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
0.11s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.3s Visually Complete
1.31s First CPU Idle
1.31s Time To Interactive
2.15s Fully Loaded

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#2 RADIO FREE EUROPE
0.08s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.9s First CPU Idle
1.9s Time To Interactive
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
3.35s Fully Loaded

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#3 PRAVDA
0.97s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
1.75s First CPU Idle
1.75s Time To Interactive
2.89s Fully Loaded
6.9s Visually Complete

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#4 DER SPIEGEL
0.09s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.6s Largest Contentful Paint
2.58s First CPU Idle
2.58s Time To Interactive
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
4.05s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA REPUBBLICA
0.08s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
2.85s First CPU Idle
2.85s Time To Interactive
12.03s Fully Loaded

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#6 THE GUARDIAN
0.1s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
2.63s First CPU Idle
2.63s Time To Interactive
2.99s Fully Loaded
3s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete

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#7 NOVINSKY.CZ
0.4s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.96s First CPU Idle
1.96s Time To Interactive
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.4s Visually Complete
12.34s Fully Loaded

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#8 T-ONLINE
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
3.26s First CPU Idle
3.26s Time To Interactive
3.66s Fully Loaded
3.7s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete

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#9 IRISH TIMES
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
3.83s First CPU Idle
3.83s Time To Interactive
3.89s Fully Loaded
4.1s Visually Complete

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#10 EL PAIS
0.12s Backend
0.6s Start Render
3.47s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
3.9s Visually Complete
7.89s First CPU Idle
7.89s Time To Interactive
21.78s Fully Loaded

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#11 BILD.DE
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4.37s First CPU Idle
4.37s Time To Interactive
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
6.6s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE TELEGRAPH
0.57s Backend
1s Start Render
1.32s Largest Contentful Paint
4.52s First CPU Idle
4.52s Time To Interactive
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
8.19s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.CO.UK
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
4.98s Largest Contentful Paint
5.58s First CPU Idle
5.58s Time To Interactive
5.7s Fully Loaded
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.34s Backend
1s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
5.64s First CPU Idle
5.64s Time To Interactive
5.8s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
118.77s Fully Loaded

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