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
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
8.87s First CPU Idle
8.87s Time To Interactive
9.5s Visually Complete
74.39s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
12.73s First CPU Idle
12.73s Time To Interactive
18.02s Fully Loaded

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#3 BBC.COM
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
4s Last Painted Hero
4s Visually Complete
12.2s First CPU Idle
12.2s Time To Interactive
12.84s Fully Loaded

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#4 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
24.21s First CPU Idle
24.21s Time To Interactive
30.2s Visually Complete
119.29s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.06s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
17.12s First CPU Idle
17.12s Time To Interactive
19.8s Visually Complete
42.7s Fully Loaded

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#6 NPR
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
3.54s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
15.41s First CPU Idle
15.41s Time To Interactive
27.21s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
7.87s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
16.38s First CPU Idle
16.38s Time To Interactive
23.06s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.14s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
12.34s First CPU Idle
12.34s Time To Interactive
14.59s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
26.72s First CPU Idle
26.72s Time To Interactive
27.22s Fully Loaded

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#10 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
7.9s Last Painted Hero
7.9s Visually Complete
12.84s First CPU Idle
12.84s Time To Interactive
27.65s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.33s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s First CPU Idle
2.8s Time To Interactive
3.04s Fully Loaded
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.5s Visually Complete

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
11.1s Visually Complete
19.35s First CPU Idle
19.35s Time To Interactive
34.01s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
12.59s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
16s Visually Complete
17.22s First CPU Idle
17.22s Time To Interactive
28.84s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
3.8s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Visually Complete
15.51s First CPU Idle
15.51s Time To Interactive
30.04s Fully Loaded

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#15 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.72s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
3.7s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
9.15s First CPU Idle
9.15s Time To Interactive
68.71s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
13.78s First CPU Idle
13.78s Time To Interactive
14.4s Last Painted Hero
14.4s Visually Complete
28.3s Fully Loaded

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