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
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
28.95s First CPU Idle
28.95s Time To Interactive
29.26s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
26.2s Last Painted Hero
26.2s Visually Complete
36.8s First CPU Idle
49.95s Time To Interactive
66.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.86s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
19.21s First CPU Idle
36s Visually Complete
43s Time To Interactive
47.94s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.5s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
31.49s First CPU Idle
31.49s Time To Interactive
49.58s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
51.87s First CPU Idle
51.87s Time To Interactive
58.5s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.21s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
27.7s Visually Complete
29.34s First CPU Idle
87.41s Time To Interactive
88.97s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.54s Largest Contentful Paint
26.3s Visually Complete
73.16s Fully Loaded
75.47s Time To Interactive

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
4.4s Start Render
5.89s First CPU Idle
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
19.04s Time To Interactive
19.8s Last Painted Hero
19.8s Visually Complete
19.9s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.38s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Visually Complete
12.6s Last Painted Hero
48.4s First CPU Idle
53.56s Time To Interactive
82.06s Fully Loaded

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#10 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.7s Start Render
6.83s Largest Contentful Paint
13.38s First CPU Idle
67s Last Painted Hero
80s Visually Complete
118.95s Time To Interactive
119.09s Fully Loaded

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#11 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.7s Largest Contentful Paint
10.81s First CPU Idle
14.9s Last Painted Hero
14.9s Visually Complete
19.98s Time To Interactive
23.45s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
10.4s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
41.59s First CPU Idle
50.35s Time To Interactive
59.47s Fully Loaded
64.5s Visually Complete

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
1.4s Backend
3.5s Start Render
10.71s Largest Contentful Paint
68s Last Painted Hero
68s Visually Complete
92.54s First CPU Idle
114.77s Time To Interactive
115.97s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.8s Start Render
11.88s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
77.2s First CPU Idle
77.2s Time To Interactive
93.72s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.3s Start Render
21.57s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
23.45s First CPU Idle
109.46s Time To Interactive
109.5s Visually Complete
113.96s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.2s Start Render
21.33s First CPU Idle
26.64s Largest Contentful Paint
32.1s Last Painted Hero
32.1s Visually Complete
49.36s Time To Interactive
59s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.79s Backend
5.1s Start Render
32.07s Largest Contentful Paint
54s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
62.3s First CPU Idle
115.57s Time To Interactive
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.81s Backend
1.4s Start Render
12.75s First CPU Idle
57.52s Largest Contentful Paint
106.24s Time To Interactive
117.84s Fully Loaded
120.1s Last Painted Hero
120.1s Visually Complete

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