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 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
36.3s Last Painted Hero
36.3s Visually Complete
37.56s First CPU Idle
56.39s Time To Interactive
93.56s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
4.5s Visually Complete
45.7s Fully Loaded
50.18s First CPU Idle
50.18s Time To Interactive

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#3 FORBES
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.12s Largest Contentful Paint
13.27s First CPU Idle
55s Visually Complete
68.16s Time To Interactive
89.33s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
12.23s First CPU Idle
12.23s Time To Interactive
12.37s Fully Loaded

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#5 NEW YORK TIMES
0.82s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.73s Largest Contentful Paint
21.94s First CPU Idle
31.8s Last Painted Hero
31.8s Visually Complete
41.86s Time To Interactive
56.35s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.97s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
35.33s First CPU Idle
35.33s Time To Interactive
49.63s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.77s Backend
3.5s Start Render
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
41.7s Visually Complete
48.25s First CPU Idle
48.25s Time To Interactive
52.11s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.77s Backend
5.74s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
47s Last Painted Hero
48s Visually Complete
51.07s Fully Loaded
55.86s Time To Interactive

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#9 POLITICO
0.71s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.87s Largest Contentful Paint
16.61s First CPU Idle
42s Last Painted Hero
42.8s Visually Complete
44.66s Time To Interactive
71.51s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.13s Backend
4.5s Start Render
6.43s Largest Contentful Paint
6.73s First CPU Idle
19.8s Time To Interactive
20.6s Last Painted Hero
20.6s Visually Complete
22.47s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.41s Backend
1.6s Start Render
6.46s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
36.4s Visually Complete
44.98s First CPU Idle
44.98s Time To Interactive
118.87s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.3s Start Render
6.74s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
29.4s Visually Complete
30.12s First CPU Idle
45.75s Time To Interactive
52.7s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.51s Largest Contentful Paint
10.61s First CPU Idle
15.3s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
19.62s Time To Interactive
20.75s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
8.11s Largest Contentful Paint
32.67s First CPU Idle
112.9s Visually Complete
119.94s Time To Interactive
134.74s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
6s Start Render
9.85s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
56.08s First CPU Idle
69.54s Time To Interactive
98.99s Fully Loaded

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#16 YAHOO NEWS
2.32s Backend
4s Start Render
11.42s Largest Contentful Paint
37.41s First CPU Idle
37.41s Time To Interactive
81s Last Painted Hero
81s Visually Complete
95.42s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.74s Backend
5.4s Start Render
22.11s Largest Contentful Paint
56.9s Last Painted Hero
56.9s Visually Complete
82.39s First CPU Idle
82.39s Time To Interactive
104.87s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.2s Start Render
22.86s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
24.57s First CPU Idle
31s Visually Complete
74.26s Time To Interactive
85.7s Fully Loaded

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