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
0.73s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
12.41s First CPU Idle
73.96s Time To Interactive
84s Last Painted Hero
84s Visually Complete
120.05s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
11.63s First CPU Idle
41.95s Time To Interactive
44.26s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
12.08s First CPU Idle
12.08s Time To Interactive
12.23s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
34.14s First CPU Idle
46s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
58.92s Time To Interactive
95.73s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
73.2s Last Painted Hero
73.2s Visually Complete
77.24s First CPU Idle
77.24s Time To Interactive
80.55s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.78s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
22.3s Visually Complete
32.29s First CPU Idle
32.29s Time To Interactive
45.31s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.12s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
28.4s Visually Complete
53.31s First CPU Idle
53.31s Time To Interactive
109.17s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.04s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.17s Largest Contentful Paint
6.62s First CPU Idle
19.14s Time To Interactive
20s Fully Loaded
20s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.2s Start Render
5.3s Largest Contentful Paint
32.3s Visually Complete
33.27s First CPU Idle
43.3s Time To Interactive
60.07s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.7s Visually Complete
5.73s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
48.2s First CPU Idle
48.2s Time To Interactive
104.86s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.77s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.4s First CPU Idle
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.11s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Visually Complete
45.61s Time To Interactive
47.43s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.9s Start Render
6.97s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
35.3s Visually Complete
44.29s First CPU Idle
44.29s Time To Interactive
64.98s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.79s Largest Contentful Paint
15.7s Last Painted Hero
15.7s Visually Complete
19.99s First CPU Idle
19.99s Time To Interactive
23.54s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.3s Start Render
8.22s Largest Contentful Paint
14.82s First CPU Idle
75s Last Painted Hero
99.9s Visually Complete
119.92s Time To Interactive
120.41s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.96s Backend
3.7s Start Render
12.62s Largest Contentful Paint
13.2s Visually Complete
16s Last Painted Hero
44.91s First CPU Idle
58.79s Time To Interactive
118.61s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.7s Backend
5.9s Start Render
12.67s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
52.35s First CPU Idle
52.35s Time To Interactive
85.47s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.75s Backend
6.1s Start Render
21.09s Largest Contentful Paint
37.19s First CPU Idle
53.9s Last Painted Hero
53.9s Visually Complete
58.38s Time To Interactive
115.31s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
2.8s Backend
6.7s Start Render
27.29s Largest Contentful Paint
27.3s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
39.48s First CPU Idle
53.83s Time To Interactive
74.94s Fully Loaded

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