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
1s Start Render
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
40.4s Last Painted Hero
57.93s First CPU Idle
70.04s Time To Interactive
117.2s Visually Complete
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.27s Largest Contentful Paint
9.6s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
14.37s First CPU Idle
14.37s Time To Interactive
16.12s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.87s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
60.58s First CPU Idle
60.58s Time To Interactive
81s Visually Complete
119.67s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
20.94s First CPU Idle
44.08s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
61s Last Painted Hero
72.5s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
54.77s First CPU Idle
54.77s Time To Interactive
57.43s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
12.96s First CPU Idle
83s Visually Complete
119.34s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
5.2s First CPU Idle
5.63s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
27.7s Visually Complete
28.06s Time To Interactive
34.45s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.97s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.38s First CPU Idle
6.54s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
65.2s Visually Complete
66.24s Time To Interactive
67.75s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
33.74s First CPU Idle
33.74s Time To Interactive
51.2s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
54.78s First CPU Idle
54.78s Time To Interactive
75.89s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
4.9s Start Render
5.11s Largest Contentful Paint
24.9s Last Painted Hero
24.9s Visually Complete
53.97s First CPU Idle
53.97s Time To Interactive
57.86s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.48s Largest Contentful Paint
39.23s First CPU Idle
68.31s Time To Interactive
68.6s Last Painted Hero
68.6s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.94s Backend
5.4s Start Render
8.07s First CPU Idle
36.37s Largest Contentful Paint
64.2s Last Painted Hero
64.2s Visually Complete
65.19s Time To Interactive
78.69s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
13.76s First CPU Idle
23.18s Largest Contentful Paint
69.4s Last Painted Hero
90.09s Time To Interactive
99.7s Visually Complete
119.84s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.33s Backend
6.39s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Start Render
8s Visually Complete
19.5s Last Painted Hero
22.2s First CPU Idle
22.2s Time To Interactive
31.93s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
2.8s Backend
8.9s Start Render
36.03s Largest Contentful Paint
82.49s First CPU Idle
82.5s Visually Complete
115.85s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.48s Backend
10s Start Render
11.3s Largest Contentful Paint
11.3s Last Painted Hero
33.4s Visually Complete
40.84s First CPU Idle
40.84s Time To Interactive
43.07s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
6s Start Render
6.2s Visually Complete
6.27s Largest Contentful Paint
8.9s Last Painted Hero
43.52s First CPU Idle
43.52s Time To Interactive
72.93s Fully Loaded

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