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 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
4.2s Visually Complete
56.41s Fully Loaded
59.95s First CPU Idle
59.95s Time To Interactive

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.18s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
13.69s First CPU Idle
15s Visually Complete
69.18s Time To Interactive
100.4s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.75s Largest Contentful Paint
42.15s First CPU Idle
42.15s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
47.53s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
3.43s Largest Contentful Paint
26.7s Last Painted Hero
36.01s First CPU Idle
38s Visually Complete
45.39s Time To Interactive
98.15s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.74s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
41.9s Visually Complete
54.76s First CPU Idle
54.76s Time To Interactive
77.46s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
3s Start Render
3.98s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
33.14s First CPU Idle
33.14s Time To Interactive
50.54s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.74s Backend
5.58s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
22s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
43.44s Time To Interactive
45.22s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.8s Start Render
6.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
42.1s Last Painted Hero
45.51s First CPU Idle
52.83s Time To Interactive
77.45s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.25s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
30.8s Visually Complete
51.1s Fully Loaded
51.81s First CPU Idle
51.81s Time To Interactive

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.05s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.22s First CPU Idle
6.28s Largest Contentful Paint
18.87s Time To Interactive
19.7s Last Painted Hero
19.7s Visually Complete
19.74s Fully Loaded

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#11 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.27s Largest Contentful Paint
10.61s First CPU Idle
15.4s Last Painted Hero
15.4s Visually Complete
19.69s Time To Interactive
20.75s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.9s Start Render
7.33s Largest Contentful Paint
72.4s Last Painted Hero
84.64s First CPU Idle
84.64s Time To Interactive
117.6s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
1.12s Backend
2.7s Start Render
10.44s Largest Contentful Paint
46.94s First CPU Idle
96s Last Painted Hero
97s Visually Complete
119.65s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
1.02s Backend
6.8s Start Render
11.92s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
52.64s First CPU Idle
59.95s Time To Interactive
90.05s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.75s Backend
6s Start Render
19.71s First CPU Idle
19.84s Largest Contentful Paint
50.7s Last Painted Hero
50.7s Visually Complete
57.03s Time To Interactive
86.77s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.6s Start Render
25.28s First CPU Idle
25.48s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
67.04s Time To Interactive
90.3s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.5s Start Render
32.29s Largest Contentful Paint
39.25s First CPU Idle
92.93s Time To Interactive
120.1s Visually Complete
140.3s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
38.83s Largest Contentful Paint
45s Visually Complete
113.7s First CPU Idle
119.77s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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