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
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
40.88s First CPU Idle
51s Visually Complete
53.92s Time To Interactive
89.05s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.72s Largest Contentful Paint
12.7s Last Painted Hero
12.7s Visually Complete
16.11s First CPU Idle
16.11s Time To Interactive
17.28s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.32s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
49.59s First CPU Idle
58.3s Time To Interactive
90s Visually Complete
119.22s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
11.62s First CPU Idle
41.36s Time To Interactive
43.67s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
46.39s First CPU Idle
46.39s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
73.9s Fully Loaded
79s Visually Complete

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#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
16.66s First CPU Idle
28s Visually Complete
71.06s Time To Interactive
119.6s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.59s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
33.7s Visually Complete
34.49s First CPU Idle
34.49s Time To Interactive
51.09s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.08s Backend
3.5s Start Render
4.21s Largest Contentful Paint
4.86s First CPU Idle
61.8s Last Painted Hero
61.8s Visually Complete
61.82s Time To Interactive
99.49s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.02s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.04s First CPU Idle
6.87s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
45.78s Time To Interactive
63.4s Visually Complete
64.94s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.35s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
53.24s First CPU Idle
53.24s Time To Interactive
82.52s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.62s Largest Contentful Paint
19.5s Last Painted Hero
38.29s First CPU Idle
65.14s Time To Interactive
67s Visually Complete
118.74s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
4.6s Start Render
33.19s Largest Contentful Paint
44.85s First CPU Idle
64.96s Time To Interactive
89s Visually Complete
112.27s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5s Start Render
22.65s Largest Contentful Paint
41.39s First CPU Idle
58s Visually Complete
117.66s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.82s Backend
5.2s Start Render
20.97s Largest Contentful Paint
45.35s First CPU Idle
58.6s Last Painted Hero
58.6s Visually Complete
85.07s Time To Interactive
93.61s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.43s Largest Contentful Paint
12.15s First CPU Idle
31.3s Visually Complete
51.88s Fully Loaded
54.51s Time To Interactive

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#16 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.85s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Last Painted Hero
29.1s Visually Complete
35.02s First CPU Idle
35.02s Time To Interactive
67.75s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.71s Backend
5.9s Start Render
13.54s First CPU Idle
37.56s Largest Contentful Paint
43s Last Painted Hero
51s Visually Complete
117.45s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#18 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
6.4s Start Render
10.98s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
55.13s First CPU Idle
55.13s Time To Interactive
85.98s Fully Loaded

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