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
0.71s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
17.75s First CPU Idle
38.35s Time To Interactive
82.34s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.2s Start Render
4.93s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
29.33s First CPU Idle
29.33s Time To Interactive
36.56s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
22.4s Visually Complete
49.57s First CPU Idle
49.57s Time To Interactive
84.17s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.76s Largest Contentful Paint
25.9s Last Painted Hero
50.7s Visually Complete
51.04s First CPU Idle
51.04s Time To Interactive
54.12s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.27s Backend
2s Start Render
3.64s Largest Contentful Paint
24.33s First CPU Idle
48.64s Time To Interactive
55s Last Painted Hero
56s Visually Complete
57.17s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.19s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
38.36s First CPU Idle
38.36s Time To Interactive
39.31s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
18.4s Last Painted Hero
18.4s Visually Complete
25.76s First CPU Idle
25.76s Time To Interactive
28.48s Fully Loaded

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#8 NEW YORK TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Start Render
18.48s First CPU Idle
28.4s Last Painted Hero
28.4s Visually Complete
41.61s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.33s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
45.53s First CPU Idle
45.6s Visually Complete
50.61s Fully Loaded
51.13s Time To Interactive

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.06s Backend
3.6s Start Render
5.49s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
42.02s First CPU Idle
63.75s Time To Interactive
100s Visually Complete
107.45s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4s Start Render
4.24s Largest Contentful Paint
16.7s Last Painted Hero
16.7s Visually Complete
60.94s First CPU Idle
60.94s Time To Interactive
120.15s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.04s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.21s First CPU Idle
6.27s Largest Contentful Paint
17.18s Time To Interactive
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete
18.4s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
4.4s Start Render
8.57s Largest Contentful Paint
25.8s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
38.98s First CPU Idle
38.98s Time To Interactive
54.52s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.8s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.58s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
46.28s First CPU Idle
46.28s Time To Interactive
52.38s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.3s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.63s Largest Contentful Paint
43.1s Visually Complete
59.54s Time To Interactive
61.87s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.7s Start Render
6.58s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Visually Complete
27.31s First CPU Idle
29s Last Painted Hero
48.21s Time To Interactive
59.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.46s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
30.69s First CPU Idle
68.46s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
9.9s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
28.54s First CPU Idle
28.54s Time To Interactive
37.18s Fully Loaded

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