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
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
13.5s Visually Complete
68.48s First CPU Idle
68.48s Time To Interactive
79.81s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.81s Backend
1s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
40.9s Last Painted Hero
85s Visually Complete
94.81s First CPU Idle
94.81s Time To Interactive
119.05s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
9.89s First CPU Idle
54s Visually Complete
90.1s Time To Interactive
93.19s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.85s Largest Contentful Paint
35.6s Visually Complete
36.32s First CPU Idle
41.8s Time To Interactive
71.59s Fully Loaded

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#5 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.88s Largest Contentful Paint
17.45s First CPU Idle
70.14s Time To Interactive
118s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.17s Largest Contentful Paint
27.4s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
63.21s First CPU Idle
63.21s Time To Interactive
113.26s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.77s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
22.29s First CPU Idle
48s Last Painted Hero
50.67s Time To Interactive
53s Visually Complete
74.96s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.71s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
28.03s First CPU Idle
60s Visually Complete
85.71s Time To Interactive
119.84s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.7s Backend
2.8s Start Render
5.26s First CPU Idle
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
44.8s Last Painted Hero
46.06s Time To Interactive
46.8s Visually Complete
82.6s Fully Loaded

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#10 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.9s Start Render
7.17s Largest Contentful Paint
103s Visually Complete
104.69s First CPU Idle
118.85s Time To Interactive
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.78s First CPU Idle
7.5s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
34.4s Visually Complete
46.27s Time To Interactive
46.41s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s Start Render
8.6s Visually Complete
29.3s Last Painted Hero
30.3s First CPU Idle
30.3s Time To Interactive
39.51s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.22s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
14.75s First CPU Idle
14.75s Time To Interactive
16.43s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
8.93s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
63.51s First CPU Idle
63.51s Time To Interactive
82.89s Fully Loaded
87.9s Visually Complete

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#15 ESPN
1.44s Backend
8.6s Start Render
9.32s First CPU Idle
12.07s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Last Painted Hero
34.1s Visually Complete
55.78s Time To Interactive
59.55s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.4s Start Render
26.95s Largest Contentful Paint
46.29s First CPU Idle
110.5s Time To Interactive
112.7s Visually Complete
149.87s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
1s Backend
5.5s Start Render
8.05s First CPU Idle
8.05s Time To Interactive
35.54s Largest Contentful Paint
74.2s Last Painted Hero
74.2s Visually Complete
98.93s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5s Start Render
5.1s Visually Complete
5.17s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Last Painted Hero
48.63s First CPU Idle
48.63s Time To Interactive
83.97s Fully Loaded

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