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
1.1s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
23.16s First CPU Idle
42s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
53.13s Time To Interactive
97.36s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.58s Largest Contentful Paint
15.7s Last Painted Hero
15.7s Visually Complete
19.75s First CPU Idle
19.75s Time To Interactive
22.45s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
12.69s First CPU Idle
59s Last Painted Hero
60s Visually Complete
72.32s Time To Interactive
117.77s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.81s Largest Contentful Paint
24.8s Last Painted Hero
36.3s Visually Complete
58.51s First CPU Idle
67.51s Time To Interactive
91.61s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.74s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
42.92s First CPU Idle
42.92s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
48.06s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
9.03s First CPU Idle
9.65s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
65.88s Time To Interactive
78s Visually Complete
100.67s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.33s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
29.56s First CPU Idle
29.56s Time To Interactive
43.64s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.04s Backend
3s Start Render
10.9s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Visually Complete
15s Last Painted Hero
42.27s First CPU Idle
51.92s Time To Interactive
99.74s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.4s Start Render
30.47s Largest Contentful Paint
54.45s First CPU Idle
99.3s Visually Complete
113.29s Time To Interactive
136.04s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
50.39s First CPU Idle
55.58s Time To Interactive
116.5s Last Painted Hero
116.5s Visually Complete
119.13s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.71s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.71s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Visually Complete
4.8s Last Painted Hero
34.37s First CPU Idle
34.37s Time To Interactive
34.69s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.79s Largest Contentful Paint
6.84s First CPU Idle
19.36s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
20.3s Visually Complete
20.31s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5s Start Render
26.59s Largest Contentful Paint
26.6s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
31.33s First CPU Idle
62.88s Time To Interactive
119.02s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.4s Visually Complete
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
10.2s Last Painted Hero
38.69s First CPU Idle
38.69s Time To Interactive
69.2s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.58s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
43.2s Visually Complete
50.8s Time To Interactive
73.14s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.8s Start Render
10.28s Largest Contentful Paint
42s Last Painted Hero
58.61s First CPU Idle
58.61s Time To Interactive
67.89s Fully Loaded
73.2s Visually Complete

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#17 NPR
0.77s Backend
6s Start Render
6.14s Largest Contentful Paint
40.73s First CPU Idle
51.9s Last Painted Hero
51.9s Visually Complete
104.63s Time To Interactive
108.26s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.57s Largest Contentful Paint
99.77s First CPU Idle
104.3s Visually Complete
107.83s Time To Interactive
117.93s Fully Loaded

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