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 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
29.32s First CPU Idle
51.2s Last Painted Hero
64s Visually Complete
78.78s Time To Interactive
104.28s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
38.14s First CPU Idle
52.74s Time To Interactive
56s Last Painted Hero
56s Visually Complete
85.14s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.21s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
11.68s First CPU Idle
11.7s Visually Complete
40.78s Time To Interactive
43.44s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.21s Largest Contentful Paint
10.33s First CPU Idle
21s Visually Complete
71.52s Time To Interactive
116.27s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.98s Largest Contentful Paint
36.33s First CPU Idle
47.58s Time To Interactive
50s Visually Complete
65s Last Painted Hero
67.24s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.76s Largest Contentful Paint
17.96s First CPU Idle
22s Last Painted Hero
28.71s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
48.88s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.83s Largest Contentful Paint
27.6s Last Painted Hero
31.3s Visually Complete
53.36s First CPU Idle
53.36s Time To Interactive
57.69s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.03s Backend
2.3s Start Render
4.43s Largest Contentful Paint
8.18s First CPU Idle
73.96s Time To Interactive
74.5s Visually Complete
91.03s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
4.9s Start Render
5.1s Visually Complete
5.11s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Last Painted Hero
34.08s First CPU Idle
34.08s Time To Interactive
65.55s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
50.42s First CPU Idle
50.42s Time To Interactive
99.9s Visually Complete
108.83s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.8s Backend
6s Start Render
6s First CPU Idle
6s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
53.89s Fully Loaded
58.33s Time To Interactive

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.14s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.72s First CPU Idle
6.61s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
62.4s Visually Complete
64.03s Time To Interactive
67.35s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
12.7s Last Painted Hero
12.7s Visually Complete
16.04s First CPU Idle
16.04s Time To Interactive
19.54s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6.7s Start Render
12.56s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Visually Complete
27s Last Painted Hero
44.52s First CPU Idle
44.52s Time To Interactive
73.43s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.78s Backend
4s Start Render
19.19s Largest Contentful Paint
44.96s First CPU Idle
55.3s Last Painted Hero
55.3s Visually Complete
87.45s Time To Interactive
90.72s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
23.53s Largest Contentful Paint
45.08s First CPU Idle
67s Visually Complete
99.29s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
4s Start Render
21.14s First CPU Idle
34.24s Largest Contentful Paint
36.5s Last Painted Hero
36.5s Visually Complete
78.38s Time To Interactive
97.76s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
13.59s First CPU Idle
39.76s Largest Contentful Paint
68.2s Last Painted Hero
68.2s Visually Complete
114.28s Time To Interactive
115.26s Fully Loaded

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