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.

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 FORBES
1.86s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.79s Largest Contentful Paint
20.92s First CPU Idle
20.92s Time To Interactive
119.6s Visually Complete
121.47s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
1.83s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.9s First CPU Idle
5.87s Largest Contentful Paint
26.95s Time To Interactive
39.4s Last Painted Hero
39.4s Visually Complete
124.73s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
2.19s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.1s First CPU Idle
3.1s Time To Interactive
8.21s Largest Contentful Paint
111.1s Visually Complete
120.57s Fully Loaded

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#4 YAHOO NEWS
1.95s Backend
4.27s Start Render
24.72s First CPU Idle
24.72s Time To Interactive
25.29s Largest Contentful Paint
25.29s Last Painted Hero
25.88s Visually Complete
35.26s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
1.84s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Time To Interactive
13s Largest Contentful Paint
14.9s Visually Complete
117.85s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
2.31s Backend
7.5s Start Render
8.07s First CPU Idle
8.07s Time To Interactive
12.78s Largest Contentful Paint
80.9s Visually Complete
119.96s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
1.89s Backend
7.7s Start Render
10.22s Largest Contentful Paint
26.58s Time To Interactive
26.68s First CPU Idle
57.7s Visually Complete
146.99s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
1.88s Backend
7.8s Start Render
7.8s Largest Contentful Paint
20.45s First CPU Idle
24.22s Time To Interactive
47.2s Last Painted Hero
114.4s Visually Complete
119.05s Fully Loaded

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#9 REUTERS
2.36s Backend
8.6s Start Render
9.57s First CPU Idle
11.1s Largest Contentful Paint
18.09s Time To Interactive
102.3s Visually Complete
134.28s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.88s Backend
8.77s Largest Contentful Paint
8.8s Start Render
10.3s Last Painted Hero
11.58s First CPU Idle
11.58s Time To Interactive
58.6s Visually Complete
59.14s Fully Loaded

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#11 BLOOMBERG
1.87s Backend
9.6s Start Render
10.25s Largest Contentful Paint
26.68s First CPU Idle
26.68s Time To Interactive
115.5s Visually Complete
127.54s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
2.23s Backend
9.9s Start Render
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete
17.91s Largest Contentful Paint
25.84s Time To Interactive
52.31s First CPU Idle
70.67s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
3.7s Backend
10.2s Start Render
10.2s First CPU Idle
10.37s Largest Contentful Paint
28.09s Time To Interactive
46.6s Visually Complete
119.04s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
1.9s Backend
11s Start Render
11.14s Largest Contentful Paint
11.2s First CPU Idle
11.2s Time To Interactive
54.1s Last Painted Hero
65.4s Visually Complete
179.53s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
1.74s Backend
12.7s Start Render
17.07s Largest Contentful Paint
29.36s First CPU Idle
29.36s Time To Interactive
102.4s Visually Complete
130.6s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
1.95s Backend
21.8s Start Render
21.8s First CPU Idle
21.8s Time To Interactive
22.36s Largest Contentful Paint
22.4s Last Painted Hero
22.4s Visually Complete
91.44s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
1.9s Backend
29.5s Start Render
29.6s First CPU Idle
29.6s Time To Interactive
29.67s Largest Contentful Paint
33.1s Visually Complete
118.55s Fully Loaded

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