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
0.19s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
1.2s First CPU Idle
1.2s Time To Interactive
2.1s Visually Complete
2.11s Fully Loaded

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#2 PRAVDA
0.55s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.64s First CPU Idle
1.64s Time To Interactive
2.62s Fully Loaded
6.6s Visually Complete

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#3 RADIO FREE EUROPE
0.16s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Visually Complete
2.02s First CPU Idle
2.02s Time To Interactive
3.62s Fully Loaded

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#4 DER SPIEGEL
0.08s Backend
0.56s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Start Render
1.89s First CPU Idle
1.89s Time To Interactive
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
3.42s Fully Loaded

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#5 THE GUARDIAN
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
1.86s First CPU Idle
1.86s Time To Interactive
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.31s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA REPUBBLICA
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
2.77s First CPU Idle
2.77s Time To Interactive
17.07s Fully Loaded

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#7 EL PAIS
0.08s Backend
0.69s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.94s First CPU Idle
5.94s Time To Interactive
7.02s Fully Loaded
8s Visually Complete

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#8 T-ONLINE
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
3.75s First CPU Idle
3.75s Time To Interactive
10.87s Fully Loaded
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete

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#9 NOVINSKY.CZ
0.41s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
1.88s First CPU Idle
1.88s Time To Interactive
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.6s Visually Complete
12.27s Fully Loaded

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#10 LE FIGARO
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
3.34s First CPU Idle
3.34s Time To Interactive
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Visually Complete
22.29s Fully Loaded

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#11 IRISH TIMES
0.11s Backend
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
3.24s First CPU Idle
3.24s Time To Interactive
3.3s Fully Loaded
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.6s Visually Complete

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.38s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
3.46s First CPU Idle
3.46s Time To Interactive
3.7s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete
5.12s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.CO.UK
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
12.3s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
12.64s First CPU Idle
12.64s Time To Interactive
19.19s Fully Loaded

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#14 BILD.DE
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
5.07s First CPU Idle
5.07s Time To Interactive
5.78s Fully Loaded
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete

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#15 THE TELEGRAPH
1.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
5.94s First CPU Idle
5.94s Time To Interactive
13.1s Fully Loaded

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