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
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
40.21s First CPU Idle
49.99s Time To Interactive
53.52s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
21.9s Last Painted Hero
21.9s Visually Complete
31.02s First CPU Idle
51.5s Time To Interactive
92.55s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.55s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
8.85s First CPU Idle
57s Visually Complete
115.52s Time To Interactive
117.92s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
39.21s First CPU Idle
45.96s Time To Interactive
55s Last Painted Hero
55s Visually Complete
56.18s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.87s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.84s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
33.58s First CPU Idle
33.58s Time To Interactive
53.86s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.8s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.5s Largest Contentful Paint
5.62s First CPU Idle
92.75s Time To Interactive
102s Visually Complete
119.31s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
4.4s Start Render
4.88s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
39.9s Visually Complete
40.6s First CPU Idle
40.6s Time To Interactive
62.99s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.17s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
31.2s Visually Complete
32.49s First CPU Idle
32.49s Time To Interactive
35.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
5.55s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
22.1s Last Painted Hero
22.1s Visually Complete
24.3s First CPU Idle
69.48s Time To Interactive
79.35s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.89s Largest Contentful Paint
28.3s Last Painted Hero
28.3s Visually Complete
33.55s First CPU Idle
33.55s Time To Interactive
59.52s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
4s Start Render
6.56s Largest Contentful Paint
23.4s First CPU Idle
37s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
41.39s Time To Interactive
60.39s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1.13s Backend
3s Start Render
7.09s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Last Painted Hero
37.42s First CPU Idle
44.51s Time To Interactive
107s Visually Complete
112.42s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.45s Largest Contentful Paint
12.6s Last Painted Hero
12.6s Visually Complete
15.9s First CPU Idle
15.9s Time To Interactive
19.21s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
4.2s Start Render
8.97s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
30.03s First CPU Idle
60.53s Time To Interactive
101.16s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
1.46s Backend
9.7s Start Render
10.72s First CPU Idle
11.5s Last Painted Hero
11.53s Largest Contentful Paint
49.5s Visually Complete
52.62s Time To Interactive
54.71s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
9.68s First CPU Idle
20.46s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Visually Complete
119.42s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
1.06s Backend
6.7s Start Render
22.28s Largest Contentful Paint
50.9s Last Painted Hero
50.9s Visually Complete
54.66s First CPU Idle
54.66s Time To Interactive
64.94s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
3s Backend
8.5s Start Render
36.87s Largest Contentful Paint
37.88s First CPU Idle
71.7s Visually Complete
95.5s Time To Interactive
199.06s Fully Loaded

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