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
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.1s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
11.84s First CPU Idle
12s Visually Complete
45.45s Time To Interactive
58.89s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.62s Largest Contentful Paint
15.69s First CPU Idle
49.79s Time To Interactive
65s Last Painted Hero
66s Visually Complete
66.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.4s Start Render
4.1s Largest Contentful Paint
24.8s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
30.89s First CPU Idle
30.89s Time To Interactive
51.96s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
3.31s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.68s Largest Contentful Paint
18.69s First CPU Idle
83s Time To Interactive
99.4s Visually Complete
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.18s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.75s First CPU Idle
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.51s Largest Contentful Paint
24.55s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
63.03s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.15s Largest Contentful Paint
36.3s Last Painted Hero
41.56s First CPU Idle
75.18s Time To Interactive
117.8s Visually Complete
119.56s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
5.37s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.87s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
14.39s First CPU Idle
14.39s Time To Interactive
76s Visually Complete
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.9s Largest Contentful Paint
101.19s First CPU Idle
101.19s Time To Interactive
115.3s Visually Complete
119.51s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
4.36s Backend
6.8s Start Render
7.02s Largest Contentful Paint
10.9s Last Painted Hero
41.7s First CPU Idle
65.6s Visually Complete
89.33s Time To Interactive
119.83s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.48s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.8s First CPU Idle
7.1s Last Painted Hero
7.11s Largest Contentful Paint
69.94s Time To Interactive
116.37s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#11 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
10.6s Start Render
10.8s Visually Complete
10.85s Largest Contentful Paint
25.75s First CPU Idle
25.75s Time To Interactive
42.2s Last Painted Hero
118.71s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.74s Backend
10.8s Start Render
11.62s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
46.7s Visually Complete
50.58s First CPU Idle
50.58s Time To Interactive
78.71s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
4.39s Backend
4.7s Start Render
12.19s Largest Contentful Paint
15.8s Last Painted Hero
15.8s Visually Complete
17.86s First CPU Idle
17.86s Time To Interactive
18.41s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
9.6s Start Render
14.02s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Visually Complete
18.78s First CPU Idle
18.78s Time To Interactive
36s Last Painted Hero
118.42s Fully Loaded

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#15 HUFFINGTON POST
0.18s Backend
22.2s Start Render
22.2s Largest Contentful Paint
61.8s Visually Complete
83.99s First CPU Idle
83.99s Time To Interactive
108.73s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
7.1s Start Render
26.39s Largest Contentful Paint
56.89s First CPU Idle
95s Visually Complete
106.34s Time To Interactive
120.07s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
34s Start Render
55.46s Largest Contentful Paint
66.78s First CPU Idle
81.22s Time To Interactive
103s Visually Complete
120.12s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
12.25s Backend
61.3s Start Render
66.33s First CPU Idle
81s Last Painted Hero
83s Visually Complete
83.08s Largest Contentful Paint
99.19s Time To Interactive
144.54s Fully Loaded

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