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
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
9.08s First CPU Idle
21s Visually Complete
57.08s Time To Interactive
66.82s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.71s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
10.27s First CPU Idle
12.4s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
39.6s Time To Interactive
83.11s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.58s Largest Contentful Paint
45.54s First CPU Idle
45.54s Time To Interactive
61s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
65.2s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.77s Backend
3s Start Render
3.26s Largest Contentful Paint
23.5s Last Painted Hero
23.5s Visually Complete
33.74s First CPU Idle
33.74s Time To Interactive
63.93s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.41s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
40.79s First CPU Idle
40.79s Time To Interactive
69.5s Visually Complete
77.34s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.58s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
13.5s Visually Complete
24.95s First CPU Idle
24.95s Time To Interactive
26.64s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.87s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s First CPU Idle
54s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
70.78s Time To Interactive
82.1s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.72s Backend
4.39s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Start Render
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
26.16s First CPU Idle
26.16s Time To Interactive
26.32s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.87s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.47s Largest Contentful Paint
5.09s First CPU Idle
16.66s Time To Interactive
16.9s Last Painted Hero
17.37s Fully Loaded
17.4s Visually Complete

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.2s Start Render
4.72s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
45.5s First CPU Idle
45.5s Time To Interactive
55.3s Visually Complete
64.51s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.73s Backend
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
50.6s Visually Complete
61.1s Time To Interactive
63.08s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.4s Start Render
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
41.6s First CPU Idle
41.6s Time To Interactive
81.98s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.71s Backend
5.9s Start Render
6.39s Largest Contentful Paint
14.61s First CPU Idle
78s Last Painted Hero
82s Visually Complete
97.8s Time To Interactive
104.74s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
0.8s Backend
1.9s Start Render
8.5s Last Painted Hero
8.51s Largest Contentful Paint
9.1s Visually Complete
22.32s First CPU Idle
31.27s Time To Interactive
39.8s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.73s Backend
3.3s Start Render
18.74s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
51.02s First CPU Idle
51.02s Time To Interactive
117.91s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.6s Start Render
21s Largest Contentful Paint
22.7s Last Painted Hero
22.7s Visually Complete
27.88s First CPU Idle
43.28s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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