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
0.9s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
27.04s First CPU Idle
27.04s Time To Interactive
36.84s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
8.67s First CPU Idle
8.67s Time To Interactive
33.27s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
21.25s First CPU Idle
21.25s Time To Interactive
62.24s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.63s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
3.42s First CPU Idle
3.42s Time To Interactive
6.85s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
9.36s First CPU Idle
9.36s Time To Interactive
11.05s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.06s Backend
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
8.5s Last Painted Hero
13.75s First CPU Idle
13.75s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
55.26s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
7.2s Visually Complete
10.58s First CPU Idle
10.58s Time To Interactive
27.49s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.47s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
21.37s First CPU Idle
21.37s Time To Interactive
54.75s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
8.67s First CPU Idle
8.67s Time To Interactive
9.5s Last Painted Hero
9.8s Visually Complete
26.2s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.58s First CPU Idle
5.58s Time To Interactive
7.43s Fully Loaded
7.5s Visually Complete

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
30.02s First CPU Idle
30.02s Time To Interactive
45.3s Visually Complete
64.71s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
8.91s First CPU Idle
8.91s Time To Interactive
35s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
53.52s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
4.04s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Visually Complete
22.25s First CPU Idle
22.25s Time To Interactive
46.07s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
23.18s First CPU Idle
23.18s Time To Interactive
55.8s Visually Complete
65.46s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.4s Start Render
8.17s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
14.36s First CPU Idle
14.36s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
87.45s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
27.05s First CPU Idle
32.78s Time To Interactive
33.2s Visually Complete
118.8s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
15.3s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
16.05s First CPU Idle
16.05s Time To Interactive
37.7s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.11s Backend
1s Start Render
3.02s Largest Contentful Paint
17.1s Last Painted Hero
17.1s Visually Complete
25.63s First CPU Idle
35.57s Time To Interactive
66.37s Fully Loaded

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