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
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
14.93s First CPU Idle
14.93s Time To Interactive
50.53s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
19.65s First CPU Idle
19.65s Time To Interactive
104.85s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
12.76s First CPU Idle
12.76s Time To Interactive
85.18s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.72s First CPU Idle
2.72s Time To Interactive
3.89s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
9.73s First CPU Idle
9.73s Time To Interactive
21.2s Visually Complete
29.87s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
9s Last Painted Hero
15.54s First CPU Idle
15.54s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
27.02s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.38s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
3.63s First CPU Idle
3.63s Time To Interactive
3.7s Visually Complete
8.79s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Last Painted Hero
7.4s Visually Complete
7.95s First CPU Idle
7.95s Time To Interactive
25.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.11s Backend
1.5s Start Render
4.13s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
8.55s First CPU Idle
8.55s Time To Interactive
10.32s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1s Start Render
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
15.39s First CPU Idle
15.39s Time To Interactive
71.69s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.65s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
17.2s Visually Complete
18.38s First CPU Idle
18.38s Time To Interactive
21.27s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
12.2s Largest Contentful Paint
14.52s First CPU Idle
14.52s Time To Interactive
27.4s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
31.71s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
20.31s First CPU Idle
27.29s Time To Interactive
87.12s Fully Loaded

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#14 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s First CPU Idle
11.7s Time To Interactive
14.3s Visually Complete
79.21s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
16.75s First CPU Idle
16.75s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
116.45s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.15s Backend
1s Start Render
2.85s Largest Contentful Paint
15.2s First CPU Idle
15.2s Time To Interactive
16.7s Last Painted Hero
16.7s Visually Complete
21.27s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.17s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.14s Largest Contentful Paint
14.67s First CPU Idle
14.67s Time To Interactive
33.2s Visually Complete
47.3s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
40.3s Last Painted Hero
40.3s Visually Complete
43.59s First CPU Idle
43.59s Time To Interactive
118.23s Fully Loaded

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