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 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.79s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
15.37s First CPU Idle
15.37s Time To Interactive
16.49s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
42.28s First CPU Idle
59.03s Time To Interactive
84s Last Painted Hero
84s Visually Complete
91.98s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.67s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
55s Visually Complete
55.06s First CPU Idle
55.06s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
11.4s First CPU Idle
30.23s Time To Interactive
30.37s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
21.06s First CPU Idle
53.42s Time To Interactive
63.22s Fully Loaded
68.3s Visually Complete

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
10.13s First CPU Idle
55s Visually Complete
86.35s Time To Interactive
100.06s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.6s Start Render
4.86s First CPU Idle
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
21.6s Last Painted Hero
21.6s Visually Complete
21.74s Time To Interactive
34.1s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
26.2s Last Painted Hero
32.6s Visually Complete
34.48s First CPU Idle
34.48s Time To Interactive
46.76s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3s Start Render
26.55s Largest Contentful Paint
29.2s Last Painted Hero
29.2s Visually Complete
36.09s First CPU Idle
52.32s Time To Interactive
184.5s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.97s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.14s First CPU Idle
6.68s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
88.2s Visually Complete
88.47s Time To Interactive
90.19s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
27.3s Visually Complete
61.63s First CPU Idle
61.63s Time To Interactive
84.19s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.34s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
31.53s First CPU Idle
66.6s Visually Complete
67.64s Time To Interactive
71.45s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
10.1s Last Painted Hero
40.57s First CPU Idle
47.22s Time To Interactive
69.22s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.3s Start Render
22.1s Visually Complete
22.11s Largest Contentful Paint
113.65s Time To Interactive
114.41s First CPU Idle
237.97s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
11.38s Largest Contentful Paint
41s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
52.06s First CPU Idle
52.06s Time To Interactive
74.83s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.79s Backend
6s Start Render
6s First CPU Idle
6s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
43.76s Time To Interactive
45.57s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.78s Backend
6.1s Start Render
20.65s Largest Contentful Paint
46.23s First CPU Idle
60.5s Last Painted Hero
60.5s Visually Complete
73.91s Time To Interactive
87.45s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.98s Largest Contentful Paint
15.49s First CPU Idle
59s Last Painted Hero
73.94s Time To Interactive
90.5s Visually Complete
115.76s Fully Loaded

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