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
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.6s Largest Contentful Paint
13.65s First CPU Idle
61s Last Painted Hero
62s Visually Complete
68.88s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
12.74s First CPU Idle
34.22s Time To Interactive
34.45s Fully Loaded

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#3 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
2.75s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Start Render
40.7s Last Painted Hero
40.7s Visually Complete
42.87s First CPU Idle
65.88s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
41.25s First CPU Idle
41.25s Time To Interactive
42.64s Fully Loaded
46s Visually Complete

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#5 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
29.8s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete
56.21s First CPU Idle
56.21s Time To Interactive
71.27s Fully Loaded

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#6 NPR
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.81s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s First CPU Idle
59.2s Last Painted Hero
59.2s Visually Complete
118.42s Time To Interactive
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
3.2s Start Render
4.15s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
30.16s First CPU Idle
30.16s Time To Interactive
47.96s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.32s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
37.2s Visually Complete
56.62s First CPU Idle
56.62s Time To Interactive
90.63s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.73s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.37s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
11.7s Last Painted Hero
36.71s First CPU Idle
36.71s Time To Interactive
55.41s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.45s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.5s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
65.66s Fully Loaded
68.57s Time To Interactive

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
1.7s Start Render
6.2s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
47s Visually Complete
48.28s First CPU Idle
48.28s Time To Interactive
51.17s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.04s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.24s First CPU Idle
6.36s Largest Contentful Paint
19.82s Time To Interactive
20.57s Fully Loaded
20.6s Last Painted Hero
20.6s Visually Complete

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#13 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.5s Start Render
6.68s Largest Contentful Paint
87.05s First CPU Idle
95.9s Visually Complete
119.94s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
10.73s First CPU Idle
14.2s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
19.9s Time To Interactive
23.38s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.26s Backend
3.5s Start Render
10.29s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Visually Complete
20s Last Painted Hero
65.36s First CPU Idle
65.36s Time To Interactive
119.87s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5s Start Render
10.62s Largest Contentful Paint
47.62s First CPU Idle
54s Last Painted Hero
55s Visually Complete
70.57s Time To Interactive
78.64s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.4s Last Painted Hero
19.33s Largest Contentful Paint
42.9s Visually Complete
48.8s First CPU Idle
55.74s Time To Interactive
69.37s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.8s Start Render
20.8s First CPU Idle
23.4s Largest Contentful Paint
23.4s Last Painted Hero
59.96s Time To Interactive
70s Visually Complete
72.76s Fully Loaded

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