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
0.81s Backend
1s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
14.44s First CPU Idle
64s Last Painted Hero
64s Visually Complete
92.14s Time To Interactive
118.37s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.39s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s Last Painted Hero
10.6s Visually Complete
13.93s First CPU Idle
13.93s Time To Interactive
21.25s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.69s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
47.21s First CPU Idle
61.65s Time To Interactive
82s Visually Complete
110.11s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.22s Largest Contentful Paint
33.82s First CPU Idle
39.35s Time To Interactive
69s Last Painted Hero
69s Visually Complete
72.78s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
13.3s Visually Complete
27.08s First CPU Idle
54s Time To Interactive
75.07s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.36s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Start Render
11.73s First CPU Idle
96s Last Painted Hero
96s Visually Complete
119.63s Fully Loaded
119.81s Time To Interactive

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.75s Backend
2.9s Start Render
5.38s First CPU Idle
5.8s Largest Contentful Paint
37.01s Time To Interactive
71.1s Last Painted Hero
71.1s Visually Complete
101.76s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.84s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
33.59s First CPU Idle
33.59s Time To Interactive
37.16s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.05s Backend
3.4s Start Render
4.16s First CPU Idle
7s Last Painted Hero
7.11s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Visually Complete
38.74s Time To Interactive
38.79s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
7.56s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
61.03s First CPU Idle
61.03s Time To Interactive
101.41s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.95s Largest Contentful Paint
27.5s Last Painted Hero
27.5s Visually Complete
55.54s First CPU Idle
55.54s Time To Interactive
71.14s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.8s Start Render
24.88s Largest Contentful Paint
42.08s First CPU Idle
60s Visually Complete
119.52s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
5.3s Start Render
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
26.09s First CPU Idle
38.3s Visually Complete
111.68s Time To Interactive
191.74s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
44.12s First CPU Idle
44.12s Time To Interactive
74.31s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.58s Largest Contentful Paint
20.67s First CPU Idle
20.67s Time To Interactive
22.5s Last Painted Hero
22.5s Visually Complete
30.24s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.82s Backend
5.9s Start Render
24.97s Largest Contentful Paint
47.88s First CPU Idle
63.3s Last Painted Hero
63.3s Visually Complete
71.27s Time To Interactive
77.49s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.27s Largest Contentful Paint
13s First CPU Idle
91s Last Painted Hero
100.34s Time To Interactive
107.8s Visually Complete
118.35s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.48s Backend
9.7s Start Render
10.24s Largest Contentful Paint
11.05s First CPU Idle
12s Last Painted Hero
38.8s Visually Complete
53.15s Time To Interactive
54.88s Fully Loaded

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