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
1.7s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
55.44s Fully Loaded
56.4s First CPU Idle
56.4s Time To Interactive

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#2 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
26.3s Last Painted Hero
34.32s First CPU Idle
45s Visually Complete
45.35s Time To Interactive
92.89s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
60.5s First CPU Idle
60.5s Time To Interactive
76.2s Visually Complete
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s First CPU Idle
68s Visually Complete
83.69s Time To Interactive
85.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.73s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Visually Complete
5.36s First CPU Idle
5.36s Time To Interactive
22.32s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
1.78s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
40.9s Visually Complete
41.83s First CPU Idle
72.66s Time To Interactive
80.32s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
37.9s Visually Complete
49.88s First CPU Idle
49.88s Time To Interactive
57.42s Fully Loaded

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#8 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
3s Start Render
4.46s Largest Contentful Paint
30.2s Last Painted Hero
30.2s Visually Complete
32.77s First CPU Idle
110.71s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.72s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.09s Largest Contentful Paint
8.9s Visually Complete
27.5s Last Painted Hero
33.13s First CPU Idle
33.13s Time To Interactive
58.19s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.32s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
53.3s First CPU Idle
53.3s Time To Interactive
96.68s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.01s Backend
4.3s Start Render
6.29s Largest Contentful Paint
6.51s First CPU Idle
72.24s Time To Interactive
74s Last Painted Hero
75.4s Visually Complete
113.89s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.96s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.23s First CPU Idle
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
66s Visually Complete
66.74s Time To Interactive
76.36s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.5s Largest Contentful Paint
13.7s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
18.71s First CPU Idle
18.71s Time To Interactive
21.25s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
8.73s Largest Contentful Paint
107.54s First CPU Idle
115.9s Visually Complete
119.51s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
13s Last Painted Hero
13.03s Largest Contentful Paint
51s Visually Complete
60.07s Fully Loaded
63.07s Time To Interactive

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#16 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
10.3s Start Render
13.33s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
44.86s First CPU Idle
71.16s Time To Interactive
82.08s Fully Loaded
87.1s Visually Complete

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#17 NPR
0.78s Backend
5.2s Start Render
19.04s Largest Contentful Paint
32.44s First CPU Idle
53.6s Last Painted Hero
53.6s Visually Complete
57.52s Time To Interactive
86.43s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.5s Start Render
24.29s Largest Contentful Paint
47.49s First CPU Idle
82.72s Time To Interactive
87s Visually Complete
119.98s Fully Loaded

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