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.

Tested every day on a desktop Chrome desktop browser with a fast connection (25Mbps/10Mbps 10ms RTT). Sites are sorted by Start Render which is when the first non-white content is painted in the browser.

MEDIA SITES IN EUROPE ON A FAST CONNECTION

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#1 BBC.CO.UK
0.08s Backend
0.2s Start Render
4.62s Largest Contentful Paint
5.43s First CPU Idle
5.43s Time To Interactive
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
5.76s Fully Loaded

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#2 LE MONDE
0.06s Backend
0.3s Start Render
0.64s First CPU Idle
0.64s Time To Interactive
0.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.19s Fully Loaded
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete

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#3 T-ONLINE
0.06s Backend
0.3s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
5.97s First CPU Idle
5.97s Time To Interactive
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
11.04s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE GUARDIAN
0.08s Backend
0.3s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
3.29s First CPU Idle
3.29s Time To Interactive
3.64s Fully Loaded
3.7s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete

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#5 DER SPIEGEL
0.09s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.66s Largest Contentful Paint
3.03s First CPU Idle
3.03s Time To Interactive
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.35s Fully Loaded

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#6 EL PAIS
0.11s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
6.57s First CPU Idle
6.57s Time To Interactive
7.94s Fully Loaded
13.2s Visually Complete

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#7 IRISH TIMES
0.15s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
3.79s First CPU Idle
3.79s Time To Interactive
5s Last Painted Hero
5s Visually Complete
10.59s Fully Loaded

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#8 BILD.DE
0.08s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
5.07s First CPU Idle
5.07s Time To Interactive
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
13.11s Fully Loaded

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#9 LE FIGARO
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
2.75s First CPU Idle
2.75s Time To Interactive
116.57s Fully Loaded

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#10 NOVINSKY.CZ
0.2s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3.68s First CPU Idle
3.68s Time To Interactive
4s Last Painted Hero
4.2s Visually Complete
4.3s Largest Contentful Paint
12.77s Fully Loaded

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#11 RADIO FREE EUROPE
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
2.76s First CPU Idle
2.76s Time To Interactive
3.2s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA REPUBBLICA
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.85s First CPU Idle
2.85s Time To Interactive
3.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE TELEGRAPH
0.46s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
7.19s First CPU Idle
7.19s Time To Interactive
12.72s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Visually Complete
3.26s First CPU Idle
3.26s Time To Interactive
17.79s Fully Loaded

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