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.

Tested every day on an emulated Nexus 5X mobile at 3G Slow ( 400Kbps/400Kbps 400ms 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 SLOW CONNECTION

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#1 USA TODAY
2.1s Backend
2.7s Start Render
11.89s Largest Contentful Paint
56.4s Visually Complete
77.25s First CPU Idle
106.6s Time To Interactive
119.88s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
2.14s Backend
3s Start Render
14.84s Largest Contentful Paint
19.4s First CPU Idle
65.3s Last Painted Hero
65.3s Visually Complete
118.38s Time To Interactive
122.22s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
1.82s Backend
3.1s Start Render
6.19s Largest Contentful Paint
25.69s First CPU Idle
94.5s Visually Complete
116.84s Time To Interactive
123.78s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
3.68s Backend
4.7s Start Render
21.04s Largest Contentful Paint
21.1s Last Painted Hero
21.1s Visually Complete
37.43s First CPU Idle
97.61s Time To Interactive
123.87s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
1.81s Backend
5.6s Start Render
10.19s Largest Contentful Paint
46.87s First CPU Idle
82.4s Visually Complete
118.66s Time To Interactive
125.29s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
2.22s Backend
6.76s Start Render
8.18s Largest Contentful Paint
41.3s First CPU Idle
79.97s Time To Interactive
79.97s Visually Complete
119.48s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
1.88s Backend
7.1s Start Render
7.17s Largest Contentful Paint
20.14s First CPU Idle
45.4s Last Painted Hero
93.7s Time To Interactive
95.5s Visually Complete
119.13s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
2.19s Backend
7.3s Start Render
14.37s First CPU Idle
22.3s Last Painted Hero
22.3s Visually Complete
22.39s Largest Contentful Paint
58.32s Time To Interactive
59.28s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
1.82s Backend
8s Start Render
8.16s Largest Contentful Paint
8.35s First CPU Idle
8.35s Time To Interactive
37.8s Last Painted Hero
50.9s Visually Complete
142.02s Fully Loaded

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#10 BLOOMBERG
1.83s Backend
8.17s Start Render
36.47s First CPU Idle
79.46s Largest Contentful Paint
85.31s Visually Complete
113.05s Time To Interactive
169.79s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUZZFEED
1.82s Backend
8.2s Start Render
11.67s Largest Contentful Paint
54.7s First CPU Idle
79s Visually Complete
118.32s Time To Interactive
120.29s Fully Loaded

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#12 REUTERS
2.19s Backend
9.5s Start Render
34.05s Largest Contentful Paint
34.1s Visually Complete
56.86s First CPU Idle
117.85s Time To Interactive
128.36s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.79s Backend
9.72s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Start Render
10s First CPU Idle
10.1s Last Painted Hero
14.6s Visually Complete
55.93s Time To Interactive
58.2s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1.99s Backend
10.7s Start Render
15.35s Largest Contentful Paint
15.4s Last Painted Hero
15.4s Visually Complete
22.08s First CPU Idle
41.55s Time To Interactive
46.73s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
1.78s Backend
11s Start Render
14.79s Largest Contentful Paint
32.37s First CPU Idle
79.7s Visually Complete
111.29s Time To Interactive
158.55s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
2.11s Backend
25.26s Largest Contentful Paint
25.3s Start Render
25.3s First CPU Idle
73s Last Painted Hero
118.49s Time To Interactive
118.8s Visually Complete
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
1.84s Backend
38.3s Start Render
80.91s Largest Contentful Paint
81s Visually Complete
107.54s First CPU Idle
119.19s Time To Interactive
141.41s Fully Loaded

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