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 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.46s Largest Contentful Paint
1.19s First CPU Idle
1.19s Time To Interactive
1.2s Visually Complete
1.85s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
14.26s First CPU Idle
14.26s Time To Interactive
18.54s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
0.28s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.4s Visually Complete
28.81s First CPU Idle
28.81s Time To Interactive
69.9s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
9.46s First CPU Idle
9.46s Time To Interactive
26.64s Fully Loaded

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#5 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
5.68s First CPU Idle
5.68s Time To Interactive
39.41s Fully Loaded

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#6 THE ONION
0.05s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.49s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.3s Last Painted Hero
23.18s First CPU Idle
23.18s Time To Interactive
25.71s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
10.39s First CPU Idle
23.46s Time To Interactive
29.56s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.98s First CPU Idle
5.98s Time To Interactive
6.8s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
22.92s Fully Loaded

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#9 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
3.29s First CPU Idle
3.29s Time To Interactive
9.16s Fully Loaded

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#10 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Last Painted Hero
7.34s First CPU Idle
7.34s Time To Interactive
22s Visually Complete
67.51s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Visually Complete
11.27s First CPU Idle
11.27s Time To Interactive
41.33s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.38s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
4.49s First CPU Idle
4.49s Time To Interactive
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.7s Visually Complete
9.16s Fully Loaded

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#13 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.71s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
10.94s First CPU Idle
10.94s Time To Interactive
23.13s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
9s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
11.65s First CPU Idle
11.65s Time To Interactive
19.59s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.69s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
35.69s First CPU Idle
35.69s Time To Interactive
62s Visually Complete
119.47s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
1.9s Start Render
9.44s Largest Contentful Paint
11.72s First CPU Idle
11.72s Time To Interactive
12.3s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
42.07s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.35s Largest Contentful Paint
11.1s First CPU Idle
11.1s Time To Interactive
12s Visually Complete
28.99s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.18s Backend
1s Start Render
3.82s Largest Contentful Paint
20.96s First CPU Idle
20.96s Time To Interactive
21.9s Last Painted Hero
21.9s Visually Complete
42.26s Fully Loaded

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