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
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
11.54s First CPU Idle
23.5s Last Painted Hero
23.5s Visually Complete
32.23s Time To Interactive
86.32s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.84s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
19.36s First CPU Idle
19.36s Time To Interactive
21.05s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.39s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
29.9s Visually Complete
46.18s First CPU Idle
46.18s Time To Interactive
51.22s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
1.4s Backend
1.6s Start Render
8.28s Largest Contentful Paint
29.6s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
103.62s First CPU Idle
117.27s Time To Interactive
118.37s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
47.5s First CPU Idle
47.5s Time To Interactive
65s Last Painted Hero
83.02s Fully Loaded
84s Visually Complete

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#6 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
47.03s First CPU Idle
47.03s Time To Interactive
47.96s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
11.78s First CPU Idle
13s Visually Complete
68.99s Time To Interactive
118.69s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
35.3s First CPU Idle
35.3s Time To Interactive
50.71s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.84s Backend
3.2s Start Render
19.8s Largest Contentful Paint
43.26s First CPU Idle
53.3s Last Painted Hero
53.3s Visually Complete
56.64s Time To Interactive
89.15s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.81s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.04s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
49.6s Visually Complete
65.66s First CPU Idle
65.66s Time To Interactive
74.36s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
1.16s Backend
4.2s Start Render
19.91s First CPU Idle
25.41s Largest Contentful Paint
31.6s Visually Complete
42.67s Time To Interactive
62.34s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
2.37s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.82s First CPU Idle
8.95s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
72s Visually Complete
100.95s Time To Interactive
118.76s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.09s Backend
4.58s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Start Render
6.59s First CPU Idle
19.82s Time To Interactive
20.6s Last Painted Hero
20.6s Visually Complete
22.48s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5s Start Render
27.06s Largest Contentful Paint
29.65s First CPU Idle
29.8s Visually Complete
89.6s Time To Interactive
173.17s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.4s Visually Complete
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
9.4s Last Painted Hero
45.88s First CPU Idle
61.2s Time To Interactive
69.28s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.72s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.53s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Visually Complete
54.96s Fully Loaded
60.04s Time To Interactive

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
22.6s Largest Contentful Paint
92.7s Visually Complete
96.82s First CPU Idle
118.47s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#18 THE ONION
0.74s Backend
6.7s Start Render
12.44s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
65.09s First CPU Idle
76.07s Time To Interactive
78.16s Fully Loaded

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