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
1s Start Render
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
24.1s Last Painted Hero
30.05s First CPU Idle
46.3s Visually Complete
47.98s Time To Interactive
87.79s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.56s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
16.22s First CPU Idle
16.22s Time To Interactive
19.61s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.57s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
38.29s First CPU Idle
38.29s Time To Interactive
43.19s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.51s Largest Contentful Paint
22.51s First CPU Idle
22.51s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
28.31s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.06s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
36.08s First CPU Idle
36.08s Time To Interactive
37.89s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.26s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
9.11s First CPU Idle
53s Visually Complete
106.14s Time To Interactive
116.13s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.07s Largest Contentful Paint
5.13s First CPU Idle
23.4s Last Painted Hero
24.3s Visually Complete
33.85s Time To Interactive
37.09s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
34.09s First CPU Idle
34.09s Time To Interactive
55.19s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.06s Backend
3s Start Render
6.99s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
33.93s First CPU Idle
93.06s Time To Interactive
111.4s Visually Complete
116.64s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4s Start Render
7.19s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
45.34s First CPU Idle
45.34s Time To Interactive
69.62s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
21.31s First CPU Idle
32.1s Last Painted Hero
32.1s Visually Complete
43.06s Time To Interactive
60.1s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.13s Largest Contentful Paint
24.3s Last Painted Hero
24.3s Visually Complete
41.17s First CPU Idle
41.17s Time To Interactive
64s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.45s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
30.2s Last Painted Hero
30.2s Visually Complete
59.39s First CPU Idle
59.39s Time To Interactive
85.21s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.81s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Visually Complete
9.5s Last Painted Hero
35.76s First CPU Idle
35.76s Time To Interactive
63.04s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5.7s Start Render
28.97s Largest Contentful Paint
30.89s First CPU Idle
65.4s Visually Complete
114.35s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.85s Backend
6s Start Render
6.65s First CPU Idle
25.82s Largest Contentful Paint
50.5s Last Painted Hero
50.5s Visually Complete
84.56s Time To Interactive
108.41s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.07s Largest Contentful Paint
12.75s First CPU Idle
71.51s Time To Interactive
89s Last Painted Hero
105.1s Visually Complete
118.89s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.44s Backend
9.7s Start Render
10.18s First CPU Idle
10.23s Largest Contentful Paint
58.5s Last Painted Hero
58.5s Visually Complete
59.87s Time To Interactive
61.62s Fully Loaded

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