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 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
31.26s First CPU Idle
49s Visually Complete
58.95s Time To Interactive
97.62s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
32.96s First CPU Idle
47s Last Painted Hero
53.26s Time To Interactive
79.4s Visually Complete
89.27s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.6s Visually Complete
55.29s First CPU Idle
55.29s Time To Interactive
55.81s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.54s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
16.49s First CPU Idle
20s Visually Complete
84.31s Time To Interactive
114.95s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.81s Largest Contentful Paint
32.66s First CPU Idle
45.3s Time To Interactive
62s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
63.82s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
29.03s First CPU Idle
29.03s Time To Interactive
34.7s Fully Loaded
38s Last Painted Hero
39.5s Visually Complete

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.1s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Last Painted Hero
45.07s First CPU Idle
45.07s Time To Interactive
119.3s Visually Complete
119.48s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.35s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
34.1s Visually Complete
58.85s First CPU Idle
58.85s Time To Interactive
75.67s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
12s Last Painted Hero
35.55s First CPU Idle
35.55s Time To Interactive
59.17s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
50.66s Fully Loaded
53.3s Time To Interactive

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.95s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.08s First CPU Idle
6.26s Largest Contentful Paint
53.29s Time To Interactive
53.8s Last Painted Hero
53.8s Visually Complete
87.95s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.3s Largest Contentful Paint
97s Visually Complete
100.49s First CPU Idle
111.95s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
1.03s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.97s First CPU Idle
7.47s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
71.8s Visually Complete
99.38s Time To Interactive
100.33s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.62s Largest Contentful Paint
11.9s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
17.1s First CPU Idle
17.1s Time To Interactive
20.51s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.7s Start Render
9.81s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
44.71s First CPU Idle
44.71s Time To Interactive
68.67s Fully Loaded
73.7s Visually Complete

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#16 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.3s Start Render
6.49s First CPU Idle
21.66s Largest Contentful Paint
58s Last Painted Hero
58s Visually Complete
59.8s Time To Interactive
84.37s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
4.5s Start Render
24.01s Largest Contentful Paint
64.24s First CPU Idle
86.73s Time To Interactive
87s Visually Complete
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
4.1s Start Render
22.64s First CPU Idle
34.02s Largest Contentful Paint
38.5s Last Painted Hero
38.5s Visually Complete
69.22s Time To Interactive
133.63s Fully Loaded

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