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
1.2s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
11.92s First CPU Idle
61s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
70.83s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
28.55s First CPU Idle
28.55s Time To Interactive
29.07s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
19.82s First CPU Idle
38s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
50.14s Time To Interactive
69.65s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
20.93s First CPU Idle
40.57s Time To Interactive
45.82s Fully Loaded
50s Visually Complete

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#5 NEW YORK TIMES
0.86s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.26s Largest Contentful Paint
21.77s First CPU Idle
30.41s Time To Interactive
40.2s Last Painted Hero
40.2s Visually Complete
119.85s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.76s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
48.18s First CPU Idle
48.18s Time To Interactive
119.05s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.98s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
33.59s First CPU Idle
41.06s Time To Interactive
51.13s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.71s Backend
5.48s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.5s Last Painted Hero
55.6s Visually Complete
58.45s Time To Interactive
59.22s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.75s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.65s Largest Contentful Paint
54.9s Last Painted Hero
54.9s Visually Complete
58.77s First CPU Idle
116.41s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.81s Backend
5.8s Start Render
6s Visually Complete
6.07s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
38.35s First CPU Idle
45.63s Time To Interactive
72.61s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.1s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.21s First CPU Idle
6.28s Largest Contentful Paint
19.79s Time To Interactive
20.53s Fully Loaded
20.6s Last Painted Hero
20.6s Visually Complete

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.31s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
52s Visually Complete
53.24s First CPU Idle
53.24s Time To Interactive
118.7s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.33s Largest Contentful Paint
111.3s First CPU Idle
114.83s Time To Interactive
115.6s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.8s Start Render
7.3s Largest Contentful Paint
35.5s Last Painted Hero
35.8s Visually Complete
37.66s First CPU Idle
43.02s Time To Interactive
46.34s Fully Loaded

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#15 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.67s Largest Contentful Paint
14.5s Last Painted Hero
14.5s Visually Complete
19.6s First CPU Idle
19.6s Time To Interactive
23.46s Fully Loaded

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#16 YAHOO NEWS
1.18s Backend
3.6s Start Render
9.48s Largest Contentful Paint
13.5s Visually Complete
18s Last Painted Hero
64.33s First CPU Idle
64.33s Time To Interactive
105.2s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
1.61s Backend
7.6s Start Render
12.48s Largest Contentful Paint
27.36s First CPU Idle
48s Last Painted Hero
56s Visually Complete
75.08s Time To Interactive
77.95s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.8s Backend
5.8s Start Render
23.1s Last Painted Hero
23.17s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Visually Complete
41.31s First CPU Idle
73.22s Time To Interactive
74.9s Fully Loaded

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