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
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
12.81s First CPU Idle
12.81s Time To Interactive
33.23s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
15.96s First CPU Idle
15.96s Time To Interactive
28.86s Fully Loaded

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#3 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2.1s Start Render
19.2s Largest Contentful Paint
19.2s Last Painted Hero
19.2s Visually Complete
20.2s First CPU Idle
20.2s Time To Interactive
39.29s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
4.68s First CPU Idle
4.68s Time To Interactive
9.73s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
3.03s First CPU Idle
3.03s Time To Interactive
14.25s Fully Loaded

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#6 NPR
0.14s Backend
1s Start Render
3.59s Largest Contentful Paint
11.19s First CPU Idle
17.1s Time To Interactive
17.8s Last Painted Hero
17.8s Visually Complete
27.55s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.31s Backend
1s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.4s Visually Complete
10.3s First CPU Idle
10.3s Time To Interactive
15.51s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.17s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
9.6s First CPU Idle
9.6s Time To Interactive
11.17s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
18.29s First CPU Idle
18.29s Time To Interactive
20.58s Fully Loaded
25s Visually Complete

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#10 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
4.94s First CPU Idle
4.94s Time To Interactive
13.22s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
17.8s First CPU Idle
17.8s Time To Interactive
79.17s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
24.59s First CPU Idle
35.46s Time To Interactive
65.9s Last Painted Hero
76.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.46s First CPU Idle
7.46s Time To Interactive
12s Visually Complete
24.14s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
15.64s First CPU Idle
15.64s Time To Interactive
36.2s Last Painted Hero
36.2s Visually Complete
45.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.54s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
12.99s First CPU Idle
12.99s Time To Interactive
26.08s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
38.7s Visually Complete
44.29s First CPU Idle
56.58s Time To Interactive
116.93s Fully Loaded

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#17 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
33.51s First CPU Idle
33.51s Time To Interactive
46.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.19s Backend
2.2s Start Render
13.06s Largest Contentful Paint
20.54s First CPU Idle
20.54s Time To Interactive
21s Visually Complete
53.1s Fully Loaded

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