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.

Tested every day on a desktop Chrome desktop browser with a fast connection (25Mbps/10Mbps 10ms RTT). Sites are sorted by Start Render which is when the first non-white content is painted in the browser.

MEDIA SITES IN EUROPE ON A FAST CONNECTION

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#1 THE GUARDIAN
0.09s Backend
0.2s Start Render
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
3.27s First CPU Idle
3.27s Time To Interactive
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.4s Visually Complete
6.77s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.CO.UK
0.08s Backend
0.4s Start Render
4.51s Largest Contentful Paint
5.36s First CPU Idle
5.36s Time To Interactive
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
5.82s Fully Loaded

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#3 DER SPIEGEL
0.08s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.5s Largest Contentful Paint
3.23s First CPU Idle
3.23s Time To Interactive
3.61s Fully Loaded
3.7s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete

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#4 EL PAIS
0.09s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
4.52s First CPU Idle
4.52s Time To Interactive
6.27s Fully Loaded

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#5 T-ONLINE
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
4.87s First CPU Idle
4.87s Time To Interactive
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
10.73s Fully Loaded

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#6 IRISH TIMES
0.1s Backend
0.6s Start Render
3.46s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s First CPU Idle
5.8s Time To Interactive
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
11.06s Fully Loaded

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#7 RADIO FREE EUROPE
0.12s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
2.01s First CPU Idle
2.01s Time To Interactive
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
3.24s Fully Loaded

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#8 BILD.DE
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
5.46s First CPU Idle
5.46s Time To Interactive
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
13.68s Fully Loaded

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#9 LE FIGARO
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
3.83s First CPU Idle
3.83s Time To Interactive
4.1s Last Painted Hero
4.1s Visually Complete
111.83s Fully Loaded

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#10 LE MONDE
0.06s Backend
0.68s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
0.99s First CPU Idle
0.99s Time To Interactive
1s Last Painted Hero
1.33s Fully Loaded
2.1s Visually Complete

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#11 NOVINSKY.CZ
0.17s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
3.48s First CPU Idle
3.48s Time To Interactive
4.3s Last Painted Hero
5s Visually Complete
11.89s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA REPUBBLICA
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.07s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
3.01s First CPU Idle
3.01s Time To Interactive
3.09s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.09s Backend
1s Start Render
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
2.63s First CPU Idle
2.63s Time To Interactive
2.8s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
17.48s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE TELEGRAPH
0.65s Backend
1s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
8.23s First CPU Idle
8.23s Time To Interactive
16.17s Fully Loaded

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