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 SpeedIndex which is the average time at which visible parts of the page are displayed.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A DESKTOP FAST CONNECTION

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#1 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
10.5s Last Painted Hero
17.35s First CPU Idle
17.35s Time To Interactive
64.14s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
14.68s First CPU Idle
14.68s Time To Interactive
25.8s Visually Complete
31.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
21.47s First CPU Idle
21.47s Time To Interactive
48.43s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
23.27s First CPU Idle
23.27s Time To Interactive
53.21s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
32.64s First CPU Idle
32.64s Time To Interactive
43.1s Visually Complete
56.5s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
10.07s First CPU Idle
10.07s Time To Interactive
13.91s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
4.75s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.6s Visually Complete
9.83s First CPU Idle
9.83s Time To Interactive
11.57s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
3.02s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.72s First CPU Idle
3.72s Time To Interactive
7.01s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.37s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
2.48s First CPU Idle
2.48s Time To Interactive
3.06s Fully Loaded
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete

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#10 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
9.55s First CPU Idle
9.55s Time To Interactive
10s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete
27.99s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
10.36s First CPU Idle
10.36s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
69.87s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
21.35s First CPU Idle
21.35s Time To Interactive
45.31s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
10.84s Largest Contentful Paint
15.12s First CPU Idle
15.12s Time To Interactive
27.3s Last Painted Hero
27.3s Visually Complete
31.46s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
0.37s Backend
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
30.1s First CPU Idle
36.9s Time To Interactive
59.5s Visually Complete
68.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
29.71s First CPU Idle
29.71s Time To Interactive
118.69s Fully Loaded
119s Visually Complete

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.1s Backend
1.8s Start Render
13.4s Largest Contentful Paint
16.1s Last Painted Hero
16.1s Visually Complete
16.37s First CPU Idle
16.37s Time To Interactive
38.34s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.07s Largest Contentful Paint
17.2s Last Painted Hero
17.2s Visually Complete
21.89s First CPU Idle
21.89s Time To Interactive
26.88s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.11s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s First CPU Idle
12.1s Time To Interactive
13s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
51.7s Fully Loaded

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