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
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
14.81s First CPU Idle
30s Last Painted Hero
52s Visually Complete
57.83s Time To Interactive
118.17s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.93s Largest Contentful Paint
12.3s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
15.68s First CPU Idle
15.68s Time To Interactive
19.65s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
55.02s First CPU Idle
55.02s Time To Interactive
116.04s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
11.74s First CPU Idle
11.8s Visually Complete
43.58s Fully Loaded
45.81s Time To Interactive

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.58s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
11.88s First CPU Idle
11.88s Time To Interactive
12.03s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
16.59s First CPU Idle
73s Visually Complete
82.85s Time To Interactive
119.8s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
2.3s Start Render
6.94s Largest Contentful Paint
8.55s First CPU Idle
120s Last Painted Hero
120s Visually Complete
120.04s Fully Loaded
120.04s Time To Interactive

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#8 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.2s Largest Contentful Paint
25.53s First CPU Idle
30s Last Painted Hero
34.77s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
56.39s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.17s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.69s First CPU Idle
6.9s Last Painted Hero
6.91s Largest Contentful Paint
64.1s Visually Complete
74.6s Time To Interactive
79.84s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
21.9s Visually Complete
45.07s First CPU Idle
45.07s Time To Interactive
49.68s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.25s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
30.48s First CPU Idle
65.92s Time To Interactive
103.84s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
4.2s Start Render
20.6s First CPU Idle
28.45s Largest Contentful Paint
42s Time To Interactive
82.7s Visually Complete
156.93s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.23s Largest Contentful Paint
8.2s Visually Complete
8.9s Last Painted Hero
39.21s First CPU Idle
39.21s Time To Interactive
68.92s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
6s Start Render
11.65s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
63.28s First CPU Idle
63.28s Time To Interactive
82.96s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
14.46s First CPU Idle
57.39s Largest Contentful Paint
89s Last Painted Hero
95.7s Time To Interactive
119.3s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#16 NPR
0.89s Backend
6.5s Start Render
21.08s Largest Contentful Paint
57.1s Last Painted Hero
57.1s Visually Complete
61.55s First CPU Idle
61.55s Time To Interactive
83.31s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.75s Backend
6.5s Start Render
6.5s First CPU Idle
6.55s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
30.2s Visually Complete
40.33s Time To Interactive
42.23s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
2.83s Backend
6.9s Start Render
24.55s Largest Contentful Paint
28.75s First CPU Idle
48s Visually Complete
113.48s Time To Interactive
142.84s Fully Loaded

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