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
0.81s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
96.58s First CPU Idle
109.4s Visually Complete
118.67s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
6.12s Largest Contentful Paint
16.81s First CPU Idle
16.81s Time To Interactive
17.74s Fully Loaded
17.8s Last Painted Hero
17.8s Visually Complete

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
8.21s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
10.06s First CPU Idle
10.06s Time To Interactive
10.25s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.75s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.92s Largest Contentful Paint
14.29s First CPU Idle
35.3s Last Painted Hero
35.3s Visually Complete
41.36s Time To Interactive
65.26s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
31.82s First CPU Idle
48s Visually Complete
78.12s Time To Interactive
80.26s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
3.97s Largest Contentful Paint
18.8s Last Painted Hero
18.8s Visually Complete
32.47s First CPU Idle
32.47s Time To Interactive
41.77s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.91s Backend
3.2s Start Render
34.98s First CPU Idle
46.01s Largest Contentful Paint
71.2s Last Painted Hero
71.2s Visually Complete
73.76s Time To Interactive
81.1s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.87s Backend
3.3s Start Render
6.62s Largest Contentful Paint
52s Visually Complete
53.02s First CPU Idle
53.02s Time To Interactive
53.3s Last Painted Hero
54.46s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.72s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.52s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
14.4s Visually Complete
32.85s First CPU Idle
115.84s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.72s Backend
3.4s Start Render
7.38s First CPU Idle
25.26s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Visually Complete
34.19s Time To Interactive
48.97s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.85s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.84s Largest Contentful Paint
33.4s Last Painted Hero
33.4s Visually Complete
43.42s First CPU Idle
43.42s Time To Interactive
62.05s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.5s Start Render
10.54s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
119.07s First CPU Idle
119.07s Time To Interactive
119.67s Fully Loaded
120.1s Visually Complete

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#13 ESPN
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.03s First CPU Idle
14.12s Largest Contentful Paint
14.5s Last Painted Hero
34.4s Visually Complete
49.35s Time To Interactive
50.39s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.75s Largest Contentful Paint
39s Last Painted Hero
46.49s First CPU Idle
114.25s Time To Interactive
119.88s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
1.02s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.7s Largest Contentful Paint
38.04s First CPU Idle
82.61s Time To Interactive
107.3s Visually Complete
120.04s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.17s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Start Render
6.3s Last Painted Hero
8.4s Visually Complete
28.95s First CPU Idle
28.95s Time To Interactive
39.39s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.47s Largest Contentful Paint
11.4s First CPU Idle
12s Visually Complete
96.4s Last Painted Hero
114.74s Fully Loaded
116.52s Time To Interactive

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#18 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
11.2s Start Render
11.37s Largest Contentful Paint
18.24s First CPU Idle
18.7s Last Painted Hero
18.7s Visually Complete
76.58s Time To Interactive
90.84s Fully Loaded

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