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 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Visually Complete
29.79s First CPU Idle
29.79s Time To Interactive
30.59s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
15.67s First CPU Idle
15.67s Time To Interactive
56.61s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
16.35s First CPU Idle
16.35s Time To Interactive
22.23s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
26.76s First CPU Idle
26.76s Time To Interactive
34.97s Fully Loaded

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#5 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.9s Visually Complete
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
22.09s First CPU Idle
22.09s Time To Interactive
30.38s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.12s Backend
1.5s Start Render
4.5s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
9.52s First CPU Idle
9.52s Time To Interactive
40.1s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
5.6s Visually Complete
7.85s First CPU Idle
7.85s Time To Interactive
80.42s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.38s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
2.28s First CPU Idle
2.28s Time To Interactive
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
4.45s Fully Loaded

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#9 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
3.33s Largest Contentful Paint
3.53s First CPU Idle
3.53s Time To Interactive
7.27s Fully Loaded

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#10 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
17.75s First CPU Idle
17.75s Time To Interactive
20s Visually Complete
25.85s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
6.82s First CPU Idle
6.82s Time To Interactive
7s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
70.09s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
4.6s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
11.61s First CPU Idle
11.61s Time To Interactive
76.93s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1s Start Render
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.9s Visually Complete
9.03s First CPU Idle
9.03s Time To Interactive
15.14s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
0.43s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
31.39s First CPU Idle
64.39s Time To Interactive
64.4s Visually Complete
69.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
38.78s First CPU Idle
38.78s Time To Interactive
61.31s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.09s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
11.8s First CPU Idle
34.07s Time To Interactive
52s Visually Complete
63.28s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
13.97s First CPU Idle
13.97s Time To Interactive
14s Last Painted Hero
14.01s Largest Contentful Paint
27.3s Visually Complete
37.42s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
3.03s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
25.09s First CPU Idle
32.71s Time To Interactive
46.66s Fully Loaded

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