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
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
6.4s Last Painted Hero
12.12s First CPU Idle
42.8s Time To Interactive
45.21s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.26s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
10.15s First CPU Idle
58s Visually Complete
78.19s Time To Interactive
85.53s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.36s Largest Contentful Paint
37.2s First CPU Idle
37.2s Time To Interactive
39s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
85.26s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.77s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
12.19s First CPU Idle
12.19s Time To Interactive
12.33s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.72s Backend
3s Start Render
3.9s Largest Contentful Paint
26.5s Last Painted Hero
33.6s Visually Complete
37.08s First CPU Idle
50.92s Time To Interactive
55.65s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.5s Start Render
4.54s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
65.82s First CPU Idle
65.82s Time To Interactive
80.88s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.79s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.7s Largest Contentful Paint
21.46s First CPU Idle
33.1s Last Painted Hero
33.1s Visually Complete
42.73s Time To Interactive
58.94s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.95s Largest Contentful Paint
31s Last Painted Hero
70.8s Visually Complete
71.29s First CPU Idle
71.29s Time To Interactive
72.65s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.08s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.83s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s First CPU Idle
66.47s Time To Interactive
67.5s Last Painted Hero
67.5s Visually Complete
76.56s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
29s Last Painted Hero
38.78s First CPU Idle
38.78s Time To Interactive
59.25s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.7s Start Render
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
43.8s First CPU Idle
77.76s Time To Interactive
118.36s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.79s Backend
7.25s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Start Render
7.3s Last Painted Hero
13.83s First CPU Idle
45.2s Visually Complete
57.48s Time To Interactive
79.71s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.77s Largest Contentful Paint
10.93s First CPU Idle
16.3s Last Painted Hero
16.3s Visually Complete
20.53s Time To Interactive
23.55s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1.22s Backend
3.1s Start Render
8.05s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
61.53s First CPU Idle
86.4s Visually Complete
95.63s Time To Interactive
100.05s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
8.36s Largest Contentful Paint
14.9s First CPU Idle
72s Last Painted Hero
102.4s Visually Complete
118.09s Time To Interactive
120.06s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
6.1s Start Render
10.65s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Visually Complete
22.47s First CPU Idle
26s Last Painted Hero
55.82s Time To Interactive
65.84s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.74s Backend
6.5s Start Render
19.62s Largest Contentful Paint
42.72s First CPU Idle
55.8s Last Painted Hero
55.8s Visually Complete
58.55s Time To Interactive
87.5s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.6s Start Render
26.5s First CPU Idle
28.4s Largest Contentful Paint
28.4s Visually Complete
119.71s Time To Interactive
140.07s Fully Loaded

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#19 REUTERS
0.87s Backend
2.5s Start Render
9.7s Visually Complete
12.68s Largest Contentful Paint
22.35s First CPU Idle
58s Last Painted Hero
118.83s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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