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
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
11.73s First CPU Idle
41.89s Time To Interactive
44.35s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
11.78s First CPU Idle
50s Visually Complete
74.22s Time To Interactive
81.77s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
19.64s First CPU Idle
25s Visually Complete
41.34s Time To Interactive
51.04s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.32s Largest Contentful Paint
24.5s Last Painted Hero
24.5s Visually Complete
32.13s First CPU Idle
50.44s Time To Interactive
88.36s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.78s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
25.8s Visually Complete
46.56s First CPU Idle
46.56s Time To Interactive
78.35s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
3s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
40.82s First CPU Idle
40.82s Time To Interactive
60.55s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.75s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Visually Complete
42.41s Fully Loaded
44.73s Time To Interactive

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#8 POLITICO
0.75s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.77s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Visually Complete
8.9s Last Painted Hero
38.44s First CPU Idle
38.44s Time To Interactive
63.89s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
28.6s Visually Complete
45.79s First CPU Idle
49.3s Fully Loaded
52.61s Time To Interactive

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.1s Backend
4.8s Start Render
6.32s First CPU Idle
6.62s Largest Contentful Paint
35.62s Time To Interactive
42.6s Visually Complete
52.91s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.7s Start Render
6.74s Largest Contentful Paint
116.51s First CPU Idle
116.9s Visually Complete
119.84s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.34s Largest Contentful Paint
15.7s Last Painted Hero
15.7s Visually Complete
19.52s First CPU Idle
19.52s Time To Interactive
20.88s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.6s Start Render
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
83.14s First CPU Idle
101.1s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1.24s Backend
2.8s Start Render
10.48s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
62.03s First CPU Idle
114.61s Time To Interactive
117.55s Fully Loaded
119.7s Visually Complete

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#15 THE ONION
1.02s Backend
6.9s Start Render
10.94s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
26.03s First CPU Idle
30s Visually Complete
50.85s Time To Interactive
51.9s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.77s Backend
4.4s Start Render
21.07s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
56.97s First CPU Idle
56.97s Time To Interactive
86.43s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
26.39s Largest Contentful Paint
44.2s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
109.07s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.4s Start Render
30.03s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Visually Complete
57.39s First CPU Idle
64.84s Time To Interactive
217.8s Fully Loaded

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