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
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.52s Largest Contentful Paint
11.56s First CPU Idle
43s Visually Complete
69.61s Time To Interactive
78.23s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
39.67s First CPU Idle
39.67s Time To Interactive
42.19s Fully Loaded

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#3 NEW YORK TIMES
1.02s Backend
3.44s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Start Render
43.8s Last Painted Hero
43.8s Visually Complete
44.61s First CPU Idle
70.51s Time To Interactive
127.2s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
50.88s First CPU Idle
50.88s Time To Interactive
79s Visually Complete
83.39s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.09s Backend
2s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
44.1s First CPU Idle
44.1s Time To Interactive
50.13s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
3.83s Largest Contentful Paint
27.3s Last Painted Hero
38.13s First CPU Idle
41s Visually Complete
50.87s Time To Interactive
96.85s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.74s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.25s Largest Contentful Paint
5.64s First CPU Idle
52.8s Last Painted Hero
52.8s Visually Complete
57.4s Time To Interactive
104.7s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.86s Largest Contentful Paint
26.36s First CPU Idle
26.36s Time To Interactive
30.27s Fully Loaded
35.1s Last Painted Hero
35.1s Visually Complete

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.02s Backend
4.4s Start Render
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
6.35s First CPU Idle
19.78s Time To Interactive
20.6s Last Painted Hero
20.6s Visually Complete
20.64s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.79s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.2s Last Painted Hero
6.26s Largest Contentful Paint
26.1s Visually Complete
42.99s First CPU Idle
42.99s Time To Interactive
55.67s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.38s Largest Contentful Paint
35s First CPU Idle
119.67s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.4s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
28.6s Visually Complete
29.14s First CPU Idle
50.99s Time To Interactive
55.31s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.4s Visually Complete
6.41s Largest Contentful Paint
16.66s First CPU Idle
42.2s Last Painted Hero
45.66s Time To Interactive
76.85s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.82s Largest Contentful Paint
10.45s First CPU Idle
14.8s Last Painted Hero
14.8s Visually Complete
19.69s Time To Interactive
23.12s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.96s Backend
2.5s Start Render
8.96s Largest Contentful Paint
46.88s First CPU Idle
61s Visually Complete
104.6s Last Painted Hero
115.78s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.2s Start Render
10.21s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
59.15s First CPU Idle
76.22s Time To Interactive
117.84s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
4.8s Start Render
10.15s First CPU Idle
11.6s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Visually Complete
28s Last Painted Hero
56.09s Time To Interactive
72.68s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
24.92s Largest Contentful Paint
29.22s First CPU Idle
102s Visually Complete
119.44s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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