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
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
11.9s First CPU Idle
41s Visually Complete
68.37s Time To Interactive
110.69s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
11.1s Visually Complete
42.82s First CPU Idle
42.82s Time To Interactive
50.27s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
1.12s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.5s Largest Contentful Paint
13.27s First CPU Idle
39.8s Last Painted Hero
39.8s Visually Complete
57.94s Time To Interactive
118.16s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.73s Largest Contentful Paint
52.8s First CPU Idle
52.8s Time To Interactive
61s Visually Complete
64s Last Painted Hero
80.63s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Visually Complete
4.4s Last Painted Hero
44.36s First CPU Idle
44.36s Time To Interactive
49.32s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.77s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
29.31s First CPU Idle
29.31s Time To Interactive
56.3s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.75s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
32.83s First CPU Idle
42s Visually Complete
53.8s Time To Interactive
57.61s Fully Loaded

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#8 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
19.57s First CPU Idle
44.9s Last Painted Hero
60.71s Time To Interactive
102.3s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.72s Backend
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
5.6s First CPU Idle
21.2s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
58.8s Time To Interactive
63.97s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.7s Start Render
6.38s Largest Contentful Paint
23.3s Last Painted Hero
23.3s Visually Complete
73.98s First CPU Idle
83.86s Time To Interactive
90.93s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.22s Backend
4.8s Start Render
6.48s First CPU Idle
6.57s Largest Contentful Paint
18.47s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19.3s Visually Complete
19.33s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.71s Backend
6.3s Start Render
7.42s Largest Contentful Paint
84.42s First CPU Idle
116.4s Visually Complete
119.85s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.81s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.86s Largest Contentful Paint
13.5s Last Painted Hero
13.5s Visually Complete
19.47s First CPU Idle
19.47s Time To Interactive
21.25s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1.38s Backend
4.1s Start Render
12.56s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
16s Last Painted Hero
53.86s First CPU Idle
109.77s Time To Interactive
110.95s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5.2s Start Render
12.6s Largest Contentful Paint
22.52s First CPU Idle
27s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
53.3s Time To Interactive
72.44s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.73s Backend
5.9s Start Render
19.79s Largest Contentful Paint
46.37s First CPU Idle
53s Last Painted Hero
53s Visually Complete
83.58s Time To Interactive
88.5s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.92s Backend
4.8s Start Render
25.4s Last Painted Hero
25.41s Largest Contentful Paint
61.25s First CPU Idle
72.24s Time To Interactive
85.6s Visually Complete
119.61s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.2s Start Render
28.49s Largest Contentful Paint
49.79s First CPU Idle
114.63s Time To Interactive
115s Visually Complete
128.26s Fully Loaded

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