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
1.8s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
13.29s First CPU Idle
56s Visually Complete
64.83s Time To Interactive
97.89s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
27.1s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
46.53s First CPU Idle
46.53s Time To Interactive
94.28s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Visually Complete
45.38s First CPU Idle
45.38s Time To Interactive
46.09s Fully Loaded

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#4 NEW YORK TIMES
0.76s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.23s Largest Contentful Paint
30.1s Last Painted Hero
30.1s Visually Complete
33.67s First CPU Idle
42.19s Time To Interactive
62.13s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.72s Backend
3.3s Start Render
3.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
11.81s First CPU Idle
41.24s Time To Interactive
43.88s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.74s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
27.7s Visually Complete
35.35s First CPU Idle
35.35s Time To Interactive
55.81s Fully Loaded

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#7 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5s Start Render
5.2s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
19.07s First CPU Idle
51s Last Painted Hero
54.14s Time To Interactive
83.02s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.78s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
29.2s Visually Complete
48.91s Fully Loaded
51.13s Time To Interactive

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.09s Backend
4.7s Start Render
6.18s First CPU Idle
6.45s Largest Contentful Paint
19.48s Time To Interactive
20.2s Fully Loaded
20.2s Last Painted Hero
20.2s Visually Complete

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.47s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
31.26s First CPU Idle
31.7s Visually Complete
50.12s Time To Interactive
119.19s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.78s Largest Contentful Paint
11.6s Visually Complete
117.21s Time To Interactive
117.23s First CPU Idle
120.52s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.37s Largest Contentful Paint
15.9s Last Painted Hero
15.9s Visually Complete
20.06s First CPU Idle
20.06s Time To Interactive
23.58s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.6s Start Render
9.17s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
52s Visually Complete
55.13s First CPU Idle
55.13s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.9s Start Render
9.21s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
49.63s First CPU Idle
49.63s Time To Interactive
64s Visually Complete
68.86s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
1.49s Backend
4s Start Render
10.35s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
40.28s First CPU Idle
40.28s Time To Interactive
82.3s Visually Complete
92s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.81s Backend
6.3s Start Render
21.04s Largest Contentful Paint
52.7s Last Painted Hero
52.7s Visually Complete
56.36s First CPU Idle
72.13s Time To Interactive
81.38s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.5s Start Render
21.17s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
40.6s Visually Complete
49.24s First CPU Idle
49.24s Time To Interactive
69.7s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5s Start Render
21.9s Last Painted Hero
21.91s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Visually Complete
24.58s First CPU Idle
55.32s Time To Interactive
116.46s Fully Loaded

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