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
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
8.19s First CPU Idle
8.19s Time To Interactive
16.55s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.74s First CPU Idle
4.74s Time To Interactive
12.92s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
7.44s First CPU Idle
7.44s Time To Interactive
39.54s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
2.43s Largest Contentful Paint
2.91s First CPU Idle
2.91s Time To Interactive
6.53s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
8.52s First CPU Idle
8.52s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
29.2s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
9.97s First CPU Idle
9.97s Time To Interactive
12s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
14.59s First CPU Idle
14.59s Time To Interactive
19.51s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
7.7s Visually Complete
7.99s First CPU Idle
7.99s Time To Interactive
24.96s Fully Loaded

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#9 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
4.7s Visually Complete
7.4s First CPU Idle
7.4s Time To Interactive
51.8s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.32s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
12.9s Visually Complete
15.48s First CPU Idle
15.48s Time To Interactive
17.9s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.62s First CPU Idle
7.62s Time To Interactive
9.5s Visually Complete
15.46s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
8.65s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
10.05s First CPU Idle
10.05s Time To Interactive
25s Last Painted Hero
31.72s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
14.4s First CPU Idle
14.4s Time To Interactive
24.5s Visually Complete
46.45s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.5s Start Render
6.45s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
15s First CPU Idle
15s Time To Interactive
15s Visually Complete
30.77s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
30.15s First CPU Idle
35s Last Painted Hero
36.3s Time To Interactive
49s Visually Complete
119.23s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.38s Largest Contentful Paint
18.36s First CPU Idle
18.36s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
21.73s Fully Loaded
26.7s Visually Complete

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.3s Start Render
20.43s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21.58s First CPU Idle
21.58s Time To Interactive
37s Visually Complete
80.17s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
30.23s First CPU Idle
30.23s Time To Interactive
51s Visually Complete
61.6s Fully Loaded

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