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 Largest Contentful Paint which is when the largest element – usually image or video – in the viewport is rendered.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A MOBILE SLOW CONNECTION

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#1 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
10.7s Visually Complete
40.05s First CPU Idle
52.64s Time To Interactive
80.93s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.34s Largest Contentful Paint
13.28s First CPU Idle
55s Visually Complete
93.88s Time To Interactive
105.42s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.83s Largest Contentful Paint
15.15s First CPU Idle
15.15s Time To Interactive
50s Last Painted Hero
51s Visually Complete
61.28s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.04s Largest Contentful Paint
29.8s Last Painted Hero
35.69s First CPU Idle
35.69s Time To Interactive
37.8s Visually Complete
56.35s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.97s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.93s Largest Contentful Paint
29.8s Visually Complete
95.29s First CPU Idle
95.29s Time To Interactive
119.16s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Visually Complete
55.42s First CPU Idle
118.38s Time To Interactive
119.66s Fully Loaded

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#7 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
40.38s First CPU Idle
51s Visually Complete
97.38s Time To Interactive
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
6.07s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s Last Painted Hero
7.8s Visually Complete
14.92s First CPU Idle
14.92s Time To Interactive
47.96s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.5s Start Render
6.2s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
29.4s First CPU Idle
34.3s Visually Complete
61.04s Time To Interactive
66.7s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.28s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
37.17s First CPU Idle
110.86s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
5.09s Backend
5.4s Start Render
6.44s Largest Contentful Paint
10.2s First CPU Idle
10.2s Time To Interactive
20.8s Last Painted Hero
114.6s Visually Complete
115.63s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.01s Backend
3.1s Start Render
6.7s Last Painted Hero
6.76s Largest Contentful Paint
27.31s First CPU Idle
60.4s Visually Complete
87.97s Time To Interactive
89.47s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.96s Backend
7.9s Start Render
8.07s Largest Contentful Paint
87.51s First CPU Idle
87.51s Time To Interactive
99.6s Visually Complete
119.39s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
9.1s Start Render
9.11s Largest Contentful Paint
27.56s First CPU Idle
27.56s Time To Interactive
27.6s Last Painted Hero
27.6s Visually Complete
118.37s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.97s Backend
4.2s Start Render
21.74s Largest Contentful Paint
22.87s First CPU Idle
22.87s Time To Interactive
45.9s Last Painted Hero
45.9s Visually Complete
102.08s Fully Loaded

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#16 FINANCIAL TIMES
21.01s Backend
23.4s Start Render
24.57s Largest Contentful Paint
24.79s First CPU Idle
24.79s Time To Interactive
69s Visually Complete
104.85s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
3.2s Start Render
29.83s Largest Contentful Paint
49.92s First CPU Idle
49.92s Time To Interactive
113s Visually Complete
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
1.95s Backend
38.1s Start Render
38.23s Largest Contentful Paint
47.3s Last Painted Hero
47.3s Visually Complete
52.47s First CPU Idle
52.47s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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