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
7.37s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
15.4s First CPU Idle
15.4s Time To Interactive
18.89s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.89s Largest Contentful Paint
52s Last Painted Hero
52s Visually Complete
54.27s First CPU Idle
92.07s Time To Interactive
118.55s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.78s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
49.7s First CPU Idle
49.7s Time To Interactive
71s Visually Complete
114.67s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.74s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
12.1s First CPU Idle
12.1s Visually Complete
42.22s Time To Interactive
44.55s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.34s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
14.15s First CPU Idle
52s Visually Complete
82.86s Time To Interactive
85.97s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
23.01s First CPU Idle
23.01s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
41s Last Painted Hero
42.5s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.95s Largest Contentful Paint
8.87s First CPU Idle
24.4s Last Painted Hero
25.2s Visually Complete
26.78s Time To Interactive
36.34s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.55s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
32.87s First CPU Idle
32.87s Time To Interactive
52.99s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.09s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.25s Largest Contentful Paint
42.2s First CPU Idle
87.4s Last Painted Hero
87.4s Visually Complete
97.77s Time To Interactive
100.89s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.81s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
32.5s Visually Complete
57.32s First CPU Idle
57.32s Time To Interactive
89.58s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
7.09s Largest Contentful Paint
48.79s First CPU Idle
48.79s Time To Interactive
59s Last Painted Hero
112s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.76s Backend
4.6s Start Render
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.11s Largest Contentful Paint
5.17s First CPU Idle
27.3s Visually Complete
40.06s Time To Interactive
41.9s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.1s Start Render
29.65s Largest Contentful Paint
43.38s First CPU Idle
86s Visually Complete
118.75s Time To Interactive
119.76s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
5.18s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Start Render
36.2s Last Painted Hero
36.2s Visually Complete
46.17s First CPU Idle
46.17s Time To Interactive
60.83s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.3s Visually Complete
5.33s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
31.66s First CPU Idle
31.66s Time To Interactive
54.31s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.84s Largest Contentful Paint
34.5s Last Painted Hero
34.5s Visually Complete
59.24s First CPU Idle
88.96s Time To Interactive
118.99s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
1s Backend
6.3s Start Render
20.35s Largest Contentful Paint
47.9s Last Painted Hero
47.9s Visually Complete
55.78s First CPU Idle
75.81s Time To Interactive
104.72s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
7.24s Largest Contentful Paint
9.78s First CPU Idle
18.57s Time To Interactive
42s Last Painted Hero
119.6s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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