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
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
8.4s Visually Complete
10.14s First CPU Idle
10.14s Time To Interactive
26.07s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
9.38s First CPU Idle
9.38s Time To Interactive
49.28s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
23.18s First CPU Idle
29.59s Time To Interactive
56.1s Fully Loaded

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#4 YAHOO NEWS
0.59s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
15.52s First CPU Idle
15.52s Time To Interactive
19.2s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
14.42s First CPU Idle
14.42s Time To Interactive
49.89s Fully Loaded

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#6 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
14.19s First CPU Idle
14.19s Time To Interactive
15.49s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
32.64s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
8.83s First CPU Idle
8.83s Time To Interactive
9.5s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
26.54s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
3.36s First CPU Idle
3.36s Time To Interactive
6.56s Fully Loaded

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#9 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.6s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.8s Last Painted Hero
17.93s First CPU Idle
17.93s Time To Interactive
48.67s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.6s Start Render
10.15s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Last Painted Hero
13.98s First CPU Idle
13.98s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
62.82s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
9.87s First CPU Idle
9.87s Time To Interactive
54.48s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.25s Backend
1s Start Render
3.7s Largest Contentful Paint
17.27s First CPU Idle
17.27s Time To Interactive
17.6s Last Painted Hero
17.6s Visually Complete
21.86s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
27.04s First CPU Idle
27.04s Time To Interactive
31s Last Painted Hero
40.7s Visually Complete
117.25s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
8.8s Visually Complete
13.36s First CPU Idle
13.36s Time To Interactive
44.1s Fully Loaded

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#15 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
10.4s Visually Complete
13.8s First CPU Idle
13.8s Time To Interactive
16.89s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
3.67s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.6s Visually Complete
9.21s First CPU Idle
9.21s Time To Interactive
10.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.37s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
6.78s First CPU Idle
6.78s Time To Interactive
12.8s Visually Complete
12.86s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
10s Last Painted Hero
14.93s First CPU Idle
14.93s Time To Interactive
61.57s Fully Loaded

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