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
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
5.25s First CPU Idle
5.25s Time To Interactive
32.84s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
6.52s First CPU Idle
6.52s Time To Interactive
13.97s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
0.34s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
19.82s First CPU Idle
35.63s Time To Interactive
57.5s Visually Complete
64.56s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
8.45s First CPU Idle
8.45s Time To Interactive
39.52s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.67s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
5.8s Last Painted Hero
6.4s Visually Complete
11.4s First CPU Idle
11.4s Time To Interactive
14.56s Fully Loaded

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#6 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.8s Start Render
4.2s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
31.03s First CPU Idle
31.03s Time To Interactive
60s Visually Complete
119.8s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.35s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
2.24s First CPU Idle
2.24s Time To Interactive
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
4.39s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.18s Backend
1s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
20.65s First CPU Idle
20.65s Time To Interactive
21.33s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
24.95s First CPU Idle
24.95s Time To Interactive
27.59s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
2.74s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
10.86s First CPU Idle
10.86s Time To Interactive
40.38s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
10.18s First CPU Idle
10.18s Time To Interactive
26.6s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
18.94s First CPU Idle
18.94s Time To Interactive
19.92s Fully Loaded

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#13 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1s Largest Contentful Paint
3.67s First CPU Idle
3.67s Time To Interactive
53.58s Fully Loaded
55.4s Last Painted Hero
55.4s Visually Complete

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
14.54s First CPU Idle
27.82s Time To Interactive
57.67s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
10.47s Largest Contentful Paint
12.96s First CPU Idle
12.96s Time To Interactive
13.4s Last Painted Hero
13.4s Visually Complete
36.86s Fully Loaded

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#16 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
6.96s First CPU Idle
6.96s Time To Interactive
15s Visually Complete
68.29s Fully Loaded

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#17 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
10.6s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
17.67s First CPU Idle
17.67s Time To Interactive
27.2s Last Painted Hero
43.94s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.11s Backend
1.3s Start Render
4.86s Largest Contentful Paint
9.27s First CPU Idle
9.27s Time To Interactive
10s Visually Complete
27.54s Fully Loaded

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