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
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
11.8s Visually Complete
12.03s First CPU Idle
41.05s Time To Interactive
43.8s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
13.28s First CPU Idle
54s Visually Complete
89.06s Time To Interactive
98.98s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.59s Largest Contentful Paint
22.59s First CPU Idle
42.73s Time To Interactive
60s Last Painted Hero
77.54s Fully Loaded
82.7s Visually Complete

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#4 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
24.97s First CPU Idle
79s Last Painted Hero
79s Visually Complete
81.38s Time To Interactive
85.54s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.51s Largest Contentful Paint
27.2s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
34.4s First CPU Idle
47.16s Time To Interactive
55.5s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.12s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
29.2s Visually Complete
49.04s First CPU Idle
60.4s Time To Interactive
80.69s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4s Start Render
4.2s Largest Contentful Paint
27.86s First CPU Idle
47.2s Last Painted Hero
47.4s Visually Complete
64.87s Time To Interactive
118.58s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
30.2s Last Painted Hero
46.07s First CPU Idle
46.07s Time To Interactive
81.94s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Start Render
5.9s Last Painted Hero
19.86s First CPU Idle
41.9s Visually Complete
51.2s Time To Interactive
57.84s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.88s Backend
2.6s Start Render
4.63s First CPU Idle
6.06s Largest Contentful Paint
19.42s Time To Interactive
81.1s Visually Complete
84.58s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.71s Backend
6s Start Render
6.18s Largest Contentful Paint
9.3s First CPU Idle
99s Last Painted Hero
99s Visually Complete
102.46s Time To Interactive
117.91s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.93s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.48s First CPU Idle
6.19s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
68s Visually Complete
92.92s Time To Interactive
94.71s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.46s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
57.76s First CPU Idle
57.76s Time To Interactive
70s Visually Complete
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.75s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
16.31s First CPU Idle
16.31s Time To Interactive
17.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
12.19s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
51.5s First CPU Idle
63.84s Time To Interactive
70.27s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.9s Backend
6.4s Start Render
20.34s Largest Contentful Paint
60.8s Last Painted Hero
60.8s Visually Complete
67.71s First CPU Idle
67.71s Time To Interactive
89.01s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5.1s Start Render
22.8s Visually Complete
22.82s Largest Contentful Paint
48.35s First CPU Idle
55.54s Time To Interactive
203.14s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
3.3s Start Render
22.32s First CPU Idle
32.52s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
75.35s Time To Interactive
139.88s Fully Loaded

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