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 FORBES
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
9.4s First CPU Idle
32.8s Last Painted Hero
32.8s Visually Complete
56.65s Time To Interactive
67.26s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.71s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
10.4s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
25.9s First CPU Idle
39.64s Time To Interactive
80.64s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
38.3s First CPU Idle
44.83s Time To Interactive
56s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
62.48s Fully Loaded

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#4 NEW YORK TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
17.85s First CPU Idle
31.4s Last Painted Hero
31.4s Visually Complete
103.76s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
3.29s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
38.14s First CPU Idle
43.35s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
48.55s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.7s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
22.9s Visually Complete
26.45s First CPU Idle
26.45s Time To Interactive
36.74s Fully Loaded

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#7 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
2.3s Start Render
3.93s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
21.3s Visually Complete
24.94s First CPU Idle
58.3s Time To Interactive
115.69s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.73s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.01s Largest Contentful Paint
5.66s First CPU Idle
19s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
57.14s Time To Interactive
72.49s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.78s Backend
4s Start Render
4.09s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
35.71s First CPU Idle
35.71s Time To Interactive
38.94s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.29s Largest Contentful Paint
18.9s Last Painted Hero
18.9s Visually Complete
26.78s First CPU Idle
26.78s Time To Interactive
29.7s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.5s Start Render
4.49s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
37.3s First CPU Idle
37.3s Time To Interactive
74.5s Visually Complete
87.81s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.18s Largest Contentful Paint
24.1s Last Painted Hero
44.5s Visually Complete
44.67s First CPU Idle
44.67s Time To Interactive
50.63s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.77s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.53s Largest Contentful Paint
55s Visually Complete
60.29s Time To Interactive
65.98s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.73s Backend
4.8s Start Render
6.12s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
36.35s First CPU Idle
36.35s Time To Interactive
50.28s Fully Loaded

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#15 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.12s First CPU Idle
6.2s Largest Contentful Paint
17.6s Time To Interactive
18.32s Fully Loaded
18.4s Last Painted Hero
18.4s Visually Complete

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#16 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.7s Start Render
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
9.3s Visually Complete
32.32s First CPU Idle
105.66s Time To Interactive
120.11s Fully Loaded

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#17 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.3s Start Render
7.37s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
51.67s First CPU Idle
51.67s Time To Interactive
120.16s Fully Loaded

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