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
0.73s Backend
1s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
65.72s First CPU Idle
95.8s Visually Complete
119.72s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
1s Start Render
4.27s Largest Contentful Paint
16.47s First CPU Idle
16.47s Time To Interactive
17.42s Fully Loaded
17.5s Last Painted Hero
17.5s Visually Complete

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
9.21s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12.9s Visually Complete
14.56s First CPU Idle
14.56s Time To Interactive
19.82s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.51s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
39.3s First CPU Idle
39.3s Time To Interactive
53.9s Visually Complete
56.68s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Visually Complete
36.89s First CPU Idle
48.68s Time To Interactive
51.48s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.33s First CPU Idle
55s Visually Complete
83.36s Time To Interactive
115.22s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.5s Start Render
4.49s Largest Contentful Paint
6.82s First CPU Idle
23.2s Last Painted Hero
23.8s Visually Complete
24.56s Time To Interactive
35.29s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.4s Start Render
6.3s Largest Contentful Paint
37.41s First CPU Idle
69.33s Time To Interactive
85s Last Painted Hero
86s Visually Complete
98.3s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
61.5s Last Painted Hero
61.5s Visually Complete
83.45s First CPU Idle
83.45s Time To Interactive
86.56s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.71s Backend
4s Start Render
4.02s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.7s Visually Complete
31.27s First CPU Idle
66.96s Time To Interactive
72.49s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.48s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete
100.19s First CPU Idle
100.19s Time To Interactive
116.25s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.8s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.63s First CPU Idle
14.04s Largest Contentful Paint
14.5s Last Painted Hero
43.9s Visually Complete
52.84s Time To Interactive
54.59s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.83s Backend
4.89s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Start Render
33.3s Last Painted Hero
33.3s Visually Complete
46.66s First CPU Idle
46.66s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.73s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Start Render
14.65s First CPU Idle
29.32s Time To Interactive
31.4s Last Painted Hero
31.4s Visually Complete
38.35s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.9s Start Render
35.33s Largest Contentful Paint
35.82s First CPU Idle
111.6s Time To Interactive
120.43s Fully Loaded
120.5s Visually Complete

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#16 NPR
0.93s Backend
6.2s Start Render
20.13s Largest Contentful Paint
53.4s Last Painted Hero
53.4s Visually Complete
69.11s First CPU Idle
69.11s Time To Interactive
84.59s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.48s Largest Contentful Paint
11.9s Visually Complete
14.34s First CPU Idle
84.12s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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