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
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
8.53s First CPU Idle
8.53s Time To Interactive
22.4s Visually Complete
28.65s Fully Loaded

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#2 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
6.42s First CPU Idle
6.42s Time To Interactive
6.5s Visually Complete
12.65s Fully Loaded

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#3 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
1.68s First CPU Idle
1.68s Time To Interactive
2.41s Fully Loaded
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete

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#4 YAHOO NEWS
0.13s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
6.72s First CPU Idle
6.72s Time To Interactive
7s Visually Complete
13.11s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
6.19s First CPU Idle
6.19s Time To Interactive
12.22s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.67s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
6.8s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
8.89s First CPU Idle
8.89s Time To Interactive
21.91s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.83s Largest Contentful Paint
12.11s First CPU Idle
12.11s Time To Interactive
16s Last Painted Hero
16s Visually Complete
25.72s Fully Loaded

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#8 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.46s Largest Contentful Paint
11.56s First CPU Idle
11.56s Time To Interactive
13.3s Last Painted Hero
13.3s Visually Complete
30.95s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
15.09s First CPU Idle
15.09s Time To Interactive
80.28s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
21.12s First CPU Idle
21.12s Time To Interactive
86.33s Fully Loaded

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#11 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.83s First CPU Idle
6.83s Time To Interactive
7.5s Visually Complete
15.38s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
27.36s First CPU Idle
27.36s Time To Interactive
90.7s Visually Complete
117.81s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
9.05s First CPU Idle
9.05s Time To Interactive
17.99s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.14s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
7.7s Visually Complete
11.68s First CPU Idle
11.68s Time To Interactive
26.8s Fully Loaded

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#15 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Visually Complete
5.01s First CPU Idle
5.01s Time To Interactive
62.37s Fully Loaded

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#16 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
7.91s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
10.99s First CPU Idle
10.99s Time To Interactive
41.01s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
7.96s First CPU Idle
7.96s Time To Interactive
41s Visually Complete
67.11s Fully Loaded

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