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
1.8s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
11.9s First CPU Idle
30.04s Time To Interactive
30.31s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.34s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
10.35s First CPU Idle
57s Visually Complete
105.12s Time To Interactive
115.17s Fully Loaded

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#3 REUTERS
0.87s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.86s Largest Contentful Paint
10.2s Last Painted Hero
57.9s Visually Complete
114.8s First CPU Idle
114.8s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
45s Visually Complete
47.85s First CPU Idle
47.85s Time To Interactive
53.27s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
28.6s Visually Complete
35.15s First CPU Idle
35.15s Time To Interactive
68.66s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.4s Start Render
4.67s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
40.8s Visually Complete
54.84s First CPU Idle
54.84s Time To Interactive
62.3s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
4.79s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Start Render
25.91s First CPU Idle
42.3s Last Painted Hero
42.3s Visually Complete
52.91s Time To Interactive
68.73s Fully Loaded

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#8 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
4.98s Largest Contentful Paint
14.06s First CPU Idle
23.9s Last Painted Hero
34.07s Time To Interactive
36s Visually Complete
82.08s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.59s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.87s First CPU Idle
61.92s Time To Interactive
63.7s Visually Complete
88.73s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.61s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
49.72s First CPU Idle
49.72s Time To Interactive
60s Visually Complete
90.82s Fully Loaded

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#11 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
9.3s Last Painted Hero
38.33s First CPU Idle
46.34s Time To Interactive
69.28s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.06s Backend
4.6s Start Render
5.9s Largest Contentful Paint
6.42s First CPU Idle
62.24s Time To Interactive
63s Last Painted Hero
63.2s Visually Complete
67.46s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
6.03s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
55.8s First CPU Idle
55.8s Time To Interactive
82.63s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.41s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
19.31s First CPU Idle
19.31s Time To Interactive
20.97s Fully Loaded

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#15 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.6s Start Render
8.12s Largest Contentful Paint
58.33s First CPU Idle
87.44s Time To Interactive
88.26s Fully Loaded
93.3s Last Painted Hero
93.3s Visually Complete

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6s Start Render
8.15s Largest Contentful Paint
12.7s Visually Complete
28.77s First CPU Idle
117.72s Time To Interactive
120.04s Fully Loaded

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
1.02s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.33s First CPU Idle
11.59s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
98.5s Visually Complete
99.56s Time To Interactive
107.77s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.75s Backend
6.9s Start Render
20.91s Largest Contentful Paint
54.9s Last Painted Hero
54.9s Visually Complete
57.92s First CPU Idle
57.92s Time To Interactive
105.8s Fully Loaded

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#19 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.7s Start Render
26.11s Largest Contentful Paint
32.9s Visually Complete
51.49s First CPU Idle
105.53s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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