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
1.4s Start Render
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
23.8s Visually Complete
61.41s First CPU Idle
61.41s Time To Interactive
89.63s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.79s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.77s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
12.89s First CPU Idle
46.43s Time To Interactive
74.9s Visually Complete
81.87s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
34.57s First CPU Idle
34.57s Time To Interactive
40.96s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.66s Largest Contentful Paint
40.24s First CPU Idle
57s Last Painted Hero
57s Visually Complete
69.15s Time To Interactive
73.26s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.76s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
30.28s First CPU Idle
30.28s Time To Interactive
40.07s Fully Loaded

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#6 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.27s Largest Contentful Paint
23.7s Last Painted Hero
23.88s First CPU Idle
42s Visually Complete
55.03s Time To Interactive
119.77s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.7s Start Render
3.53s Largest Contentful Paint
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete
25.01s First CPU Idle
25.01s Time To Interactive
28.05s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.66s Largest Contentful Paint
50.91s First CPU Idle
52.4s Last Painted Hero
52.4s Visually Complete
65.02s Time To Interactive
96.4s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.36s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
56.34s First CPU Idle
56.34s Time To Interactive
118.44s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.7s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Visually Complete
15.37s First CPU Idle
39s Last Painted Hero
41.6s Time To Interactive
48.04s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.73s Backend
4.93s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Start Render
18s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
58.79s First CPU Idle
58.79s Time To Interactive
82.22s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.99s Backend
2.4s Start Render
5.2s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
62.2s First CPU Idle
90.32s Time To Interactive
119.88s Fully Loaded
119.9s Visually Complete

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#13 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.68s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
35.6s Last Painted Hero
35.6s Visually Complete
56.75s First CPU Idle
56.75s Time To Interactive
63.54s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.2s Largest Contentful Paint
9.1s Visually Complete
9.81s First CPU Idle
81.88s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.08s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.01s First CPU Idle
6.22s Largest Contentful Paint
16.83s Time To Interactive
17s Last Painted Hero
17.5s Visually Complete
22.51s Fully Loaded

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#16 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.5s Start Render
7.09s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
30.5s Visually Complete
50.76s First CPU Idle
50.76s Time To Interactive
57.02s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5s Start Render
14.1s First CPU Idle
15.13s Largest Contentful Paint
42s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
55.4s Time To Interactive
68.25s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.73s Backend
3s Start Render
25.7s Largest Contentful Paint
36.48s First CPU Idle
36.48s Time To Interactive
42s Visually Complete
119.96s Fully Loaded

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