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 Cumulative Layout Shift which is a score based on how often users experience unexpected layout shifts. Sites should aim for a score of less than 0.1

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A DESKTOP FAST CONNECTION

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#1 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.73s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
19.75s First CPU Idle
19.75s Time To Interactive
67.81s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
14.76s First CPU Idle
14.76s Time To Interactive
28.75s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
7.94s First CPU Idle
7.94s Time To Interactive
10.13s Fully Loaded

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#4 ESPN
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
5.59s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Visually Complete
10.66s First CPU Idle
10.66s Time To Interactive
11.73s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.41s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.46s Largest Contentful Paint
2.57s First CPU Idle
2.57s Time To Interactive
3.11s Fully Loaded
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.44s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
8.71s First CPU Idle
8.71s Time To Interactive
9s Visually Complete
62.42s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
3.1s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.3s First CPU Idle
3.3s Time To Interactive
6.79s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
11.8s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
15.6s First CPU Idle
15.6s Time To Interactive
17.6s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.14s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.75s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
24.98s First CPU Idle
24.98s Time To Interactive
60.2s Visually Complete
66.29s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
7.12s First CPU Idle
7.12s Time To Interactive
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.2s Visually Complete
24.6s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
17.5s First CPU Idle
38.94s Time To Interactive
55.86s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2s Start Render
2.1s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
13.55s First CPU Idle
13.55s Time To Interactive
31.08s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.62s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Last Painted Hero
7.8s Visually Complete
14.78s First CPU Idle
14.78s Time To Interactive
23.06s Fully Loaded

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#14 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
11.44s First CPU Idle
11.44s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
71.54s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.3s Start Render
4.15s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
20.73s First CPU Idle
20.73s Time To Interactive
81.39s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
12s Visually Complete
13s Last Painted Hero
13.01s First CPU Idle
13.01s Time To Interactive
43.57s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
34.28s First CPU Idle
46.57s Time To Interactive
118.49s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.11s Backend
1.3s Start Render
7.66s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
13.98s First CPU Idle
13.98s Time To Interactive
23.86s Fully Loaded

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