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
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
18.38s First CPU Idle
18.38s Time To Interactive
83.41s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.3s Last Painted Hero
4.42s First CPU Idle
4.42s Time To Interactive
12.92s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Visually Complete
12s Last Painted Hero
34.59s First CPU Idle
34.59s Time To Interactive
44.95s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.44s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
12.59s First CPU Idle
12.59s Time To Interactive
16.73s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.19s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.54s First CPU Idle
2.54s Time To Interactive
3.85s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
13.37s First CPU Idle
13.37s Time To Interactive
15.65s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Last Painted Hero
18.9s First CPU Idle
18.9s Time To Interactive
20.47s Fully Loaded
22s Visually Complete

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#8 ESPN
0.13s Backend
1.5s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
4.82s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Visually Complete
9.39s First CPU Idle
9.39s Time To Interactive
10.85s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
7.34s First CPU Idle
7.34s Time To Interactive
23.97s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
4.66s First CPU Idle
4.66s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
19.33s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.36s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
21.5s First CPU Idle
21.5s Time To Interactive
22.99s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
29.08s First CPU Idle
29.08s Time To Interactive
32.8s Last Painted Hero
32.8s Visually Complete
119.81s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.73s Largest Contentful Paint
19.74s First CPU Idle
34.5s Time To Interactive
65s Last Painted Hero
65s Visually Complete
70.35s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.64s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
15.6s Visually Complete
21.23s First CPU Idle
21.23s Time To Interactive
39.44s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
25.22s First CPU Idle
25.22s Time To Interactive
80.6s Last Painted Hero
80.6s Visually Complete
84.08s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.16s Backend
1s Start Render
2.9s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
21.23s First CPU Idle
21.23s Time To Interactive
26.67s Fully Loaded
29.1s Visually Complete

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.4s Start Render
16.52s Largest Contentful Paint
18.4s Last Painted Hero
24.92s First CPU Idle
24.92s Time To Interactive
34s Visually Complete
45.85s Fully Loaded

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