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
7.64s Largest Contentful Paint
15.2s Last Painted Hero
15.2s Visually Complete
19.12s First CPU Idle
19.12s Time To Interactive
20.89s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
24.02s First CPU Idle
29.7s Last Painted Hero
29.7s Visually Complete
65.63s Time To Interactive
98.05s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s First CPU Idle
75.58s Time To Interactive
83s Last Painted Hero
119s Visually Complete
120.54s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.89s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
29.4s Visually Complete
69.01s First CPU Idle
69.01s Time To Interactive
77.88s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.78s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
22.06s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
45.27s Time To Interactive
50.2s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
29.17s First CPU Idle
29.17s Time To Interactive
29.44s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
7.36s Largest Contentful Paint
19.5s Last Painted Hero
19.5s Visually Complete
32.15s First CPU Idle
64.72s Time To Interactive
120.08s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.91s Backend
2.5s Start Render
10.25s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Visually Complete
14s Last Painted Hero
41.6s First CPU Idle
52.7s Time To Interactive
98.92s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.8s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
28.78s First CPU Idle
41.27s Time To Interactive
49.63s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.5s Start Render
26.63s Largest Contentful Paint
111s Visually Complete
118.83s First CPU Idle
118.83s Time To Interactive
119.63s Fully Loaded
120.1s Last Painted Hero

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.08s Backend
4.2s Start Render
6.24s Largest Contentful Paint
6.41s First CPU Idle
19.35s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
20.1s Visually Complete
20.2s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
4.9s Start Render
5.13s Largest Contentful Paint
27.52s First CPU Idle
43.9s Last Painted Hero
43.9s Visually Complete
55.85s Time To Interactive
63.24s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.2s Start Render
24.18s Largest Contentful Paint
24.2s Last Painted Hero
35.21s First CPU Idle
71s Visually Complete
84.26s Time To Interactive
115.14s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.47s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
25.66s First CPU Idle
35.25s Time To Interactive
63.92s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.9s Start Render
5.93s First CPU Idle
6s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
75s Visually Complete
84.5s Fully Loaded
89.32s Time To Interactive

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
16.21s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Visually Complete
22.7s Last Painted Hero
67.82s First CPU Idle
67.82s Time To Interactive
87.96s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.76s Backend
5.9s Start Render
20.72s Largest Contentful Paint
41.79s First CPU Idle
52.6s Last Painted Hero
52.6s Visually Complete
56.16s Time To Interactive
100.88s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.9s Largest Contentful Paint
94.05s First CPU Idle
100s Visually Complete
115.64s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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