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
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
34.3s First CPU Idle
34.3s Time To Interactive
39.79s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
20.8s Visually Complete
56.49s First CPU Idle
56.49s Time To Interactive
71.14s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.71s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
12.6s Visually Complete
16.37s First CPU Idle
39.63s Time To Interactive
80.57s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
35.1s First CPU Idle
35.1s Time To Interactive
37s Visually Complete
53s Last Painted Hero
55.1s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.72s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.52s Largest Contentful Paint
45.77s First CPU Idle
51.59s Time To Interactive
73.9s Last Painted Hero
73.9s Visually Complete
84.34s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.27s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
46.3s First CPU Idle
46.3s Time To Interactive
46.7s Visually Complete
52.25s Fully Loaded

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#7 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4s Start Render
4.67s Largest Contentful Paint
42s Last Painted Hero
65.88s First CPU Idle
65.88s Time To Interactive
76.11s Fully Loaded
76.8s Visually Complete

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#8 NPR
0.81s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.69s First CPU Idle
20s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
48.07s Time To Interactive
52.47s Fully Loaded

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#9 LA TIMES
0.79s Backend
1.2s Start Render
4.91s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
34.05s First CPU Idle
34.05s Time To Interactive
52s Visually Complete
55.43s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.75s Backend
2.7s Start Render
5.06s Largest Contentful Paint
21.3s Last Painted Hero
21.3s Visually Complete
27.51s First CPU Idle
27.51s Time To Interactive
29.84s Fully Loaded

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#11 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5s Start Render
5.22s Largest Contentful Paint
15.92s First CPU Idle
33.7s Last Painted Hero
33.7s Visually Complete
36.9s Time To Interactive
44.16s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
1s Backend
3.5s Start Render
5.33s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
42.3s First CPU Idle
83.2s Visually Complete
85.44s Time To Interactive
90.12s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
1.03s Backend
4.3s Start Render
6.03s First CPU Idle
6.3s Largest Contentful Paint
17.26s Time To Interactive
17.99s Fully Loaded
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
5.7s Start Render
6.32s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
39.38s First CPU Idle
98.79s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.73s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
6.4s Last Painted Hero
6.43s Largest Contentful Paint
38s Visually Complete
57.55s Time To Interactive
64.23s Fully Loaded

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.2s Start Render
9.01s Largest Contentful Paint
17.7s Last Painted Hero
17.7s Visually Complete
56.73s First CPU Idle
62.06s Time To Interactive
120.04s Fully Loaded

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#17 THE ONION
0.67s Backend
4.5s Start Render
11.56s First CPU Idle
15.12s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
55.49s Time To Interactive
56.87s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.72s Backend
3.1s Start Render
25.78s Largest Contentful Paint
32.6s Visually Complete
35.56s First CPU Idle
60.2s Time To Interactive
84.11s Fully Loaded

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