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
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
21.25s First CPU Idle
21.25s Time To Interactive
87.84s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.49s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
4.77s First CPU Idle
4.77s Time To Interactive
13.03s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.59s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Visually Complete
13.6s First CPU Idle
13.6s Time To Interactive
16.96s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
2.44s First CPU Idle
2.44s Time To Interactive
14.18s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.46s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
14.27s First CPU Idle
14.27s Time To Interactive
31.8s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
10.61s First CPU Idle
10.61s Time To Interactive
15.95s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.13s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
4.18s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Visually Complete
8.49s First CPU Idle
8.49s Time To Interactive
9.77s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.35s Backend
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
10.42s First CPU Idle
10.42s Time To Interactive
16.12s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
7.06s First CPU Idle
7.06s Time To Interactive
24.56s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1s Start Render
1.56s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
5.9s First CPU Idle
5.9s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
119.58s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
19.4s First CPU Idle
19.4s Time To Interactive
34.2s Last Painted Hero
55.34s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
32.17s First CPU Idle
32.17s Time To Interactive
41s Visually Complete
119.74s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
16.7s Visually Complete
20.19s First CPU Idle
20.19s Time To Interactive
35.25s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Start Render
18.5s Last Painted Hero
18.5s Visually Complete
22.59s First CPU Idle
22.59s Time To Interactive
39.4s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
19s Last Painted Hero
37.8s Visually Complete
44.92s First CPU Idle
44.92s Time To Interactive
52.99s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.26s Backend
1s Start Render
3.26s Largest Contentful Paint
10.23s First CPU Idle
16.38s Time To Interactive
17.1s Last Painted Hero
17.1s Visually Complete
26.58s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.4s Start Render
12.15s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
18.9s First CPU Idle
18.9s Time To Interactive
19s Visually Complete
79.15s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Visually Complete
15.53s First CPU Idle
15.53s Time To Interactive
33.62s Fully Loaded

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