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
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
23.11s First CPU Idle
31s Visually Complete
56.24s Time To Interactive
94.92s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.63s Largest Contentful Paint
10.07s First CPU Idle
14.1s Last Painted Hero
14.1s Visually Complete
19.11s Time To Interactive
20.22s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.84s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
11.03s First CPU Idle
73.55s Time To Interactive
79s Last Painted Hero
79s Visually Complete
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.14s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
31.62s First CPU Idle
35.3s Visually Complete
50.05s Time To Interactive
55.44s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
6.43s Largest Contentful Paint
10.53s First CPU Idle
29s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
89.93s Time To Interactive
105.79s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.67s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
6.28s First CPU Idle
11.77s Fully Loaded
11.93s Time To Interactive

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
1.03s Backend
2.4s Start Render
10.18s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Visually Complete
12s Last Painted Hero
32.59s First CPU Idle
85.3s Time To Interactive
88.29s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.19s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
26.71s First CPU Idle
26.71s Time To Interactive
26.81s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.86s Backend
3s Start Render
3.04s Largest Contentful Paint
31.64s First CPU Idle
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
104.47s Time To Interactive
115.9s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.66s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
51s First CPU Idle
51s Time To Interactive
51s Visually Complete
92.8s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.71s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.57s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
4.8s Visually Complete
29.3s First CPU Idle
29.3s Time To Interactive
29.45s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.57s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Start Render
19.8s First CPU Idle
30.8s Last Painted Hero
30.8s Visually Complete
41.74s Time To Interactive
53.17s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.04s Backend
4.2s Start Render
5.72s Largest Contentful Paint
20.89s First CPU Idle
28.22s Time To Interactive
45.7s Visually Complete
81.45s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.9s Start Render
22.99s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
49s First CPU Idle
65.46s Time To Interactive
116.14s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
21.35s First CPU Idle
40s Last Painted Hero
40s Visually Complete
52.94s Time To Interactive
69.44s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.7s Start Render
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.14s Largest Contentful Paint
25.3s Visually Complete
47.85s First CPU Idle
47.85s Time To Interactive
70.14s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.49s Largest Contentful Paint
110.14s First CPU Idle
119.8s Visually Complete
119.88s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#18 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.94s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Visually Complete
21s Last Painted Hero
23.7s First CPU Idle
69.6s Time To Interactive
91.43s Fully Loaded

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