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

See full dashboard comparing all sites >

#1 BUZZFEED
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
17.84s First CPU Idle
17.84s Time To Interactive
65.02s Fully Loaded

Explore why this site is the fastest >

#2 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
13.25s First CPU Idle
13.25s Time To Interactive
62.03s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#3 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.89s First CPU Idle
2.89s Time To Interactive
6.58s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#4 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
10.3s First CPU Idle
10.3s Time To Interactive
26.41s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#5 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
29.98s First CPU Idle
29.98s Time To Interactive
66.87s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
19.48s First CPU Idle
26.54s Time To Interactive
26.6s Visually Complete
29.12s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.36s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
4.2s Visually Complete
4.3s First CPU Idle
4.3s Time To Interactive
9.38s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#8 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
7.2s Visually Complete
7.82s First CPU Idle
7.82s Time To Interactive
25.69s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#9 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
3.91s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s First CPU Idle
8.1s Time To Interactive
13.6s Visually Complete
18.72s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.65s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.56s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
16.39s First CPU Idle
16.39s Time To Interactive
45.5s Fully Loaded

Explore why this site is the slowest >

#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.23s Backend
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
16.22s First CPU Idle
16.22s Time To Interactive
55.8s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.19s Largest Contentful Paint
21.02s First CPU Idle
21.02s Time To Interactive
28.7s Visually Complete
119.58s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.84s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
14.42s First CPU Idle
14.42s Time To Interactive
27.8s Last Painted Hero
31.72s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#14 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
11.56s First CPU Idle
11.56s Time To Interactive
15.5s Visually Complete
55.87s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
19.2s Last Painted Hero
19.2s Visually Complete
19.29s Largest Contentful Paint
19.57s First CPU Idle
19.57s Time To Interactive
38.48s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#16 NPR
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
3.4s Largest Contentful Paint
17.47s First CPU Idle
17.47s Time To Interactive
18.2s Last Painted Hero
18.2s Visually Complete
31.79s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#17 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
17.47s First CPU Idle
17.47s Time To Interactive
28s Visually Complete
61.52s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
16.82s First CPU Idle
16.82s Time To Interactive
35.7s Visually Complete
78.53s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >