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
1s Start Render
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
51s Last Painted Hero
70.16s First CPU Idle
95.1s Visually Complete
101.72s Time To Interactive
117.61s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.4s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s Last Painted Hero
10.6s Visually Complete
14.58s First CPU Idle
14.58s Time To Interactive
16.36s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.48s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
65.89s First CPU Idle
78s Visually Complete
103.08s Time To Interactive
107.01s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.87s Largest Contentful Paint
24.47s First CPU Idle
46.33s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
73.21s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.74s Backend
2.41s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Start Render
8.3s Last Painted Hero
10.01s First CPU Idle
26s Visually Complete
100.75s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.76s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
5.45s First CPU Idle
25.7s Last Painted Hero
26.8s Visually Complete
27.07s Time To Interactive
34.67s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.7s Start Render
5.43s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
36.1s Visually Complete
37.34s First CPU Idle
37.34s Time To Interactive
54.9s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.71s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
32.21s First CPU Idle
64.99s Time To Interactive
77.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
4s Start Render
4.33s First CPU Idle
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.23s Largest Contentful Paint
39s Visually Complete
51.25s Time To Interactive
54.89s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
9.62s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
29.55s First CPU Idle
47.24s Time To Interactive
47.6s Visually Complete
69.55s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
5.2s Start Render
6.08s Largest Contentful Paint
24.7s Last Painted Hero
24.7s Visually Complete
46.14s First CPU Idle
46.14s Time To Interactive
84.3s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
5.5s Start Render
23.02s Largest Contentful Paint
27.98s First CPU Idle
116.8s Visually Complete
116.85s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.77s Backend
6.1s Start Render
13.07s First CPU Idle
35.16s Largest Contentful Paint
64s Last Painted Hero
64s Visually Complete
114s Time To Interactive
114.63s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
21.26s Largest Contentful Paint
100.4s Visually Complete
119.31s First CPU Idle
119.6s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.88s Backend
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Start Render
20.8s Last Painted Hero
20.8s Visually Complete
24.63s First CPU Idle
24.63s Time To Interactive
30.35s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
2.45s Backend
8.6s Start Render
31.38s First CPU Idle
31.41s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Visually Complete
118.42s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.49s Backend
9.9s Start Render
10.55s First CPU Idle
10.9s Largest Contentful Paint
11.8s Last Painted Hero
41.1s Visually Complete
52.12s Time To Interactive
53.85s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
43.63s First CPU Idle
43.63s Time To Interactive
55.87s Fully Loaded

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