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
0.22s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.88s First CPU Idle
1.88s Time To Interactive
2.1s Visually Complete
2.87s Fully Loaded

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#2 PRAVDA
0.66s Backend
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.44s First CPU Idle
1.44s Time To Interactive
2.54s Fully Loaded
6.5s Visually Complete

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#3 DER SPIEGEL
0.08s Backend
0.54s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Start Render
1.97s First CPU Idle
1.97s Time To Interactive
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
3.43s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE GUARDIAN
0.1s Backend
0.73s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
1.87s First CPU Idle
1.87s Time To Interactive
2.11s Fully Loaded
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete

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#5 LA REPUBBLICA
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.57s First CPU Idle
2.57s Time To Interactive
16.98s Fully Loaded

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#6 NOVINSKY.CZ
0.4s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
1.93s First CPU Idle
1.93s Time To Interactive
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.5s Visually Complete
12.35s Fully Loaded

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#7 T-ONLINE
0.09s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.64s Largest Contentful Paint
3.33s First CPU Idle
3.33s Time To Interactive
9.96s Fully Loaded
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete

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#8 BILD.DE
0.11s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
4.05s First CPU Idle
4.05s Time To Interactive
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
5.99s Fully Loaded

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#9 IRISH TIMES
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
2.59s First CPU Idle
2.59s Time To Interactive
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.61s Fully Loaded
3.8s Visually Complete

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#10 RADIO FREE EUROPE
0.34s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.32s First CPU Idle
2.32s Time To Interactive
23s Visually Complete
65.07s Fully Loaded

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#11 EL PAIS
0.11s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.55s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
7.04s First CPU Idle
7.04s Time To Interactive
20.79s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.51s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
4.55s First CPU Idle
4.55s Time To Interactive
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
4.63s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.CO.UK
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
4.62s Largest Contentful Paint
4.67s First CPU Idle
4.67s Time To Interactive
5.18s Fully Loaded
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete

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#14 THE TELEGRAPH
0.38s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
7.86s First CPU Idle
7.86s Time To Interactive
25.81s Fully Loaded

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