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
0.5s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
17.19s First CPU Idle
17.19s Time To Interactive
26.88s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
14.8s Visually Complete
18.21s First CPU Idle
18.21s Time To Interactive
32.58s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
18.06s First CPU Idle
18.06s Time To Interactive
50.84s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
22.53s First CPU Idle
22.53s Time To Interactive
56.38s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
10.81s First CPU Idle
10.81s Time To Interactive
25.5s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.54s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Visually Complete
7.73s First CPU Idle
7.73s Time To Interactive
9.52s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.99s First CPU Idle
2.99s Time To Interactive
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
6.91s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.38s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.11s Largest Contentful Paint
2.67s First CPU Idle
2.67s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.15s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
6.72s First CPU Idle
6.72s Time To Interactive
24.34s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
10.18s First CPU Idle
10.18s Time To Interactive
53.92s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.6s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
9.56s First CPU Idle
9.56s Time To Interactive
10s Visually Complete
67.95s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
5.4s Last Painted Hero
8.4s Visually Complete
10.54s First CPU Idle
10.54s Time To Interactive
76.47s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
40s Visually Complete
43.26s First CPU Idle
43.26s Time To Interactive
118.36s Fully Loaded

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#14 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
11.32s Largest Contentful Paint
11.4s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
20.95s First CPU Idle
20.95s Time To Interactive
31.64s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
17.64s First CPU Idle
17.64s Time To Interactive
31s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
75.8s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.11s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
14.84s First CPU Idle
14.84s Time To Interactive
42.93s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
15.2s First CPU Idle
15.2s Time To Interactive
31.27s Fully Loaded
32s Visually Complete

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#18 NPR
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
32.05s First CPU Idle
32.05s Time To Interactive
49.1s Visually Complete
51.48s Fully Loaded

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