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
0.12s Backend
0.62s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.83s First CPU Idle
0.83s Time To Interactive
1s Visually Complete
1.7s Fully Loaded

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#2 PRAVDA
0.57s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s First CPU Idle
1.3s Time To Interactive
1.4s Visually Complete
2.66s Fully Loaded

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#3 DER SPIEGEL
0.08s Backend
0.53s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Start Render
1.99s First CPU Idle
1.99s Time To Interactive
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
3.54s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA REPUBBLICA
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.57s First CPU Idle
2.57s Time To Interactive
16.78s Fully Loaded

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#5 THE GUARDIAN
0.1s Backend
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
2.36s First CPU Idle
2.36s Time To Interactive
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
2.51s Fully Loaded

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#6 T-ONLINE
0.07s Backend
0.72s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
3.46s First CPU Idle
3.46s Time To Interactive
3.7s Fully Loaded
3.9s Last Painted Hero
3.9s Visually Complete

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
2.85s First CPU Idle
2.85s Time To Interactive
3.1s Fully Loaded
8s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete

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#8 LE FIGARO
0.21s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
3.66s First CPU Idle
3.66s Time To Interactive
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
22.63s Fully Loaded

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#9 IRISH TIMES
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
2.34s First CPU Idle
2.34s Time To Interactive
3.27s Fully Loaded
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.6s Visually Complete

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#10 RADIO FREE EUROPE
0.14s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3.41s First CPU Idle
3.41s Time To Interactive
3.41s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.97s Fully Loaded
10s Visually Complete

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#11 NOVINSKY.CZ
0.4s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
1.89s First CPU Idle
1.89s Time To Interactive
3.4s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
12.31s Fully Loaded

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#12 BILD.DE
0.18s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4.57s First CPU Idle
4.57s Time To Interactive
5.69s Fully Loaded
10.4s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete

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#13 THE TELEGRAPH
0.14s Backend
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
4.59s First CPU Idle
4.59s Time To Interactive
4.8s Last Painted Hero
4.8s Visually Complete
12.75s Fully Loaded

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#14 BBC.CO.UK
0.08s Backend
0.7s Start Render
4.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.05s First CPU Idle
5.05s Time To Interactive
5.2s Fully Loaded
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete

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