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
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
12.04s First CPU Idle
80s Visually Complete
80.79s Time To Interactive
81s Last Painted Hero
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Visually Complete
48.83s Fully Loaded
53.4s First CPU Idle
53.4s Time To Interactive

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#3 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
12.01s First CPU Idle
28.9s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
57s Time To Interactive
99.4s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.6s Largest Contentful Paint
34.73s First CPU Idle
55.76s Time To Interactive
69s Last Painted Hero
81.27s Fully Loaded
82s Visually Complete

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.67s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Visually Complete
22s Last Painted Hero
44.54s First CPU Idle
44.54s Time To Interactive
49.73s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.06s Largest Contentful Paint
22.01s First CPU Idle
34.2s Last Painted Hero
34.2s Visually Complete
50.12s Time To Interactive
70.85s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.32s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
32.12s First CPU Idle
32.12s Time To Interactive
56.05s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.92s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
36.6s Visually Complete
56.87s First CPU Idle
56.87s Time To Interactive
76.1s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
19.33s First CPU Idle
48s Last Painted Hero
48s Visually Complete
57.07s Time To Interactive
100.38s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
21.2s Last Painted Hero
55.12s Time To Interactive
82s Visually Complete
82.65s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.97s Backend
4.3s Start Render
6.35s First CPU Idle
6.4s Largest Contentful Paint
27.69s Time To Interactive
42.3s Last Painted Hero
42.3s Visually Complete
59.76s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.13s Largest Contentful Paint
87.84s First CPU Idle
116.5s Visually Complete
120.65s Time To Interactive
132.91s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.85s Largest Contentful Paint
14.9s Last Painted Hero
14.9s Visually Complete
18.91s First CPU Idle
18.91s Time To Interactive
21.37s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
8.1s Largest Contentful Paint
19.2s Last Painted Hero
19.2s Visually Complete
59.94s First CPU Idle
59.94s Time To Interactive
96.36s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.36s Backend
2.9s Start Render
9.57s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
19s Last Painted Hero
68.71s First CPU Idle
117.59s Time To Interactive
118.82s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.1s Start Render
16.28s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Visually Complete
28.1s Last Painted Hero
57.29s First CPU Idle
57.29s Time To Interactive
65s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.74s Backend
5.3s Start Render
6.31s First CPU Idle
21.24s Largest Contentful Paint
54.8s Last Painted Hero
54.8s Visually Complete
59.43s Time To Interactive
105.66s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.2s Start Render
27.6s Last Painted Hero
27.62s Largest Contentful Paint
34.92s First CPU Idle
52s Visually Complete
53.99s Time To Interactive
71.57s Fully Loaded

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