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 Largest Contentful Paint which is when the largest element – usually image or video – in the viewport is rendered.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A DESKTOP FAST CONNECTION

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#1 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Visually Complete
6.32s First CPU Idle
6.32s Time To Interactive
51.07s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
7.02s First CPU Idle
7.02s Time To Interactive
17.3s Visually Complete
27.31s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
9.5s Last Painted Hero
29.85s First CPU Idle
29.85s Time To Interactive
39.69s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.52s First CPU Idle
5.52s Time To Interactive
6.9s Visually Complete
16.34s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.11s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s First CPU Idle
8.3s Time To Interactive
8.3s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
25.4s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
9.4s Visually Complete
14.88s First CPU Idle
14.88s Time To Interactive
20.17s Fully Loaded

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#7 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.18s First CPU Idle
4.18s Time To Interactive
12.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
13.79s First CPU Idle
13.79s Time To Interactive
25.3s Visually Complete
55.77s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.29s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
12.7s Visually Complete
13.45s First CPU Idle
13.45s Time To Interactive
21.31s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1s Start Render
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
6.52s First CPU Idle
6.52s Time To Interactive
11.56s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
27.09s First CPU Idle
27.09s Time To Interactive
34.2s Visually Complete
119.39s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
2.03s First CPU Idle
2.03s Time To Interactive
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
3.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
16.9s Last Painted Hero
16.9s Visually Complete
18.94s First CPU Idle
18.94s Time To Interactive
38.55s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
11.48s First CPU Idle
17.51s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
27.65s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.15s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
4.27s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Visually Complete
9.45s First CPU Idle
9.45s Time To Interactive
10.75s Fully Loaded

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#16 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
8.79s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
10.55s First CPU Idle
10.55s Time To Interactive
25s Last Painted Hero
31.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.17s Backend
1.2s Start Render
12.13s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
15.26s First CPU Idle
15.26s Time To Interactive
30.79s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Visually Complete
7.38s First CPU Idle
7.38s Time To Interactive
39.51s Fully Loaded

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