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
2s Start Render
2.1s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
44.84s Fully Loaded
47.89s First CPU Idle
47.89s Time To Interactive

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#2 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.43s Largest Contentful Paint
12.11s First CPU Idle
46s Visually Complete
68.94s Time To Interactive
78.65s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.02s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
12.16s First CPU Idle
12.16s Time To Interactive
12.31s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
3.29s Largest Contentful Paint
11.4s First CPU Idle
28.3s Last Painted Hero
28.3s Visually Complete
52.69s Time To Interactive
90.88s Fully Loaded

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#5 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.12s Largest Contentful Paint
18.97s First CPU Idle
30.1s Last Painted Hero
30.1s Visually Complete
35.35s Time To Interactive
121.45s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
3s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
33.6s First CPU Idle
33.6s Time To Interactive
47.54s Fully Loaded
52.6s Visually Complete

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.94s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
35.5s Visually Complete
45.9s First CPU Idle
45.9s Time To Interactive
50.26s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.79s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
5.8s Last Painted Hero
33.3s Visually Complete
41.46s Time To Interactive
53.87s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.12s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.16s First CPU Idle
6.33s Largest Contentful Paint
21.39s Time To Interactive
22s Last Painted Hero
22.2s Visually Complete
22.25s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.76s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Visually Complete
39.4s Last Painted Hero
52.07s First CPU Idle
52.07s Time To Interactive
82.99s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.6s Start Render
7.23s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
24.18s First CPU Idle
43.5s Visually Complete
46.46s Time To Interactive
102.4s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.77s Largest Contentful Paint
14.3s Last Painted Hero
14.3s Visually Complete
19.17s First CPU Idle
19.17s Time To Interactive
21.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
8.25s Largest Contentful Paint
13.89s First CPU Idle
66s Visually Complete
90s Last Painted Hero
118.66s Time To Interactive
119.03s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.9s Start Render
10.68s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Visually Complete
26s Last Painted Hero
53.65s First CPU Idle
53.65s Time To Interactive
78.07s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.37s Backend
3.1s Start Render
11.2s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
58.08s First CPU Idle
97s Visually Complete
102.09s Time To Interactive
116.28s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.76s Backend
6.1s Start Render
20.84s Largest Contentful Paint
53s Last Painted Hero
53.1s Visually Complete
64.72s First CPU Idle
81.35s Time To Interactive
87.78s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.4s Start Render
5s Last Painted Hero
21.51s Largest Contentful Paint
27.72s First CPU Idle
118.97s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.83s Backend
6.8s Start Render
24.34s First CPU Idle
29.4s Largest Contentful Paint
29.4s Visually Complete
119.87s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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