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
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
71.9s First CPU Idle
96.21s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s First CPU Idle
44s Visually Complete
68.94s Time To Interactive
78.12s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
42.9s First CPU Idle
42.9s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
48.27s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.77s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Visually Complete
45.58s Fully Loaded
48.94s First CPU Idle
48.94s Time To Interactive

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#5 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.26s Largest Contentful Paint
11.84s First CPU Idle
24.6s Last Painted Hero
24.6s Visually Complete
49.22s Time To Interactive
86s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.61s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
36.24s First CPU Idle
36.24s Time To Interactive
56.37s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.18s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
49.8s Visually Complete
64.6s First CPU Idle
64.6s Time To Interactive
92.19s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.06s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
6.63s First CPU Idle
19.6s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
20.33s Fully Loaded
20.4s Visually Complete

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#9 POLITICO
0.81s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.3s Visually Complete
5.32s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
44.18s First CPU Idle
44.18s Time To Interactive
50.19s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.71s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32.2s Visually Complete
46.31s First CPU Idle
46.31s Time To Interactive
50.22s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
5.8s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
27.8s Visually Complete
43.78s Fully Loaded
46.86s Time To Interactive

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#12 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.49s Largest Contentful Paint
15.3s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
19.38s First CPU Idle
19.38s Time To Interactive
21.14s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.9s Start Render
10.34s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
53.46s First CPU Idle
53.46s Time To Interactive
110.76s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1.27s Backend
3s Start Render
13.46s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
49.25s First CPU Idle
49.25s Time To Interactive
90.2s Visually Complete
96.07s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.74s Backend
5.5s Start Render
18.74s Largest Contentful Paint
52.7s Last Painted Hero
52.7s Visually Complete
54.85s First CPU Idle
54.85s Time To Interactive
86.79s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.8s Start Render
19.82s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Visually Complete
30.89s First CPU Idle
39.12s Time To Interactive
118.49s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.9s Start Render
19.33s First CPU Idle
28.74s Largest Contentful Paint
31.3s Last Painted Hero
31.3s Visually Complete
42.03s Time To Interactive
81.71s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
46.26s Largest Contentful Paint
98s Visually Complete
115.21s First CPU Idle
119.75s Time To Interactive
120.24s Fully Loaded

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