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
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
19.33s First CPU Idle
29.3s Last Painted Hero
43s Visually Complete
66.99s Time To Interactive
93.67s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.71s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
19.1s First CPU Idle
19.1s Time To Interactive
22.44s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.15s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
47.51s First CPU Idle
47.51s Time To Interactive
90.87s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
93.28s First CPU Idle
111.6s Time To Interactive
118.49s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3s Largest Contentful Paint
45.17s First CPU Idle
45.17s Time To Interactive
47s Visually Complete
63s Last Painted Hero
79.13s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
57.09s Fully Loaded
58.54s First CPU Idle
58.54s Time To Interactive

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#7 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.42s Largest Contentful Paint
17.09s First CPU Idle
21s Visually Complete
82.65s Time To Interactive
85.82s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.7s Start Render
3.22s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
29.37s First CPU Idle
29.37s Time To Interactive
29.4s Visually Complete
45.28s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.72s Backend
3.7s Start Render
7.28s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
75.81s First CPU Idle
91.1s Visually Complete
91.16s Time To Interactive
101.98s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.87s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
49.2s Visually Complete
67.4s First CPU Idle
79.78s Time To Interactive
109.76s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.9s Start Render
3.96s Largest Contentful Paint
21.38s First CPU Idle
34.5s Last Painted Hero
34.5s Visually Complete
50.6s Time To Interactive
55.12s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.99s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.56s First CPU Idle
6.91s Largest Contentful Paint
58.07s Time To Interactive
58.9s Last Painted Hero
58.9s Visually Complete
88.55s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
27.04s First CPU Idle
28.15s Largest Contentful Paint
37.8s Visually Complete
90.55s Time To Interactive
147.27s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.2s Start Render
6.37s First CPU Idle
20.27s Largest Contentful Paint
59.2s Last Painted Hero
59.2s Visually Complete
86.15s Time To Interactive
103.77s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
45.5s Last Painted Hero
54.6s First CPU Idle
54.6s Time To Interactive
74.98s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
10.07s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
25.57s First CPU Idle
54.66s Time To Interactive
72.56s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.8s Start Render
9.49s Largest Contentful Paint
14.63s First CPU Idle
73s Last Painted Hero
112s Visually Complete
119.96s Time To Interactive
120.57s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.78s Backend
7s Start Render
7s First CPU Idle
7s Last Painted Hero
7.03s Largest Contentful Paint
58s Visually Complete
69.13s Time To Interactive
77.47s Fully Loaded

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