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
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
13.27s First CPU Idle
34.37s Time To Interactive
37s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
86.96s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.79s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.26s Largest Contentful Paint
10.74s First CPU Idle
15.5s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
20.26s Time To Interactive
23.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.73s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
31.14s First CPU Idle
46.7s Visually Complete
46.87s Time To Interactive
49.35s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
8.54s Largest Contentful Paint
15.7s Last Painted Hero
15.7s Visually Complete
26.58s First CPU Idle
47.76s Time To Interactive
62.65s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.74s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.71s Largest Contentful Paint
35.44s First CPU Idle
47s Visually Complete
48.34s Time To Interactive
53.22s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.8s Backend
2s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.44s Largest Contentful Paint
24.52s First CPU Idle
35s Visually Complete
75.41s Time To Interactive
84.04s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
18.83s First CPU Idle
22s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
42.55s Time To Interactive
55.54s Fully Loaded

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#8 REUTERS
0.88s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.35s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.4s Visually Complete
78.37s First CPU Idle
119.71s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.73s Backend
3.29s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Start Render
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
52.81s Fully Loaded
57.71s First CPU Idle
57.71s Time To Interactive

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.62s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.82s First CPU Idle
8.07s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
92s Visually Complete
116.54s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
21.4s Largest Contentful Paint
45.79s First CPU Idle
72.24s Fully Loaded
77.18s Time To Interactive
77.4s Last Painted Hero
77.4s Visually Complete

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.9s Start Render
28.95s Largest Contentful Paint
67.01s First CPU Idle
67.01s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
182.98s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.98s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.61s First CPU Idle
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
19.73s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
20.5s Visually Complete
20.56s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.1s Start Render
23.65s Largest Contentful Paint
23.7s Visually Complete
28.7s First CPU Idle
102.9s Time To Interactive
136.15s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
9.1s Last Painted Hero
36.01s First CPU Idle
36.01s Time To Interactive
57.82s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
8.2s Last Painted Hero
8.23s Largest Contentful Paint
35.7s Visually Complete
43.23s Fully Loaded
44.81s Time To Interactive

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#17 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.9s Start Render
10.65s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
40s Visually Complete
56.77s First CPU Idle
56.77s Time To Interactive
74.07s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.9s Start Render
7.49s Largest Contentful Paint
13.49s First CPU Idle
72s Last Painted Hero
119.03s Time To Interactive
119.1s Visually Complete
121.02s Fully Loaded

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#19 NPR
1.1s Backend
6.6s Start Render
21.54s Largest Contentful Paint
52.5s Last Painted Hero
52.5s Visually Complete
56.43s First CPU Idle
56.43s Time To Interactive
103.31s Fully Loaded

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