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 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
18.39s First CPU Idle
18.39s Time To Interactive
84.53s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Visually Complete
3.2s Last Painted Hero
5.57s First CPU Idle
5.57s Time To Interactive
12.78s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
8.43s First CPU Idle
8.43s Time To Interactive
43.09s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.3s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.17s First CPU Idle
2.17s Time To Interactive
3.79s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
15.73s First CPU Idle
15.73s Time To Interactive
30.64s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
4.56s First CPU Idle
4.56s Time To Interactive
9.76s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
13.56s First CPU Idle
13.56s Time To Interactive
16.41s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.15s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
3.88s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
9.03s First CPU Idle
9.03s Time To Interactive
10.32s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
6.51s First CPU Idle
6.51s Time To Interactive
24.45s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.33s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
13.98s First CPU Idle
13.98s Time To Interactive
23.32s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Last Painted Hero
17.89s First CPU Idle
17.89s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
20.98s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.56s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
29.07s First CPU Idle
36s Visually Complete
36.9s Time To Interactive
112.39s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
6.5s Visually Complete
20.92s First CPU Idle
20.92s Time To Interactive
65.1s Last Painted Hero
72.64s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
18.03s First CPU Idle
18.03s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
54.12s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
19s Last Painted Hero
39.3s Visually Complete
39.97s First CPU Idle
39.97s Time To Interactive
55.45s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
18.55s First CPU Idle
18.55s Time To Interactive
75s Last Painted Hero
75s Visually Complete
77.69s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.11s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.72s Largest Contentful Paint
12.39s First CPU Idle
12.39s Time To Interactive
16.5s Last Painted Hero
16.5s Visually Complete
25.99s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.1s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
20.1s Last Painted Hero
20.1s Visually Complete
21.79s First CPU Idle
21.79s Time To Interactive
38.37s Fully Loaded

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