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
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
14.16s First CPU Idle
45.93s Time To Interactive
48.53s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
49.22s First CPU Idle
86.22s Time To Interactive
116.12s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
10.33s First CPU Idle
57s Visually Complete
94.23s Time To Interactive
96.54s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.98s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
21.76s First CPU Idle
36.67s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
69.7s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.64s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
32.44s First CPU Idle
32.44s Time To Interactive
52.93s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.9s Largest Contentful Paint
25.8s Last Painted Hero
25.8s Visually Complete
57.86s First CPU Idle
93.84s Time To Interactive
117.09s Fully Loaded

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#7 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.79s Largest Contentful Paint
9.3s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
36.45s First CPU Idle
45.1s Time To Interactive
66.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.26s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
55.69s First CPU Idle
55.69s Time To Interactive
114.3s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.85s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.83s First CPU Idle
6.27s Largest Contentful Paint
34.6s Time To Interactive
82.1s Visually Complete
101.36s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
1.11s Backend
3.3s Start Render
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.31s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Visually Complete
26.58s First CPU Idle
26.58s Time To Interactive
28.31s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.73s Largest Contentful Paint
13.01s First CPU Idle
65s Last Painted Hero
95.4s Visually Complete
107.27s Time To Interactive
119.85s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
1.01s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.84s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
13.15s First CPU Idle
13.15s Time To Interactive
14.34s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.74s Backend
7s Start Render
7s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
18.13s First CPU Idle
38.7s Visually Complete
46.67s Time To Interactive
47s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.1s Start Render
8.43s Largest Contentful Paint
32.04s First CPU Idle
46.3s Last Painted Hero
54s Visually Complete
92.22s Time To Interactive
118.61s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
11.85s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Visually Complete
31s Last Painted Hero
52.22s First CPU Idle
60.55s Time To Interactive
101.59s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.9s Backend
6s Start Render
22.82s Largest Contentful Paint
36.19s First CPU Idle
57.8s Last Painted Hero
57.8s Visually Complete
108.2s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.1s Start Render
24.8s Largest Contentful Paint
35.89s First CPU Idle
69.2s Visually Complete
99.3s Time To Interactive
142.47s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.81s Backend
3.9s Start Render
29.68s Largest Contentful Paint
56.88s First CPU Idle
83.14s Time To Interactive
115.71s Fully Loaded
118.2s Visually Complete

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