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
2s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
4.8s Visually Complete
11.83s First CPU Idle
41.89s Time To Interactive
44.44s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.06s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
51.56s First CPU Idle
68.8s Time To Interactive
81s Visually Complete
101.03s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.95s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.67s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
26.49s First CPU Idle
56s Visually Complete
80.67s Time To Interactive
86.31s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.79s Largest Contentful Paint
23.88s First CPU Idle
23.88s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
41s Last Painted Hero
42.48s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.9s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.57s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
21.4s Visually Complete
50.22s First CPU Idle
50.22s Time To Interactive
68.93s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.67s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
33.51s First CPU Idle
33.51s Time To Interactive
53.85s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4s Start Render
4.35s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
36.34s First CPU Idle
93.65s Time To Interactive
111.89s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.6s Start Render
4.66s First CPU Idle
5.02s Largest Contentful Paint
25.7s Last Painted Hero
26.7s Visually Complete
27.59s Time To Interactive
33.81s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.22s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
29.79s First CPU Idle
30s Visually Complete
54.49s Time To Interactive
76.58s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.2s Visually Complete
5.24s Largest Contentful Paint
23.9s Last Painted Hero
41.72s First CPU Idle
41.72s Time To Interactive
70.69s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.59s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
45.86s Time To Interactive
45.9s Visually Complete
49.03s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.91s Largest Contentful Paint
12.85s First CPU Idle
66.4s Last Painted Hero
66.4s Visually Complete
77.02s Time To Interactive
80.89s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.7s First CPU Idle
6.9s Last Painted Hero
6.92s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Visually Complete
73.32s Time To Interactive
99.03s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.62s Largest Contentful Paint
10.9s Last Painted Hero
10.9s Visually Complete
15.1s First CPU Idle
15.1s Time To Interactive
16.34s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.47s Backend
6.7s Start Render
11.49s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
55.86s First CPU Idle
74.1s Time To Interactive
83.16s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.3s Start Render
22.79s Largest Contentful Paint
26.57s First CPU Idle
57s Visually Complete
107.6s Time To Interactive
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.76s Backend
6.2s Start Render
7.39s First CPU Idle
26.79s Largest Contentful Paint
68s Last Painted Hero
68s Visually Complete
74.33s Time To Interactive
102.8s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.8s Start Render
32.72s Largest Contentful Paint
55.99s First CPU Idle
57.72s Time To Interactive
98s Visually Complete
120.28s Fully Loaded

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