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
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
6.46s First CPU Idle
6.46s Time To Interactive
16.5s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.35s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
24.56s First CPU Idle
24.56s Time To Interactive
26.21s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Visually Complete
8.1s First CPU Idle
8.1s Time To Interactive
35.15s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
3.04s First CPU Idle
3.04s Time To Interactive
6.55s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.28s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
4.55s First CPU Idle
4.55s Time To Interactive
5.5s Visually Complete
9.25s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
8.66s First CPU Idle
8.66s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
29.07s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.52s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
15.29s First CPU Idle
15.29s Time To Interactive
31.57s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
14.69s First CPU Idle
14.69s Time To Interactive
19.95s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
6.52s First CPU Idle
6.52s Time To Interactive
7.1s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
24.29s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.08s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
3.62s Largest Contentful Paint
9.19s First CPU Idle
9.19s Time To Interactive
13.3s Visually Complete
18.28s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.45s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
16.31s First CPU Idle
16.31s Time To Interactive
32.6s Visually Complete
37.74s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Visually Complete
7.85s First CPU Idle
7.85s Time To Interactive
34.4s Last Painted Hero
54.27s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
14.17s First CPU Idle
14.17s Time To Interactive
56.12s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Visually Complete
16s Last Painted Hero
19.97s First CPU Idle
19.97s Time To Interactive
36.71s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
34.29s First CPU Idle
34.29s Time To Interactive
34.9s Last Painted Hero
34.9s Visually Complete
117.72s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.7s Start Render
7.42s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
15.91s First CPU Idle
15.91s Time To Interactive
28s Visually Complete
31.15s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.11s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.33s Largest Contentful Paint
11.86s First CPU Idle
18.12s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
28.07s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
21.63s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22.92s First CPU Idle
22.92s Time To Interactive
24s Visually Complete
119.25s Fully Loaded

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