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
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
54.94s First CPU Idle
54.94s Time To Interactive
55.85s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.89s Backend
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
16.38s First CPU Idle
52s Visually Complete
77.66s Time To Interactive
83.14s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.75s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
11.97s First CPU Idle
11.97s Time To Interactive
12.11s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
27.8s Last Painted Hero
36.21s First CPU Idle
50.15s Time To Interactive
76s Visually Complete
93.11s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.8s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
41.2s Visually Complete
47.17s First CPU Idle
47.17s Time To Interactive
63.49s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.31s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
34.83s First CPU Idle
43.89s Time To Interactive
58.76s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.54s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
28.6s Visually Complete
46.06s First CPU Idle
46.06s Time To Interactive
49.49s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.73s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.7s Visually Complete
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
21.56s First CPU Idle
53.5s Last Painted Hero
57s Time To Interactive
112.58s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
6.46s Largest Contentful Paint
24.3s Last Painted Hero
24.3s Visually Complete
73.15s First CPU Idle
95.88s Time To Interactive
118.12s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
6.6s Last Painted Hero
6.63s Largest Contentful Paint
37.2s Visually Complete
48.36s Fully Loaded
49.37s Time To Interactive

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.03s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.28s First CPU Idle
6.85s Largest Contentful Paint
19.7s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
20.4s Visually Complete
20.42s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.8s Start Render
6.94s Largest Contentful Paint
15.71s First CPU Idle
115.5s Last Painted Hero
118.32s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.59s Largest Contentful Paint
15.8s Last Painted Hero
15.8s Visually Complete
19.72s First CPU Idle
19.72s Time To Interactive
20.84s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5s Start Render
11.02s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
58.75s First CPU Idle
58.75s Time To Interactive
76.8s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.17s Backend
2.9s Start Render
12.59s Largest Contentful Paint
43.96s First CPU Idle
59s Last Painted Hero
66.45s Time To Interactive
84.4s Visually Complete
92.43s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.8s Start Render
22.31s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
59.57s First CPU Idle
65.55s Time To Interactive
98.01s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.8s Start Render
22.86s Largest Contentful Paint
22.9s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
25.11s First CPU Idle
25.11s Time To Interactive
118.41s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.76s Backend
3.3s Start Render
23.48s First CPU Idle
32.4s Largest Contentful Paint
33.9s Last Painted Hero
33.9s Visually Complete
50.61s Time To Interactive
59.4s Fully Loaded

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