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
0.6s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.52s First CPU Idle
6.52s Time To Interactive
8.5s Visually Complete
16.5s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.7s Visually Complete
2.8s Last Painted Hero
5.24s First CPU Idle
5.24s Time To Interactive
13.15s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.41s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Visually Complete
16.21s First CPU Idle
16.21s Time To Interactive
17.55s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
2.58s First CPU Idle
2.58s Time To Interactive
14.22s 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
9.5s Visually Complete
10.54s First CPU Idle
10.54s Time To Interactive
15.73s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.12s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
9.79s First CPU Idle
9.79s Time To Interactive
11.41s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.17s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
10.91s Fully Loaded
12.62s First CPU Idle
12.62s Time To Interactive

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#8 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
3.29s First CPU Idle
3.29s Time To Interactive
3.6s Last Painted Hero
3.6s Visually Complete
3.73s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.25s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Last Painted Hero
5.75s First CPU Idle
5.75s Time To Interactive
5.8s Visually Complete
11.02s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
13.97s First CPU Idle
13.97s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
19.58s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.03s Largest Contentful Paint
30.92s First CPU Idle
30.92s Time To Interactive
36s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
81.55s Fully Loaded

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#12 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
16s Visually Complete
28.97s First CPU Idle
28.97s Time To Interactive
51.27s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
24.37s First CPU Idle
36s Visually Complete
37.02s Time To Interactive
66.7s Last Painted Hero
75.04s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
21.03s First CPU Idle
21.03s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
38.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
26.6s Visually Complete
26.88s First CPU Idle
26.88s Time To Interactive
46.22s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.3s Start Render
12.97s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
19.98s First CPU Idle
19.98s Time To Interactive
21s Visually Complete
53.66s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.15s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
30.53s First CPU Idle
30.53s Time To Interactive
67.82s Fully Loaded

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