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
0.73s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.26s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
4.5s Visually Complete
38.1s Fully Loaded
41.32s First CPU Idle
41.32s Time To Interactive

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
8.98s First CPU Idle
28s Visually Complete
77.05s Time To Interactive
80.81s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1s Start Render
2.44s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
48.98s First CPU Idle
48.98s Time To Interactive
80.4s Visually Complete
90.11s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.8s Last Painted Hero
3.86s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Visually Complete
19.81s First CPU Idle
19.81s Time To Interactive
25.46s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.05s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
33.7s Visually Complete
59.65s First CPU Idle
59.65s Time To Interactive
91.56s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.24s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
34.3s First CPU Idle
34.3s Time To Interactive
54.55s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.91s Largest Contentful Paint
21.56s First CPU Idle
33s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
51.42s Time To Interactive
64.79s Fully Loaded

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#8 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.28s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Start Render
8.8s Visually Complete
30s Last Painted Hero
45.43s First CPU Idle
45.43s Time To Interactive
85.72s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.77s Backend
2.9s Start Render
5.29s First CPU Idle
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
25.5s Last Painted Hero
26.5s Visually Complete
26.79s Time To Interactive
34.43s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.49s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Visually Complete
10.1s Last Painted Hero
30.55s First CPU Idle
30.55s Time To Interactive
57.05s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.09s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
30.23s First CPU Idle
30.23s Time To Interactive
36.04s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
5.47s First CPU Idle
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
42.4s Visually Complete
50.29s Time To Interactive
52.02s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
1.13s Backend
3s Start Render
3.56s First CPU Idle
7.4s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Last Painted Hero
55.91s Time To Interactive
100.5s Visually Complete
102.33s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.74s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
16.68s First CPU Idle
16.68s Time To Interactive
19.85s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
8.34s Largest Contentful Paint
94.53s First CPU Idle
99.72s Time To Interactive
111.5s Visually Complete
119.24s Fully Loaded

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
8.83s Largest Contentful Paint
47.7s Last Painted Hero
56.9s First CPU Idle
56.9s Time To Interactive
62s Visually Complete
102.77s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.93s Backend
6.5s Start Render
23.89s Largest Contentful Paint
55.06s First CPU Idle
55.3s Last Painted Hero
55.3s Visually Complete
67.24s Time To Interactive
87.79s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.3s Start Render
26.3s Visually Complete
26.32s Largest Contentful Paint
38.97s First CPU Idle
107.89s Time To Interactive
143.65s Fully Loaded

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