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
2.1s Start Render
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
12.11s First CPU Idle
32.67s Fully Loaded
37.29s Time To Interactive

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.26s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
11.22s First CPU Idle
85.42s Time To Interactive
87.6s Fully Loaded
92.6s Visually Complete

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.83s Largest Contentful Paint
53.21s First CPU Idle
53.21s Time To Interactive
67s Visually Complete
71.08s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.6s Start Render
2.86s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s First CPU Idle
38.1s Visually Complete
41.62s Time To Interactive
42.49s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.2s Largest Contentful Paint
58.24s First CPU Idle
58.24s Time To Interactive
111.6s Last Painted Hero
111.6s Visually Complete
118.91s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.5s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
27.6s Visually Complete
28.52s First CPU Idle
28.52s Time To Interactive
32.55s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.89s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
43.1s Visually Complete
66.43s First CPU Idle
66.43s Time To Interactive
81.66s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.25s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
68.65s First CPU Idle
79.08s Time To Interactive
105.51s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.72s Backend
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
47.47s Time To Interactive
49.46s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Visually Complete
8.8s Last Painted Hero
42.25s First CPU Idle
42.25s Time To Interactive
73.23s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
27.5s First CPU Idle
53.96s Time To Interactive
72s Visually Complete
118.19s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.95s Largest Contentful Paint
17.79s First CPU Idle
50s Last Painted Hero
77s Visually Complete
79.85s Time To Interactive
84.92s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.7s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
15.96s First CPU Idle
15.96s Time To Interactive
19.4s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1s Backend
3.1s Start Render
7.75s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s Last Painted Hero
50.89s First CPU Idle
60.68s Time To Interactive
86s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
6s Start Render
10.58s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
59.17s First CPU Idle
59.17s Time To Interactive
65.31s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.7s Start Render
25.81s Largest Contentful Paint
42.71s First CPU Idle
99.5s Visually Complete
102.97s Time To Interactive
239.93s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
3.6s Start Render
19.62s First CPU Idle
27.53s Largest Contentful Paint
39.8s Visually Complete
43.17s Time To Interactive
160.13s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.77s Backend
6.1s Start Render
7.06s First CPU Idle
30.62s Largest Contentful Paint
83.9s Last Painted Hero
83.9s Visually Complete
93.92s Time To Interactive
96.65s Fully Loaded

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