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
2.2s Start Render
2.44s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
42.22s First CPU Idle
42.22s Time To Interactive
44.81s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
34.94s First CPU Idle
36s Visually Complete
54.73s Time To Interactive
54.75s Fully Loaded

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#3 NEW YORK TIMES
0.77s Backend
2.95s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Start Render
33.32s First CPU Idle
41.3s Last Painted Hero
41.3s Visually Complete
93.85s Time To Interactive
119.87s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.67s Largest Contentful Paint
23.13s First CPU Idle
34s Last Painted Hero
53.35s Time To Interactive
77s Visually Complete
100.61s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
30.07s First CPU Idle
40.6s Time To Interactive
46.12s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.87s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
50.6s Visually Complete
61.01s First CPU Idle
61.01s Time To Interactive
82.29s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.73s Backend
4.05s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Start Render
6.05s First CPU Idle
54.1s Last Painted Hero
54.1s Visually Complete
103.56s Time To Interactive
119.49s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.5s Start Render
5.06s Largest Contentful Paint
6.48s First CPU Idle
24.24s Time To Interactive
27.5s Last Painted Hero
27.5s Visually Complete
32.37s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.17s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
29.8s Visually Complete
56.36s First CPU Idle
56.36s Time To Interactive
57.11s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
45s Last Painted Hero
45.2s Visually Complete
73.13s Time To Interactive
80.07s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
1.8s Start Render
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
64s Last Painted Hero
64s Visually Complete
96.34s First CPU Idle
96.34s Time To Interactive
107.43s Fully Loaded

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#12 POLITICO
0.78s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.71s Largest Contentful Paint
43.5s Last Painted Hero
43.5s Visually Complete
47.88s First CPU Idle
47.88s Time To Interactive
65.09s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.63s Largest Contentful Paint
14.1s Last Painted Hero
14.1s Visually Complete
19.03s First CPU Idle
19.03s Time To Interactive
23.04s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
7.92s Largest Contentful Paint
83.3s Visually Complete
108.25s First CPU Idle
118.84s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.25s Backend
2.9s Start Render
9.89s Largest Contentful Paint
89.2s Last Painted Hero
96.9s Visually Complete
102.17s First CPU Idle
102.17s Time To Interactive
106.87s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
10.38s Largest Contentful Paint
22.95s First CPU Idle
41s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
55.43s Time To Interactive
68.72s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.8s Start Render
24.46s Largest Contentful Paint
24.5s Last Painted Hero
25.26s First CPU Idle
105.22s Time To Interactive
118s Visually Complete
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.3s Start Render
13.64s First CPU Idle
61.05s Largest Contentful Paint
108.44s Time To Interactive
110.6s Fully Loaded
115.6s Last Painted Hero
115.6s Visually Complete

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