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
1.7s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
45.79s Fully Loaded
48.6s First CPU Idle
48.6s Time To Interactive

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#2 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
12.12s First CPU Idle
26.1s Last Painted Hero
26.1s Visually Complete
53.52s Time To Interactive
90.23s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
2s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
10.11s First CPU Idle
77s Visually Complete
97.23s Time To Interactive
115.97s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
33.74s First CPU Idle
42.1s Time To Interactive
47.67s Fully Loaded

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#5 REUTERS
0.91s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.87s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
25.06s First CPU Idle
92.5s Visually Complete
119.15s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.8s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.62s Largest Contentful Paint
20.62s First CPU Idle
30.8s Last Painted Hero
30.8s Visually Complete
56.66s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.74s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.88s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
29.81s First CPU Idle
29.81s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
52.14s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.73s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.99s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
42.3s Visually Complete
57.62s First CPU Idle
70.3s Time To Interactive
100.34s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.57s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
46.2s First CPU Idle
46.2s Time To Interactive
46.4s Visually Complete
52.35s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.8s Backend
5.5s Start Render
5.5s First CPU Idle
5.83s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
28.1s Visually Complete
42.86s Time To Interactive
44s Fully Loaded

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#11 POLITICO
0.74s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
9.2s Last Painted Hero
57.72s First CPU Idle
57.72s Time To Interactive
79.45s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.03s Backend
4.6s Start Render
6.38s Largest Contentful Paint
6.69s First CPU Idle
62.84s Time To Interactive
63s Last Painted Hero
63.4s Visually Complete
63.84s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
1.7s Start Render
6.86s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
82.41s First CPU Idle
82.41s Time To Interactive
117.89s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
1.55s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.92s First CPU Idle
6.89s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
81.42s Time To Interactive
98s Visually Complete
108.56s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.82s Backend
6.8s Start Render
6.96s Largest Contentful Paint
64.5s Last Painted Hero
64.5s Visually Complete
66.81s First CPU Idle
66.81s Time To Interactive
73.84s Fully Loaded

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#16 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.42s Largest Contentful Paint
10.8s First CPU Idle
16.3s Last Painted Hero
16.3s Visually Complete
19.8s Time To Interactive
20.93s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.71s Backend
6s Start Render
8.16s Largest Contentful Paint
101.8s Visually Complete
110.19s First CPU Idle
114.74s Time To Interactive
120.15s Fully Loaded

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#18 THE ONION
0.66s Backend
5.8s Start Render
10.87s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Visually Complete
32s Last Painted Hero
58.26s First CPU Idle
58.26s Time To Interactive
66.65s Fully Loaded

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#19 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
4.8s Start Render
27.15s Largest Contentful Paint
31.67s First CPU Idle
59.4s Visually Complete
114.42s Time To Interactive
134.86s Fully Loaded

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