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 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
9.95s First CPU Idle
9.95s Time To Interactive
10.7s Visually Complete
14.71s Fully Loaded

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#2 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.66s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
19.2s Visually Complete
26.33s First CPU Idle
26.33s Time To Interactive
118.53s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
13.78s First CPU Idle
13.78s Time To Interactive
18.91s Fully Loaded

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#4 BLOOMBERG
0.17s Backend
1.7s Start Render
11.5s Largest Contentful Paint
13.1s Last Painted Hero
14.1s Visually Complete
14.27s First CPU Idle
14.27s Time To Interactive
118.22s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
1s Largest Contentful Paint
12.2s Visually Complete
16.18s First CPU Idle
16.18s Time To Interactive
26.71s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.15s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.9s Visually Complete
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
11.37s First CPU Idle
11.37s Time To Interactive
15.5s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
7.26s First CPU Idle
7.26s Time To Interactive
7.52s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.19s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.1s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
11.22s First CPU Idle
11.22s Time To Interactive
12.5s Visually Complete
26.29s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Visually Complete
5.01s First CPU Idle
5.01s Time To Interactive
22.34s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.95s Largest Contentful Paint
4.47s First CPU Idle
4.47s Time To Interactive
5s Last Painted Hero
13.02s Fully Loaded
13.5s Visually Complete

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
11.27s First CPU Idle
11.27s Time To Interactive
11.8s Visually Complete
15.34s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
16.1s Last Painted Hero
25.47s First CPU Idle
25.47s Time To Interactive
48s Visually Complete
70.99s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
8.8s Last Painted Hero
13.9s Visually Complete
14.55s First CPU Idle
14.55s Time To Interactive
30.76s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Last Painted Hero
12.86s First CPU Idle
12.86s Time To Interactive
14.1s Visually Complete
16.77s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.6s Start Render
6.56s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
20.1s Visually Complete
20.95s Fully Loaded
24.3s First CPU Idle
24.3s Time To Interactive

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#16 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.74s Largest Contentful Paint
12.48s First CPU Idle
12.48s Time To Interactive
22.8s Visually Complete
118.78s Fully Loaded

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