Desktop speed honor roll
Hall of Fast Websites: Desktop Honorable Mentions
Desktop-strategy Lighthouse scans at 90 or higher, ranked by desktop Performance score. Published methodology is transparency in practice: PageSpeed Insights API, median of three runs per domain, auto-expires after 30 days.
Desktop scores matter — but most visitors arrive on a phone. The Mobile tab is the canonical board. This one rewards the sites that nail both.
Desktop Honorable Mentions
Desktop-strategy Lighthouse scans at 90+ Performance. Runner-up surface to the Mobile board — same data source, wider viewport. Prefer not to be featured? Take me off
Updated Jun 4, 2026
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98Mobile: 98
- LCP Largest Contentful Paint. Time until the biggest visible element (hero image, headline) finishes loading. Under 2.5s is good; over 4s is poor.
- 0.6s
- TBT Total Blocking Time. How long the browser was frozen by heavy JavaScript while loading. Under 0.2s is good; over 0.6s is poor.
- 0.1s
- CLS Cumulative Layout Shift. How much the page jumps around while loading. Under 0.1 is good; over 0.25 is poor.
- 0.000
1 month ago
Why a 90+ mobile score matters
Most of the web lives on a phone. Phones run on cellular networks that wobble, throttle, and occasionally pretend to be 3G in the middle of a parking lot. A site that scores 90 or higher on Lighthouse mobile has been engineered to load cleanly on the most hostile reasonable connection.
That kind of score is not luck. It usually means images are sized for the viewport, JavaScript is shipped only when needed, the layout reserves space for everything that loads in late, and the host is sitting behind a CDN that puts content close to the visitor.
Visitors don’t notice fast websites. They just notice that they finished what they came to do. Search engines notice too — Core Web Vitals (LCP, TBT, CLS) are the key performance indicators that feed directly into Google’s ranking signals. The Hall of Fast Websites is, more than anything, proof that the bar is reachable.
Frequently asked questions
How do sites qualify for Hall of Fast Websites?
Any domain we have scanned in the last 30 days that posted a mobile Lighthouse Performance score of 90 or higher is eligible. Ties are broken by the lowest Largest Contentful Paint, then Total Blocking Time, then Cumulative Layout Shift. Best score wins; the latest scan per domain is what counts.
What counts as a qualifying scan?
A mobile-strategy Lighthouse scan run via the PageSpeed Insights API that completed without error and produced a Performance score. We use the median of three runs per domain to smooth out Lighthouse's natural variance (scores on the same URL can swing 5-15 points between consecutive runs). Timeouts, abandoned scans, and desktop-only runs are excluded from the Mobile board. Desktop-strategy scans populate the Desktop Honorable Mentions tab. Entries auto-expire after 30 days without re-verification.
What does a 90+ mobile score actually mean for real users?
A 90+ score on Lighthouse mobile means the page hits Core Web Vitals targets even on a throttled mid-tier Android phone over a Slow 4G connection. Translation: the site loads cleanly, the layout doesn't jump, and the main content shows up before someone gives up and bounces.
My score dropped below 90 — what happens?
Hall of Fast Websites tracks the most recent scan per domain. If a fresh scan drops below 90, the entry rolls off the next time the leaderboard is computed. Re-run a scan from the scanner page anytime to refresh the number.
Can I request removal from the Hall?
Yes. Use the removal form near the bottom of this page. Approved requests take effect immediately and the same blocklist also keeps the domain off the Slow Scans Leaderboard and the Desktop Honorable Mentions tab.
How often does the Hall update?
Every time a new qualifying scan is logged. The leaderboard is cached at the edge for fast page loads and is invalidated automatically whenever the underlying data changes.
Why does desktop count as “honorable mention”?
Mobile is where most visitors actually are — roughly six in ten US web sessions happen on a phone, and mobile bounce rates punish slow loads harder than desktop. A strong desktop score is real engineering, but the mobile score is the one that moves traffic, rankings, and conversions. Desktop lives on the Honorable Mentions tab so it gets its due without competing with the main board.
Prefer not to be featured?
No hard feelings — we’ll take you off. Submit the domain below and we’ll remove it from both leaderboards.
