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 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
22.8s Visually Complete
47.4s First CPU Idle
58.86s Time To Interactive
68.23s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
7.8s Visually Complete
12.62s First CPU Idle
25.31s Time To Interactive
83.57s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.69s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
22.91s First CPU Idle
22.91s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
118.86s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.71s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
44.76s First CPU Idle
44.76s Time To Interactive
49.96s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.78s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
10.2s Visually Complete
25.79s First CPU Idle
25.79s Time To Interactive
30.77s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.9s Backend
3.4s Start Render
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.03s First CPU Idle
16.17s Time To Interactive
16.4s Last Painted Hero
16.9s Fully Loaded
16.9s Visually Complete

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.78s Largest Contentful Paint
23.9s Last Painted Hero
25.34s First CPU Idle
44.8s Visually Complete
45.26s Time To Interactive
51.26s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.87s Largest Contentful Paint
17.42s First CPU Idle
26s Last Painted Hero
37.88s Time To Interactive
67.58s Fully Loaded
72.6s Visually Complete

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#9 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
4.98s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Visually Complete
7.1s Last Painted Hero
39.43s First CPU Idle
39.43s Time To Interactive
46.87s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.06s Backend
2.5s Start Render
5.71s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Last Painted Hero
34.12s First CPU Idle
34.12s Time To Interactive
99.8s Visually Complete
109.91s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.87s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.98s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
26.21s First CPU Idle
59.38s Time To Interactive
83.16s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.2s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
57.25s First CPU Idle
57.25s Time To Interactive
62.86s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.71s Backend
5.8s Start Render
6.39s Largest Contentful Paint
9.4s Visually Complete
48.37s First CPU Idle
71.88s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.2s Start Render
7.52s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
56.26s First CPU Idle
69.46s Time To Interactive
95s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.1s Start Render
8.57s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
36.81s First CPU Idle
36.81s Time To Interactive
42.34s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
2.3s Start Render
16.05s First CPU Idle
17.25s Largest Contentful Paint
44.75s Time To Interactive
48.22s Fully Loaded
52s Last Painted Hero
52.2s Visually Complete

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.5s Start Render
23.98s Largest Contentful Paint
28.1s Last Painted Hero
28.1s Visually Complete
30.35s First CPU Idle
41.48s Time To Interactive
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.83s Largest Contentful Paint
16.44s First CPU Idle
36.5s Last Painted Hero
36.5s Visually Complete
39.9s Time To Interactive
49.01s Fully Loaded

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