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
0.7s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
35.53s First CPU Idle
35.53s Time To Interactive
36.39s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
39.1s Visually Complete
43.24s First CPU Idle
43.24s Time To Interactive
50.86s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.71s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.28s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
30.5s First CPU Idle
41.07s Time To Interactive
71.5s Visually Complete
87.57s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.86s Backend
3.39s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s Start Render
6.2s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
34.66s First CPU Idle
41.1s Time To Interactive
47.33s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.44s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
41.13s First CPU Idle
46.67s Time To Interactive
67.13s Fully Loaded
68s Visually Complete

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#6 NPR
0.73s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.51s Largest Contentful Paint
5.65s First CPU Idle
47.5s Last Painted Hero
47.5s Visually Complete
51.37s Time To Interactive
72.01s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.86s Backend
1.7s Start Render
4.73s Largest Contentful Paint
13.01s First CPU Idle
13.01s Time To Interactive
13.42s Fully Loaded
13.5s Last Painted Hero
13.5s Visually Complete

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.2s Start Render
4.85s Largest Contentful Paint
46.75s First CPU Idle
46.75s Time To Interactive
64s Last Painted Hero
68s Visually Complete
106.66s Fully Loaded

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#9 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.3s Largest Contentful Paint
19.22s First CPU Idle
36.8s Visually Complete
44s Last Painted Hero
68.47s Time To Interactive
71.82s Fully Loaded

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#10 BLOOMBERG
0.74s Backend
3.8s Start Render
5.44s Largest Contentful Paint
17.7s First CPU Idle
19.9s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
63.14s Time To Interactive
106.8s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.71s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.96s Largest Contentful Paint
50s Visually Complete
54.98s First CPU Idle
54.98s Time To Interactive
58.44s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.6s Start Render
6.03s Largest Contentful Paint
7.78s First CPU Idle
71s Last Painted Hero
118.6s Visually Complete
119.76s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
1.6s Start Render
6.59s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
22.5s First CPU Idle
22.5s Time To Interactive
23.01s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.3s Start Render
8.14s Largest Contentful Paint
29.9s Last Painted Hero
58.1s First CPU Idle
58.1s Time To Interactive
72s Visually Complete
94.07s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.77s Backend
1.7s Start Render
8.57s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
29.27s First CPU Idle
29.27s Time To Interactive
48.65s Fully Loaded
52.5s Visually Complete

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.6s Start Render
20.88s Largest Contentful Paint
24.73s First CPU Idle
35.37s Time To Interactive
37s Last Painted Hero
117.6s Visually Complete
119.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
8.95s First CPU Idle
39s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
39.05s Largest Contentful Paint
65.72s Time To Interactive
69.56s Fully Loaded

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