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.

Desktop Fast - Tested every day in Chrome with a fast connection (80Mbps/40Mbps 10ms RTT). Sites are sorted by SpeedIndex which is the average time at which visible parts of the page are displayed.

MEDIA SITES IN EUROPE ON A DESKTOP FAST CONNECTION

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#1 LE MONDE
0.32s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.29s First CPU Idle
1.29s Time To Interactive
1.4s Visually Complete
2.25s Fully Loaded

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#2 RADIO FREE EUROPE
0.1s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.93s First CPU Idle
1.93s Time To Interactive
13.1s Visually Complete
64.93s Fully Loaded

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#3 PRAVDA
0.87s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.63s First CPU Idle
1.63s Time To Interactive
2.71s Fully Loaded
6.7s Visually Complete

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#4 DER SPIEGEL
0.08s Backend
0.53s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Start Render
1.87s First CPU Idle
1.87s Time To Interactive
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
3.39s Fully Loaded

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#5 THE GUARDIAN
0.11s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
2.04s First CPU Idle
2.04s Time To Interactive
2.2s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Visually Complete
4.03s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA REPUBBLICA
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
2.45s Largest Contentful Paint
3s First CPU Idle
3s Time To Interactive
17.15s Fully Loaded

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#7 NOVINSKY.CZ
0.4s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
2.14s First CPU Idle
2.14s Time To Interactive
3.2s Visually Complete
3.4s Last Painted Hero
12.29s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.46s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.47s First CPU Idle
2.47s Time To Interactive
3.09s Fully Loaded
3.1s Visually Complete
3.2s Last Painted Hero

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#9 IRISH TIMES
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
3.59s Fully Loaded
3.63s First CPU Idle
3.63s Time To Interactive
3.8s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Visually Complete

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#10 BILD.DE
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
4.24s First CPU Idle
4.24s Time To Interactive
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
13.85s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE TELEGRAPH
0.13s Backend
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
3.64s First CPU Idle
3.64s Time To Interactive
12.15s Fully Loaded
17.2s Last Painted Hero
17.2s Visually Complete

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#12 EL PAIS
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
7.46s First CPU Idle
7.46s Time To Interactive
9.5s Visually Complete
21.25s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.CO.UK
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
4.82s Largest Contentful Paint
5.08s First CPU Idle
5.08s Time To Interactive
5.46s Fully Loaded
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete

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#14 T-ONLINE
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.72s Largest Contentful Paint
3.19s First CPU Idle
3.19s Time To Interactive
10.01s Fully Loaded
10.1s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete

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