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
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
15.33s First CPU Idle
15.33s Time To Interactive
56.68s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Visually Complete
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
12.75s First CPU Idle
12.75s Time To Interactive
27.38s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
8.51s First CPU Idle
8.51s Time To Interactive
10.71s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
23.36s First CPU Idle
23.36s Time To Interactive
25.87s Fully Loaded

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#5 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
20.69s First CPU Idle
20.69s Time To Interactive
47.95s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.13s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
4.62s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
9.49s First CPU Idle
9.49s Time To Interactive
10.92s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
3.17s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.21s First CPU Idle
3.21s Time To Interactive
7.16s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.74s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
18.9s First CPU Idle
18.9s Time To Interactive
21.37s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
8.66s First CPU Idle
8.66s Time To Interactive
24.55s Fully Loaded

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#10 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Last Painted Hero
9.34s First CPU Idle
9.34s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
75.79s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.11s First CPU Idle
8.11s Time To Interactive
8.5s Visually Complete
61.67s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
27.47s First CPU Idle
32.58s Time To Interactive
74s Visually Complete
87.3s Fully Loaded

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.4s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
4.82s First CPU Idle
4.82s Time To Interactive
5.1s Last Painted Hero
13.2s Visually Complete
13.28s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
42.17s First CPU Idle
42.17s Time To Interactive
119.05s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.87s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
11.46s First CPU Idle
11.46s Time To Interactive
24.9s Visually Complete
45.56s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
15.13s First CPU Idle
15.13s Time To Interactive
42.49s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.14s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.83s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
24.71s First CPU Idle
24.71s Time To Interactive
30.54s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.2s Start Render
6.37s Largest Contentful Paint
9.81s First CPU Idle
9.81s Time To Interactive
10.5s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
52.28s Fully Loaded

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