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
2.2s Start Render
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
9.4s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
44.64s Fully Loaded
46.21s First CPU Idle
46.21s Time To Interactive

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#2 FORBES
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
13.22s First CPU Idle
25s Visually Complete
68.99s Time To Interactive
90.1s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.79s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
6.18s First CPU Idle
12.21s Time To Interactive
12.37s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.81s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
49s Visually Complete
62.52s First CPU Idle
71.86s Time To Interactive
88.7s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.12s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
28.81s First CPU Idle
34s Visually Complete
38.43s Time To Interactive
42.25s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.4s Largest Contentful Paint
22.34s First CPU Idle
26.6s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
52.31s Time To Interactive
94.39s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.88s Largest Contentful Paint
6.63s First CPU Idle
21.3s Time To Interactive
22s Last Painted Hero
22.1s Visually Complete
22.15s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.37s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
8.2s Last Painted Hero
54.23s First CPU Idle
59.61s Time To Interactive
74.67s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.51s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
36.87s First CPU Idle
44.35s Time To Interactive
83.28s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.73s Backend
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Last Painted Hero
24.7s Visually Complete
50.91s Fully Loaded
54.74s Time To Interactive

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#11 NPR
0.8s Backend
5.2s Start Render
6.88s Largest Contentful Paint
34.42s First CPU Idle
54.4s Last Painted Hero
54.4s Visually Complete
60s Time To Interactive
89.99s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.16s Backend
3s Start Render
7.05s Largest Contentful Paint
13.1s Last Painted Hero
43.39s First CPU Idle
87.7s Visually Complete
95.89s Time To Interactive
105.6s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.74s Largest Contentful Paint
10.87s First CPU Idle
15.8s Last Painted Hero
15.8s Visually Complete
19.98s Time To Interactive
20.97s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.6s Start Render
8.18s Largest Contentful Paint
27.4s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
80.32s First CPU Idle
119.88s Fully Loaded
119.9s Time To Interactive

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
10.44s Largest Contentful Paint
23s First CPU Idle
23s Last Painted Hero
60.51s Time To Interactive
72.21s Fully Loaded
77.3s Visually Complete

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#16 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
24.97s Largest Contentful Paint
79s Visually Complete
109.93s First CPU Idle
119.02s Time To Interactive
121.04s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.1s Start Render
25.34s First CPU Idle
26.31s Largest Contentful Paint
85.6s Visually Complete
85.98s Time To Interactive
163.27s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
1.09s Backend
3.8s Start Render
28.27s Largest Contentful Paint
91.71s Time To Interactive
93.34s First CPU Idle
118s Visually Complete
222.4s Fully Loaded

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