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
0.81s Backend
1s Start Render
1.77s Largest Contentful Paint
63.3s Visually Complete
119.48s First CPU Idle
119.48s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
1s Start Render
4.42s Largest Contentful Paint
19.57s First CPU Idle
20.6s Last Painted Hero
20.6s Visually Complete
31.46s Time To Interactive
34.21s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.96s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
9.74s First CPU Idle
9.74s Time To Interactive
10.02s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.54s Largest Contentful Paint
29.72s First CPU Idle
45s Last Painted Hero
54.7s Visually Complete
65.91s Time To Interactive
68.05s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.13s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Visually Complete
27.78s First CPU Idle
27.78s Time To Interactive
31.4s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.41s Largest Contentful Paint
16.18s First CPU Idle
76s Last Painted Hero
78s Visually Complete
89.45s Time To Interactive
118.89s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.5s Start Render
3.78s Largest Contentful Paint
6.72s First CPU Idle
27.7s Last Painted Hero
28.2s Visually Complete
30.9s Time To Interactive
34.49s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.85s Backend
3.3s Start Render
6.49s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
38.61s First CPU Idle
38.61s Time To Interactive
38.76s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.96s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.2s Largest Contentful Paint
38.4s Last Painted Hero
38.4s Visually Complete
38.84s First CPU Idle
67.58s Time To Interactive
123.28s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.91s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.18s Largest Contentful Paint
28.5s Last Painted Hero
28.5s Visually Complete
45.5s First CPU Idle
45.5s Time To Interactive
62s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.3s Start Render
9.22s Largest Contentful Paint
103s Visually Complete
119.86s First CPU Idle
119.86s Time To Interactive
120.1s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.94s Backend
4.4s Start Render
46.34s Largest Contentful Paint
70.7s Last Painted Hero
70.7s Visually Complete
74.5s First CPU Idle
74.5s Time To Interactive
81.47s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.75s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.76s First CPU Idle
15.14s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
44.29s Time To Interactive
57.01s Fully Loaded

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#14 VOX
0.71s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Visually Complete
10.1s Last Painted Hero
40.86s First CPU Idle
115.76s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.8s Start Render
19.57s First CPU Idle
37.04s Largest Contentful Paint
37.2s Last Painted Hero
85s Visually Complete
105.36s Time To Interactive
119.44s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
28.44s First CPU Idle
28.44s Time To Interactive
33.17s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.5s Start Render
6.58s Largest Contentful Paint
12.35s First CPU Idle
12.35s Time To Interactive
91.9s Last Painted Hero
91.9s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
11.2s Start Render
11.37s Largest Contentful Paint
18.24s First CPU Idle
18.7s Last Painted Hero
18.7s Visually Complete
76.58s Time To Interactive
90.84s Fully Loaded

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