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
0.79s Backend
1s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
33.72s First CPU Idle
36s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
66.26s Time To Interactive
88s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.29s Largest Contentful Paint
15.9s Last Painted Hero
15.9s Visually Complete
19.57s First CPU Idle
19.57s Time To Interactive
21.13s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.99s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Last Painted Hero
56s Visually Complete
58.17s First CPU Idle
58.17s Time To Interactive
116.82s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
7.85s Largest Contentful Paint
95.1s Last Painted Hero
99s Visually Complete
102.68s First CPU Idle
102.68s Time To Interactive
119.88s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.6s Visually Complete
46.97s Fully Loaded
49.94s First CPU Idle
49.94s Time To Interactive

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
21.89s First CPU Idle
42.51s Time To Interactive
60s Last Painted Hero
60s Visually Complete
107.06s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.36s Largest Contentful Paint
10.02s First CPU Idle
83.31s Time To Interactive
93.85s Fully Loaded
98.9s Visually Complete

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.7s Start Render
3.52s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
28.87s First CPU Idle
28.87s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
34.15s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.97s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.65s First CPU Idle
7.53s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
61s Visually Complete
105.31s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
16.26s First CPU Idle
48s Visually Complete
65.13s Time To Interactive
84.52s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.8s Start Render
29.39s Largest Contentful Paint
47.92s First CPU Idle
112.94s Time To Interactive
119.21s Fully Loaded
120.2s Visually Complete

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#12 NPR
0.76s Backend
4s Start Render
7.33s First CPU Idle
20.94s Largest Contentful Paint
53.9s Last Painted Hero
53.9s Visually Complete
56.94s Time To Interactive
108.93s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.98s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.56s Largest Contentful Paint
9.52s First CPU Idle
35.83s Time To Interactive
35.9s Last Painted Hero
36.4s Visually Complete
46.65s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.7s Start Render
22.58s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Visually Complete
36.45s First CPU Idle
71.76s Time To Interactive
201.3s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23.17s First CPU Idle
34s Visually Complete
55.23s Time To Interactive
74.96s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.8s Start Render
6s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
9.8s Last Painted Hero
35.33s First CPU Idle
35.33s Time To Interactive
59.02s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.9s Start Render
15.14s Largest Contentful Paint
60s Visually Complete
114.7s First CPU Idle
119.97s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.79s Backend
7.27s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Start Render
7.3s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
46.86s First CPU Idle
62.7s Time To Interactive
82.43s Fully Loaded

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