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
0.74s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
6.7s Last Painted Hero
6.7s Visually Complete
17.32s First CPU Idle
17.32s Time To Interactive
20.4s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
18.96s First CPU Idle
18.96s Time To Interactive
19s Visually Complete
23.49s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
27.1s First CPU Idle
27.1s Time To Interactive
58.18s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
13.9s First CPU Idle
13.9s Time To Interactive
33.4s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
10.77s First CPU Idle
10.77s Time To Interactive
26.47s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.23s Largest Contentful Paint
3.23s First CPU Idle
3.23s Time To Interactive
6.65s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
8.75s First CPU Idle
8.75s Time To Interactive
10.13s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.32s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Visually Complete
4.59s First CPU Idle
4.59s Time To Interactive
12.84s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
8.28s First CPU Idle
8.28s Time To Interactive
8.4s Last Painted Hero
8.4s Visually Complete
25.07s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
21.04s First CPU Idle
21.04s Time To Interactive
41.35s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.7s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
20.41s First CPU Idle
20.41s Time To Interactive
26.19s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
12.66s First CPU Idle
41.14s Time To Interactive
83.58s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
31.84s First CPU Idle
31.84s Time To Interactive
119.8s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
14.94s First CPU Idle
14.94s Time To Interactive
69.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
13.76s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
14.36s First CPU Idle
14.36s Time To Interactive
30s Last Painted Hero
33.13s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
15.9s Last Painted Hero
15.9s Visually Complete
15.94s First CPU Idle
15.94s Time To Interactive
15.97s Largest Contentful Paint
38.14s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.17s Backend
1.6s Start Render
10.91s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
15.8s First CPU Idle
15.8s Time To Interactive
28s Visually Complete
78.01s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.09s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.88s Largest Contentful Paint
19.5s First CPU Idle
19.5s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
23.56s Fully Loaded

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