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
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
31.05s First CPU Idle
46s Last Painted Hero
48.67s Time To Interactive
77.7s Visually Complete
88.16s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.8s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
16.33s First CPU Idle
16.33s Time To Interactive
19.36s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.77s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
31.59s First CPU Idle
31.59s Time To Interactive
37.15s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
37.8s First CPU Idle
37.8s Time To Interactive
37.94s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
43.31s First CPU Idle
43.31s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
60s Last Painted Hero
61.73s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.43s Largest Contentful Paint
26.82s First CPU Idle
56s Visually Complete
101.54s Time To Interactive
119.46s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.74s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
5.34s First CPU Idle
39.95s Time To Interactive
41.5s Visually Complete
89.99s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3.1s Start Render
4.01s Largest Contentful Paint
26.24s First CPU Idle
55s Last Painted Hero
56.8s Time To Interactive
57s Visually Complete
75.01s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.06s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.8s First CPU Idle
3.9s Last Painted Hero
5.89s Largest Contentful Paint
83s Visually Complete
89.2s Time To Interactive
94.98s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
3.79s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Start Render
31.6s First CPU Idle
32s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
80.85s Time To Interactive
135.72s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
32.07s First CPU Idle
32.07s Time To Interactive
48.53s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
42.33s First CPU Idle
42.33s Time To Interactive
64.95s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.2s Start Render
24.57s Largest Contentful Paint
52.3s Visually Complete
79.56s First CPU Idle
114.81s Time To Interactive
120.04s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
9.1s Last Painted Hero
33.59s First CPU Idle
33.59s Time To Interactive
39.63s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.07s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
20.4s Last Painted Hero
20.4s Visually Complete
22.22s First CPU Idle
22.22s Time To Interactive
29.96s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.93s Backend
6s Start Render
23.76s Largest Contentful Paint
42.6s First CPU Idle
55.1s Last Painted Hero
55.1s Visually Complete
80.06s Time To Interactive
91.66s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
17.03s First CPU Idle
20.57s Largest Contentful Paint
74.16s Time To Interactive
91s Last Painted Hero
106.5s Visually Complete
119.29s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
1.46s Backend
9.7s Start Render
10.8s First CPU Idle
12.59s Largest Contentful Paint
12.6s Last Painted Hero
46.7s Visually Complete
56.41s Time To Interactive
58.18s Fully Loaded

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