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
1s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
16.57s First CPU Idle
33.09s Time To Interactive
34.8s Last Painted Hero
34.8s Visually Complete
87.65s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.67s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
19.42s First CPU Idle
19.42s Time To Interactive
21.22s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.16s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
35.31s First CPU Idle
45.45s Time To Interactive
45.8s Visually Complete
50.06s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
12s First CPU Idle
12s Time To Interactive
12.14s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
7.6s Largest Contentful Paint
33.2s Last Painted Hero
33.2s Visually Complete
81.07s First CPU Idle
94.42s Time To Interactive
111.65s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
12.14s First CPU Idle
42.19s Time To Interactive
45.08s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
8.33s First CPU Idle
79.01s Time To Interactive
85.97s Fully Loaded
91s Visually Complete

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#8 REUTERS
0.87s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
119.58s First CPU Idle
119.58s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.04s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
33.2s Visually Complete
34.21s First CPU Idle
34.21s Time To Interactive
56.21s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.2s Backend
3s Start Render
3.48s First CPU Idle
6.63s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
117.3s Visually Complete
117.48s Time To Interactive
119.15s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.79s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
49.9s Visually Complete
66.31s First CPU Idle
72.66s Time To Interactive
74.49s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
4.06s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Start Render
40.8s Last Painted Hero
40.8s Visually Complete
45.77s First CPU Idle
54.95s Time To Interactive
74.51s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.41s Largest Contentful Paint
6.17s First CPU Idle
52.41s Time To Interactive
53s Last Painted Hero
53.3s Fully Loaded
53.3s Visually Complete

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
20.91s Largest Contentful Paint
28.2s Visually Complete
47.33s First CPU Idle
101.95s Time To Interactive
161.35s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5s Start Render
5.1s Visually Complete
5.12s Largest Contentful Paint
29.9s Last Painted Hero
36.54s First CPU Idle
43.92s Time To Interactive
67.09s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.87s Backend
5.7s Start Render
20.06s Largest Contentful Paint
25.48s First CPU Idle
60.5s Last Painted Hero
60.5s Visually Complete
95.6s Time To Interactive
98.67s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.9s Start Render
9.71s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
60.2s First CPU Idle
60.2s Time To Interactive
96.37s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
10.53s Largest Contentful Paint
14.79s First CPU Idle
85s Last Painted Hero
92.8s Visually Complete
118.47s Time To Interactive
119.82s Fully Loaded

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#19 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.95s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Start Render
6s First CPU Idle
22.9s Last Painted Hero
37.5s Visually Complete
52.41s Time To Interactive
52.64s Fully Loaded

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