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
0.73s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
22.3s Visually Complete
50.93s First CPU Idle
50.93s Time To Interactive
103.57s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Last Painted Hero
7.4s Visually Complete
27.45s First CPU Idle
27.45s Time To Interactive
29.39s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
1.24s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.02s Largest Contentful Paint
25.8s Last Painted Hero
40.47s First CPU Idle
47.9s Visually Complete
47.98s Time To Interactive
89.38s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
61.9s Visually Complete
62.36s First CPU Idle
70.42s Time To Interactive
84.54s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
1.25s Backend
2s Start Render
3.19s Largest Contentful Paint
30.96s First CPU Idle
59s Last Painted Hero
62.83s Time To Interactive
63.6s Fully Loaded
68.6s Visually Complete

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.78s Backend
3.29s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Start Render
31.6s Last Painted Hero
31.6s Visually Complete
43.43s First CPU Idle
105.5s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.52s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
7.7s Visually Complete
20.18s First CPU Idle
20.18s Time To Interactive
25.54s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.27s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
10.7s Visually Complete
25.87s First CPU Idle
25.87s Time To Interactive
28.27s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.47s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
61.8s First CPU Idle
61.8s Time To Interactive
101.41s Fully Loaded

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#10 NPR
0.86s Backend
4.9s Start Render
4.91s Largest Contentful Paint
17.7s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
37.41s First CPU Idle
44.42s Time To Interactive
52.89s Fully Loaded

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#11 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.27s Largest Contentful Paint
30.9s Last Painted Hero
30.9s Visually Complete
37.18s First CPU Idle
37.18s Time To Interactive
69.48s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.47s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
30.3s Visually Complete
32.18s First CPU Idle
76s Time To Interactive
77.59s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.76s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.7s Largest Contentful Paint
52.9s Last Painted Hero
52.9s Visually Complete
59.53s First CPU Idle
59.53s Time To Interactive
94.5s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.99s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.17s Largest Contentful Paint
18.33s First CPU Idle
18.33s Time To Interactive
19.08s Fully Loaded
19.1s Last Painted Hero
19.1s Visually Complete

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#15 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.39s Largest Contentful Paint
96.68s First CPU Idle
99.8s Visually Complete
119.17s Time To Interactive
120.2s Fully Loaded

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#16 YAHOO NEWS
1s Backend
2.4s Start Render
7.62s Largest Contentful Paint
41.35s First CPU Idle
41.35s Time To Interactive
56s Visually Complete
92s Last Painted Hero
99.11s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5s Start Render
9.87s First CPU Idle
12.38s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
43s Visually Complete
66.84s Time To Interactive
80.67s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5.7s Start Render
18.9s Last Painted Hero
18.95s Largest Contentful Paint
23.05s First CPU Idle
87.17s Time To Interactive
104s Visually Complete
117.43s Fully Loaded

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