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
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
54.9s Fully Loaded
56.51s First CPU Idle
56.51s Time To Interactive

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
69.9s First CPU Idle
81s Time To Interactive
106.3s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
24.55s First CPU Idle
50s Last Painted Hero
54.77s Time To Interactive
82.1s Visually Complete
91.39s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.36s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
16.31s First CPU Idle
20s Visually Complete
87.56s Time To Interactive
118.71s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.74s Largest Contentful Paint
17.01s First CPU Idle
43.54s Time To Interactive
46s Visually Complete
61s Last Painted Hero
67.33s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.51s Largest Contentful Paint
19.68s First CPU Idle
65.8s Visually Complete
104.83s Time To Interactive
119.87s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.8s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
28.2s Visually Complete
54.61s First CPU Idle
54.61s Time To Interactive
96.19s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Start Render
21s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
26.43s First CPU Idle
26.43s Time To Interactive
47.91s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.71s Backend
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
5.7s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
29.9s Visually Complete
45.43s Fully Loaded
46.5s Time To Interactive

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#10 POLITICO
0.73s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
10.1s Last Painted Hero
34.94s First CPU Idle
34.94s Time To Interactive
59.78s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
6.24s Largest Contentful Paint
14.9s First CPU Idle
104s Last Painted Hero
119.33s Time To Interactive
119.8s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.44s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Last Painted Hero
44s Visually Complete
48.19s First CPU Idle
48.19s Time To Interactive
118.78s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
1.9s Start Render
6.78s Largest Contentful Paint
6.89s First CPU Idle
43s Last Painted Hero
43.2s Visually Complete
43.77s Time To Interactive
47.52s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.32s Largest Contentful Paint
14.8s Last Painted Hero
14.8s Visually Complete
18.96s First CPU Idle
18.96s Time To Interactive
20.89s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.06s Backend
3s Start Render
3.42s First CPU Idle
8.07s Largest Contentful Paint
16.5s Last Painted Hero
89.5s Visually Complete
90.69s Time To Interactive
94.31s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
10.89s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
45.17s First CPU Idle
45.17s Time To Interactive
69.18s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.8s Backend
5.9s Start Render
19.08s Largest Contentful Paint
52.2s Last Painted Hero
52.2s Visually Complete
71.98s First CPU Idle
71.98s Time To Interactive
82.4s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.2s Start Render
22.03s Largest Contentful Paint
30.4s First CPU Idle
39s Visually Complete
111.21s Time To Interactive
119.92s Fully Loaded

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