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
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
73.22s First CPU Idle
73.22s Time To Interactive
73.51s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
35.45s First CPU Idle
37s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
56.44s Time To Interactive
95.9s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
12.58s First CPU Idle
35s Visually Complete
65.91s Time To Interactive
79.25s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.27s Backend
2.1s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.15s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Visually Complete
39.9s First CPU Idle
39.9s Time To Interactive
45.13s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.68s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
52.9s First CPU Idle
71.55s Time To Interactive
91.5s Visually Complete
103.25s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
20.62s First CPU Idle
31.3s Last Painted Hero
31.3s Visually Complete
40.97s Time To Interactive
54.27s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.32s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
35.3s First CPU Idle
49.06s Time To Interactive
50.16s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
4.9s Start Render
5s Visually Complete
5.03s Largest Contentful Paint
38.3s Last Painted Hero
46.65s First CPU Idle
46.65s Time To Interactive
85.17s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
30.91s First CPU Idle
36.2s Visually Complete
46.24s Time To Interactive
50.19s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.75s Backend
5.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
47s Last Painted Hero
47.1s Visually Complete
56.82s Fully Loaded
61.59s Time To Interactive

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.06s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.36s First CPU Idle
6.41s Largest Contentful Paint
24.91s Time To Interactive
28s Last Painted Hero
34.5s Visually Complete
43.48s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
7.12s Largest Contentful Paint
117.1s Visually Complete
118.66s First CPU Idle
119.87s Time To Interactive
135.59s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.77s Largest Contentful Paint
10.79s First CPU Idle
14.3s Last Painted Hero
14.3s Visually Complete
19.85s Time To Interactive
20.95s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.8s Start Render
9.4s Largest Contentful Paint
25.2s Last Painted Hero
86.07s First CPU Idle
104.55s Time To Interactive
118.62s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.2s Backend
3.2s Start Render
9.67s Largest Contentful Paint
57.47s First CPU Idle
60s Last Painted Hero
111s Visually Complete
111.65s Time To Interactive
113.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.72s Backend
6.8s Start Render
12.28s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
52.02s First CPU Idle
52.02s Time To Interactive
64.87s Fully Loaded
69.9s Visually Complete

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#17 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.6s Start Render
6.49s First CPU Idle
22.11s Largest Contentful Paint
54.4s Last Painted Hero
54.4s Visually Complete
84.34s Time To Interactive
90.31s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.5s Start Render
23.87s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
26.08s First CPU Idle
85.61s Time To Interactive
119.79s Fully Loaded

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