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 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.54s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Visually Complete
11.75s First CPU Idle
11.75s Time To Interactive
24.02s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
12.14s First CPU Idle
12.14s Time To Interactive
16.64s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.09s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Visually Complete
2.1s Last Painted Hero
6.02s First CPU Idle
6.02s Time To Interactive
15.36s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
2.15s First CPU Idle
2.15s Time To Interactive
3.72s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.1s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
3.92s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
9.62s First CPU Idle
9.62s Time To Interactive
11.63s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
3.36s First CPU Idle
3.36s Time To Interactive
3.6s Last Painted Hero
3.6s Visually Complete
3.75s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.1s Backend
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
14.44s First CPU Idle
14.44s Time To Interactive
27.01s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.23s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
23.1s First CPU Idle
23.1s Time To Interactive
25.85s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
0.17s Backend
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
6.5s Last Painted Hero
30.93s First CPU Idle
30.93s Time To Interactive
62.03s Fully Loaded
64.1s Visually Complete

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#10 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
11.82s First CPU Idle
11.82s Time To Interactive
88.71s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.49s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
24.62s First CPU Idle
54.78s Time To Interactive
116.63s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.3s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
24.25s First CPU Idle
24.25s Time To Interactive
119.86s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.2s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
18.47s First CPU Idle
18.47s Time To Interactive
29s Visually Complete
65.47s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.31s Backend
1.4s Start Render
15.38s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
19.37s First CPU Idle
19.37s Time To Interactive
112s Visually Complete
119.08s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
30.34s First CPU Idle
30.34s Time To Interactive
94.65s Largest Contentful Paint
108.07s Fully Loaded
108.3s Last Painted Hero
108.3s Visually Complete

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#16 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Visually Complete
16.22s First CPU Idle
16.22s Time To Interactive
33.3s Fully Loaded

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#17 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.22s First CPU Idle
5.22s Time To Interactive
5.4s Visually Complete
10.94s Fully Loaded

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