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 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
25.91s First CPU Idle
52s Visually Complete
68.61s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.79s Backend
1s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
46s Last Painted Hero
47.61s First CPU Idle
78s Visually Complete
85.05s Time To Interactive
94.41s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.43s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
10.62s First CPU Idle
54s Visually Complete
75.35s Time To Interactive
115.18s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.72s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.51s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
5s Visually Complete
11.59s First CPU Idle
40.33s Time To Interactive
43.26s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
44.84s Fully Loaded
45s Visually Complete
45.93s First CPU Idle
45.93s Time To Interactive

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.7s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
27.63s First CPU Idle
27.63s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
48.38s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.33s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
50.2s Visually Complete
67.6s First CPU Idle
67.6s Time To Interactive
103.2s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.4s Visually Complete
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
39.82s First CPU Idle
39.82s Time To Interactive
70.74s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.77s Backend
5.47s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
7.6s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
45.35s Fully Loaded
45.61s Time To Interactive

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
69.1s Visually Complete
70.44s First CPU Idle
70.44s Time To Interactive
95.89s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.2s First CPU Idle
6.49s Largest Contentful Paint
80.4s Time To Interactive
81.4s Visually Complete
123.33s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.9s Start Render
7.56s Largest Contentful Paint
107.64s First CPU Idle
115s Visually Complete
119.07s Time To Interactive
120.26s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
1.06s Backend
3.3s Start Render
7.58s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
33.8s First CPU Idle
59.56s Time To Interactive
60s Visually Complete
117.45s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.58s Largest Contentful Paint
15.1s Last Painted Hero
15.1s Visually Complete
18.94s First CPU Idle
18.94s Time To Interactive
19.58s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.62s Backend
7.7s Start Render
10.85s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
16s Visually Complete
61.48s First CPU Idle
61.48s Time To Interactive
71.54s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.88s Backend
4.1s Start Render
20.43s Largest Contentful Paint
59.85s First CPU Idle
60.2s Last Painted Hero
60.2s Visually Complete
108.39s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5s Start Render
24.31s Largest Contentful Paint
24.58s First CPU Idle
25s Last Painted Hero
27.1s Visually Complete
99.9s Time To Interactive
119.41s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
4.4s Start Render
35.31s First CPU Idle
41.77s Largest Contentful Paint
109.01s Time To Interactive
117.14s Fully Loaded
117.3s Visually Complete

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