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 FORBES
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Visually Complete
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
31.46s First CPU Idle
31.46s Time To Interactive
40.79s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
19.5s First CPU Idle
19.5s Time To Interactive
26.95s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
4.45s First CPU Idle
4.45s Time To Interactive
12.52s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
2.08s First CPU Idle
2.08s Time To Interactive
3.74s Fully Loaded

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#5 YAHOO NEWS
0.3s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
7.35s First CPU Idle
7.35s Time To Interactive
8.47s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.6s Last Painted Hero
0.62s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
11.72s First CPU Idle
11.72s Time To Interactive
16.62s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
5s Visually Complete
8.43s First CPU Idle
8.43s Time To Interactive
9.65s Fully Loaded

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#8 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
25.81s First CPU Idle
25.81s Time To Interactive
32.5s Last Painted Hero
32.5s Visually Complete
93.27s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.49s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.08s First CPU Idle
7.08s Time To Interactive
10.3s Visually Complete
12.22s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
14.31s First CPU Idle
14.31s Time To Interactive
26.36s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
3.82s First CPU Idle
3.82s Time To Interactive
4.1s Last Painted Hero
4.1s Visually Complete
4.21s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.9s Visually Complete
13.35s First CPU Idle
13.35s Time To Interactive
43.38s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
10.61s First CPU Idle
34.3s Last Painted Hero
34.3s Visually Complete
35.8s Time To Interactive
54.19s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
26.63s First CPU Idle
26.63s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
29.19s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.9s Start Render
6.2s Last Painted Hero
6.23s Largest Contentful Paint
8.9s Visually Complete
19.55s First CPU Idle
19.55s Time To Interactive
38.65s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3.59s Largest Contentful Paint
20.8s First CPU Idle
20.8s Time To Interactive
22s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
26.57s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.17s Backend
1.2s Start Render
11.65s Largest Contentful Paint
33.07s First CPU Idle
40s Visually Complete
56.84s Time To Interactive
93.12s Fully Loaded

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