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 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
24.49s First CPU Idle
64.18s Time To Interactive
117.12s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Visually Complete
4.9s Last Painted Hero
11.54s First CPU Idle
40.4s Time To Interactive
42.89s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.52s Largest Contentful Paint
11.47s First CPU Idle
55s Visually Complete
81.44s Time To Interactive
116.34s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.81s Largest Contentful Paint
46.64s First CPU Idle
46.64s Time To Interactive
63s Last Painted Hero
63s Visually Complete
66.01s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.2s Largest Contentful Paint
29.95s First CPU Idle
29.95s Time To Interactive
34s Last Painted Hero
35.27s Fully Loaded
36s Visually Complete

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#6 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
3.39s Largest Contentful Paint
34.48s First CPU Idle
46s Last Painted Hero
54.8s Time To Interactive
78s Visually Complete
88.43s Fully Loaded

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#7 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.4s Visually Complete
5.44s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
34.57s First CPU Idle
39.87s Time To Interactive
112.03s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.77s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
58.07s Fully Loaded
61.21s Time To Interactive
63.1s Visually Complete

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.84s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
44.4s First CPU Idle
44.4s Time To Interactive
63s Visually Complete
119.58s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.08s Largest Contentful Paint
6.65s First CPU Idle
74.24s Time To Interactive
75s Last Painted Hero
75.1s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
1.44s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.18s First CPU Idle
7.23s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
87.36s Time To Interactive
97.46s Fully Loaded
102.5s Visually Complete

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#12 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.54s Largest Contentful Paint
16.1s Last Painted Hero
16.1s Visually Complete
19.5s First CPU Idle
19.5s Time To Interactive
22.62s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
6s Start Render
10.12s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
39.89s First CPU Idle
46.9s Time To Interactive
70.12s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5s Start Render
21.71s Largest Contentful Paint
30.11s First CPU Idle
43s Visually Complete
99.58s Time To Interactive
150.53s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
23.85s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Visually Complete
110.11s First CPU Idle
119.82s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.78s Backend
3.7s Start Render
24.17s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
46.9s Visually Complete
63.62s First CPU Idle
63.62s Time To Interactive
72.05s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
3.7s Start Render
19.88s First CPU Idle
28.83s Largest Contentful Paint
32.9s Last Painted Hero
32.9s Visually Complete
50.77s Time To Interactive
92.97s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.74s Backend
6.1s Start Render
29.57s Largest Contentful Paint
32.07s First CPU Idle
72.3s Last Painted Hero
72.3s Visually Complete
92.51s Time To Interactive
94.69s Fully Loaded

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