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
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
14.67s First CPU Idle
14.67s Time To Interactive
50.07s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Visually Complete
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
14.55s First CPU Idle
14.55s Time To Interactive
54.25s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Visually Complete
1.55s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
18.51s First CPU Idle
18.51s Time To Interactive
22.97s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.11s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
8.94s First CPU Idle
8.94s Time To Interactive
47.13s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
3.81s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
9.23s First CPU Idle
9.23s Time To Interactive
10.92s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.68s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
3.23s First CPU Idle
3.23s Time To Interactive
7.11s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s Visually Complete
10.99s First CPU Idle
10.99s Time To Interactive
27.62s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.26s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Visually Complete
4.48s First CPU Idle
4.48s Time To Interactive
9.62s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
8.6s First CPU Idle
8.6s Time To Interactive
26.19s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.52s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
13.52s First CPU Idle
13.52s Time To Interactive
51.23s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
9.67s First CPU Idle
9.67s Time To Interactive
34s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
54.17s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
21.96s First CPU Idle
21.96s Time To Interactive
48.5s Visually Complete
56.26s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
11.95s Largest Contentful Paint
13.96s First CPU Idle
13.96s Time To Interactive
27.7s Last Painted Hero
27.7s Visually Complete
31.9s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
0.79s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.77s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
26.11s First CPU Idle
26.11s Time To Interactive
60.9s Visually Complete
66.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
26.16s First CPU Idle
26.16s Time To Interactive
48.6s Visually Complete
115.07s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
17.37s First CPU Idle
17.37s Time To Interactive
38.49s Fully Loaded
43s Visually Complete

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#17 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.22s Largest Contentful Paint
16.7s First CPU Idle
16.7s Time To Interactive
17s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
21.63s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.34s Largest Contentful Paint
15.35s First CPU Idle
15.35s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
64.88s Fully Loaded

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