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
0.7s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
11.8s Last Painted Hero
11.8s Visually Complete
20.04s First CPU Idle
39.44s Time To Interactive
54.09s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.79s Backend
1.3s Start Render
3.38s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
27.41s First CPU Idle
36.93s Time To Interactive
65.57s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.7s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.17s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
42.49s First CPU Idle
42.49s Time To Interactive
61.2s Visually Complete
64.9s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.68s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
9.53s First CPU Idle
37.81s Time To Interactive
40.98s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.7s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.4s First CPU Idle
7.07s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
17.7s Visually Complete
26.67s Time To Interactive
28.39s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.75s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
39.36s First CPU Idle
39.36s Time To Interactive
41.89s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.7s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
28s First CPU Idle
28s Time To Interactive
33.18s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.86s Backend
2.2s Start Render
3.8s Last Painted Hero
7.69s Largest Contentful Paint
29.47s First CPU Idle
37.2s Time To Interactive
54.6s Visually Complete
69.64s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
18.6s First CPU Idle
23.58s Largest Contentful Paint
31.1s Last Painted Hero
31.1s Visually Complete
51.49s Time To Interactive
56.03s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.71s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.34s Largest Contentful Paint
15.66s First CPU Idle
27.4s Visually Complete
31.01s Time To Interactive
108.04s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.72s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.06s Largest Contentful Paint
17.8s Last Painted Hero
19.92s First CPU Idle
20.5s Visually Complete
55.47s Time To Interactive
61.71s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4s Start Render
5.18s Largest Contentful Paint
16.4s Last Painted Hero
38.9s Visually Complete
59.89s First CPU Idle
59.89s Time To Interactive
84.2s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.87s Backend
4.59s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Start Render
13.55s First CPU Idle
13.55s Time To Interactive
13.9s Fully Loaded
14.1s Last Painted Hero
14.1s Visually Complete

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#14 BLOOMBERG
1.51s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.19s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Visually Complete
35.45s First CPU Idle
42.37s Time To Interactive
78.43s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.73s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.81s Largest Contentful Paint
53.7s Last Painted Hero
54.1s Visually Complete
58.95s Time To Interactive
65.36s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.71s Backend
5.6s Start Render
7.57s Largest Contentful Paint
108.88s First CPU Idle
112s Visually Complete
117.04s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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