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
0.74s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
11.3s Visually Complete
41.41s First CPU Idle
41.41s Time To Interactive
44.68s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.14s Largest Contentful Paint
12.71s First CPU Idle
39s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
56.2s Time To Interactive
94.54s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
11.47s First CPU Idle
13s Visually Complete
78.15s Fully Loaded
81.36s Time To Interactive

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.9s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.16s Largest Contentful Paint
33.69s First CPU Idle
54.91s Time To Interactive
66s Last Painted Hero
77.79s Fully Loaded
83.1s Visually Complete

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#5 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.57s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Start Render
19.39s First CPU Idle
29.9s Last Painted Hero
29.9s Visually Complete
41.7s Time To Interactive
54.53s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.57s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
32.7s Visually Complete
33.98s First CPU Idle
41.87s Time To Interactive
56.16s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.5s Start Render
4.11s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
40.3s Visually Complete
54.61s First CPU Idle
54.61s Time To Interactive
61.95s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
5s Start Render
5.21s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s First CPU Idle
18.7s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19.5s Visually Complete
19.55s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.45s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
29.31s First CPU Idle
46.18s Time To Interactive
49.62s 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
17.2s Last Painted Hero
41.03s Time To Interactive
42.85s Fully Loaded
46s Visually Complete

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#11 POLITICO
0.78s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
11.5s Last Painted Hero
41.61s First CPU Idle
47.2s Time To Interactive
72.6s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.47s Largest Contentful Paint
13.3s Visually Complete
31.37s First CPU Idle
118.57s Time To Interactive
120.11s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
7.21s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
57.5s Visually Complete
72.95s First CPU Idle
72.95s Time To Interactive
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.77s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
19.41s First CPU Idle
19.41s Time To Interactive
21.04s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.27s Backend
3.3s Start Render
10.23s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
47.58s First CPU Idle
70s Visually Complete
95.18s Time To Interactive
104.1s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
13.19s Largest Contentful Paint
22.57s First CPU Idle
26s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
67.9s Time To Interactive
71.32s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.78s Backend
5.6s Start Render
6.73s First CPU Idle
21.01s Largest Contentful Paint
53s Last Painted Hero
53.2s Visually Complete
56.19s Time To Interactive
90.43s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.8s Start Render
24.8s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
33s First CPU Idle
66s Visually Complete
66.19s Time To Interactive
120.02s Fully Loaded

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