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
0.5s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
11.2s First CPU Idle
11.2s Time To Interactive
16.97s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.6s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
2.4s First CPU Idle
2.4s Time To Interactive
3.82s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
7.9s Visually Complete
14.79s First CPU Idle
14.79s Time To Interactive
17.32s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE ONION
0.89s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.3s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
6.22s First CPU Idle
6.22s Time To Interactive
14.62s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
8.91s First CPU Idle
8.91s Time To Interactive
10.4s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.22s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.74s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
12.2s First CPU Idle
12.2s Time To Interactive
12.26s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.52s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
15.67s First CPU Idle
15.67s Time To Interactive
31.95s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
3.45s First CPU Idle
3.45s Time To Interactive
3.6s Last Painted Hero
3.6s Visually Complete
3.81s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
5.9s First CPU Idle
5.9s Time To Interactive
14.1s Fully Loaded
19.2s Visually Complete

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#10 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
14.01s First CPU Idle
35.68s Time To Interactive
65.2s Last Painted Hero
65.2s Visually Complete
71.92s Fully Loaded

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#11 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.83s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
21.05s First CPU Idle
21.05s Time To Interactive
54s Visually Complete
119.35s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
9.6s Last Painted Hero
20.42s First CPU Idle
20.42s Time To Interactive
47s Visually Complete
56.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
41.19s First CPU Idle
58.8s Visually Complete
70.38s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.2s Start Render
10.44s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
16.57s First CPU Idle
16.57s Time To Interactive
23s Visually Complete
46.35s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.51s Largest Contentful Paint
17.34s First CPU Idle
17.34s Time To Interactive
17.8s Last Painted Hero
17.8s Visually Complete
54.3s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
18.52s First CPU Idle
18.52s Time To Interactive
64.5s Last Painted Hero
64.5s Visually Complete
66.99s Fully Loaded

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#17 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
27.92s First CPU Idle
60s Last Painted Hero
60.95s Time To Interactive
66s Visually Complete
119.7s Fully Loaded

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