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
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
13.05s First CPU Idle
13.05s Time To Interactive
15.03s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.6s Last Painted Hero
0.61s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
12.58s First CPU Idle
12.58s Time To Interactive
23.74s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.5s Visually Complete
1.56s Largest Contentful Paint
1.91s First CPU Idle
1.91s Time To Interactive
3.76s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
7.41s First CPU Idle
7.41s Time To Interactive
15.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.11s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
3.97s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Visually Complete
7.65s First CPU Idle
7.65s Time To Interactive
9.24s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
25.74s First CPU Idle
25.74s Time To Interactive
118.98s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
3.33s First CPU Idle
3.33s Time To Interactive
3.7s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete
4s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
15.2s Visually Complete
26.75s Fully Loaded
31.58s First CPU Idle
31.58s Time To Interactive

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#9 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
5.7s Visually Complete
21.23s First CPU Idle
35.69s Time To Interactive
65.2s Last Painted Hero
82.94s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
30.82s First CPU Idle
30.82s Time To Interactive
108.66s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
17s Last Painted Hero
24.25s First CPU Idle
24.25s Time To Interactive
116s Visually Complete
119.41s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
39.8s First CPU Idle
72.62s Time To Interactive
81s Last Painted Hero
81s Visually Complete
81.66s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
21.9s Visually Complete
25.08s First CPU Idle
25.08s Time To Interactive
119.26s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.2s Start Render
18.25s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
21.9s First CPU Idle
21.9s Time To Interactive
37s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.19s Backend
1s Start Render
14.71s First CPU Idle
14.71s Time To Interactive
85.18s Largest Contentful Paint
97.87s Fully Loaded
98.1s Last Painted Hero
98.1s Visually Complete

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#16 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
7.15s First CPU Idle
7.15s Time To Interactive
9s Visually Complete
24.99s Fully Loaded

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