
13.75s First CPU Idle
64.78s Time To Interactive
100s Last Painted Hero
120s Visually Complete
120.04s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.46s Backend
9.7s Start Render
10.36s First CPU Idle
10.49s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
38.9s Visually Complete
45.67s Time To Interactive
47.43s Fully Loaded

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