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
1.8s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Visually Complete
5.2s Last Painted Hero
11.96s First CPU Idle
47.07s Time To Interactive
50.41s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
11.3s First CPU Idle
50.31s Time To Interactive
89.31s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
18.6s First CPU Idle
18.6s Time To Interactive
26.91s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.86s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
22.55s First CPU Idle
22.55s Time To Interactive
23.81s Fully Loaded

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#5 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.22s Largest Contentful Paint
19.31s First CPU Idle
30.1s Last Painted Hero
30.1s Visually Complete
43.18s Time To Interactive
66.64s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.78s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
27.8s Visually Complete
41.88s First CPU Idle
41.88s Time To Interactive
58.14s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.41s Largest Contentful Paint
5.08s First CPU Idle
25.3s Last Painted Hero
26.1s Visually Complete
26.78s Time To Interactive
34.33s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.5s Start Render
4.99s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
30.87s First CPU Idle
30.87s Time To Interactive
66.6s Visually Complete
69.92s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3s Start Render
5.22s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
32.72s First CPU Idle
32.72s Time To Interactive
50.62s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.73s Backend
4.4s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.46s First CPU Idle
44.2s Visually Complete
52.96s Time To Interactive
54.69s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Visually Complete
18.5s Last Painted Hero
56.1s First CPU Idle
56.1s Time To Interactive
90.68s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.04s Backend
3.1s Start Render
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.91s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Visually Complete
37.01s First CPU Idle
37.01s Time To Interactive
40.48s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.99s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
8.9s Last Painted Hero
32.74s First CPU Idle
32.74s Time To Interactive
58.53s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
7.04s Largest Contentful Paint
118.31s First CPU Idle
119.41s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#15 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.84s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
15.75s First CPU Idle
15.75s Time To Interactive
16.86s Fully Loaded

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.1s Start Render
8s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
33.8s First CPU Idle
53.8s Time To Interactive
101.42s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
1.06s Backend
4.1s Start Render
22.93s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
56.07s First CPU Idle
82.65s Time To Interactive
91.66s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.82s Backend
5.3s Start Render
25.65s Largest Contentful Paint
26.41s First CPU Idle
63.8s Visually Complete
112.45s Time To Interactive
219.68s Fully Loaded

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