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
2.14s Largest Contentful Paint
13.98s First CPU Idle
32.7s Last Painted Hero
44.74s Time To Interactive
75s Visually Complete
96.05s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
10.7s First CPU Idle
14.9s Last Painted Hero
14.9s Visually Complete
19.97s Time To Interactive
23.38s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.6s Largest Contentful Paint
17.44s First CPU Idle
61s Last Painted Hero
64s Visually Complete
70.23s Time To Interactive
119s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.18s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
51.59s First CPU Idle
59.83s Time To Interactive
90.61s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
41.76s First CPU Idle
41.76s Time To Interactive
43.83s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
44.7s First CPU Idle
44.7s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
50.74s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.9s Start Render
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
28.81s First CPU Idle
60.2s Visually Complete
68.18s Time To Interactive
116.65s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
1.09s Backend
3.2s Start Render
11.17s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
51.81s First CPU Idle
51.81s Time To Interactive
117.4s Visually Complete
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
31.26s First CPU Idle
31.3s Last Painted Hero
31.3s Visually Complete
38.68s Time To Interactive
77.88s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.88s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.82s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
44.01s First CPU Idle
52.79s Time To Interactive
59.49s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
4s Start Render
4.22s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
26.57s First CPU Idle
26.57s Time To Interactive
42.63s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.99s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.4s Largest Contentful Paint
8.73s First CPU Idle
23.59s Time To Interactive
24.8s Last Painted Hero
24.8s Visually Complete
29.77s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.74s Backend
5.19s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Start Render
5.97s First CPU Idle
57.8s Last Painted Hero
57.8s Visually Complete
106.06s Time To Interactive
115.73s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.2s Start Render
21.37s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
32.33s First CPU Idle
66s Visually Complete
67.08s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.8s Start Render
11.13s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
52s Visually Complete
57.86s First CPU Idle
57.86s Time To Interactive
88.31s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
17.17s First CPU Idle
40.9s Last Painted Hero
46.96s Time To Interactive
76.67s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.75s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.12s Largest Contentful Paint
6.16s First CPU Idle
32.3s Visually Complete
84.99s Fully Loaded
87.16s Time To Interactive

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#18 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.79s Largest Contentful Paint
13.53s First CPU Idle
79s Last Painted Hero
109.9s Visually Complete
119.72s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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