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
1.4s Start Render
1.46s Largest Contentful Paint
9.72s First CPU Idle
30.9s Last Painted Hero
30.9s Visually Complete
61.11s Fully Loaded
61.4s Time To Interactive

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#2 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
35.68s First CPU Idle
35.68s Time To Interactive
42.69s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.71s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
14.6s Visually Complete
25.86s First CPU Idle
25.86s Time To Interactive
82s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.66s Largest Contentful Paint
22.89s First CPU Idle
35.56s Time To Interactive
53s Last Painted Hero
55.52s Fully Loaded
56s Visually Complete

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.18s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Start Render
6.2s Last Painted Hero
35.46s First CPU Idle
35.46s Time To Interactive
42.6s Visually Complete
52.64s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.55s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
30.44s First CPU Idle
30.44s Time To Interactive
58.3s Visually Complete
72.46s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.75s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.06s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s First CPU Idle
19s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
50.16s Time To Interactive
62.3s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
2.9s Start Render
4.45s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
10.9s Visually Complete
24.41s First CPU Idle
24.41s Time To Interactive
26.8s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.72s Largest Contentful Paint
17.5s Last Painted Hero
17.5s Visually Complete
52.89s First CPU Idle
52.89s Time To Interactive
118.28s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.51s Largest Contentful Paint
13.26s First CPU Idle
38.8s Last Painted Hero
38.8s Visually Complete
42.66s Time To Interactive
50.34s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.77s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.3s First CPU Idle
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.75s Largest Contentful Paint
55.9s Visually Complete
65.62s Time To Interactive
65.99s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.02s Largest Contentful Paint
25.4s Last Painted Hero
45.41s First CPU Idle
45.41s Time To Interactive
45.8s Visually Complete
50.85s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
1.04s Backend
2.4s Start Render
6.14s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Last Painted Hero
36.75s First CPU Idle
55.14s Time To Interactive
80s Visually Complete
86.12s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.5s Start Render
6.35s Largest Contentful Paint
7.9s Visually Complete
32.35s First CPU Idle
87.33s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.04s Backend
5.4s Start Render
6.67s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
34.79s First CPU Idle
34.79s Time To Interactive
65.18s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
3.9s Start Render
7.15s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
31.23s First CPU Idle
52.3s Time To Interactive
64.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.72s Backend
3s Start Render
20.69s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
28.3s Visually Complete
30.25s First CPU Idle
30.25s Time To Interactive
46.65s Fully Loaded

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#18 FINANCIAL TIMES
1s Backend
4.5s Start Render
7.22s First CPU Idle
24.32s Largest Contentful Paint
33.75s Time To Interactive
34.7s Visually Complete
41.56s Fully Loaded

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