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
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.77s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
21.01s First CPU Idle
21.01s Time To Interactive
35.78s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
8.73s First CPU Idle
8.73s Time To Interactive
12.91s Fully Loaded

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#3 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
29.4s Visually Complete
30.43s First CPU Idle
30.43s Time To Interactive
119.58s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
4s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
12.47s First CPU Idle
17.89s Time To Interactive
18.07s Fully Loaded

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#5 YAHOO NEWS
0.83s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
27.19s First CPU Idle
36.23s Time To Interactive
67.95s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.86s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
9.65s First CPU Idle
9.65s Time To Interactive
40.09s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
15.48s First CPU Idle
15.48s Time To Interactive
18.76s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.16s Backend
1s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
17.4s Last Painted Hero
17.4s Visually Complete
22.37s First CPU Idle
22.37s Time To Interactive
26.44s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
4.02s First CPU Idle
4.02s Time To Interactive
4.2s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
9.3s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.51s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s Visually Complete
21.67s First CPU Idle
21.67s Time To Interactive
31.6s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
18.43s First CPU Idle
18.43s Time To Interactive
20.06s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
3.38s Largest Contentful Paint
4.03s First CPU Idle
4.03s Time To Interactive
12.29s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Visually Complete
9.87s First CPU Idle
15.3s Time To Interactive
25.1s Last Painted Hero
57.06s Fully Loaded

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#14 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
7.8s Visually Complete
9.62s First CPU Idle
9.62s Time To Interactive
75.21s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
9.46s Largest Contentful Paint
11.36s First CPU Idle
11.36s Time To Interactive
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
115.81s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.15s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Visually Complete
14.24s First CPU Idle
14.24s Time To Interactive
75.01s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.33s Largest Contentful Paint
13.35s First CPU Idle
13.35s Time To Interactive
28.96s Fully Loaded
30.8s Visually Complete

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#18 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.69s First CPU Idle
7.69s Time To Interactive
7.7s Visually Complete
72.28s Fully Loaded

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