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
0.9s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
11.3s Visually Complete
16.15s First CPU Idle
16.15s Time To Interactive
18.99s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
33.42s First CPU Idle
33.42s Time To Interactive
74.5s Visually Complete
77s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
26.93s First CPU Idle
26.93s Time To Interactive
53.96s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.18s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
20.15s First CPU Idle
20.15s Time To Interactive
53.68s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.44s Backend
1s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s First CPU Idle
2.3s Time To Interactive
2.86s Fully Loaded
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
9.85s First CPU Idle
9.85s Time To Interactive
25.18s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
3.33s Largest Contentful Paint
3.46s First CPU Idle
3.46s Time To Interactive
7.05s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.06s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
6.2s Visually Complete
9.26s First CPU Idle
9.26s Time To Interactive
12.06s Fully Loaded

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#9 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
9.07s First CPU Idle
9.07s Time To Interactive
15s Visually Complete
81.73s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
12.02s First CPU Idle
12.02s Time To Interactive
56.45s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.67s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
35.25s First CPU Idle
35.25s Time To Interactive
119.46s Fully Loaded

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#12 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.2s Visually Complete
7.25s First CPU Idle
7.25s Time To Interactive
71.75s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.15s Largest Contentful Paint
14.06s First CPU Idle
14.06s Time To Interactive
24s Visually Complete
26.5s Last Painted Hero
78.08s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.6s Start Render
11.21s Largest Contentful Paint
13.7s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
15.49s First CPU Idle
15.49s Time To Interactive
43.46s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
19.43s First CPU Idle
19.43s Time To Interactive
33s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
81.64s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.24s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.21s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
15.13s First CPU Idle
31.05s Time To Interactive
31.07s Fully Loaded
36.1s Visually Complete

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
1.08s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.12s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
20.98s First CPU Idle
35s Visually Complete
56.77s Time To Interactive
68.38s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.15s Backend
1s Start Render
3.19s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
29.35s First CPU Idle
29.35s Time To Interactive
71.8s Visually Complete
72.89s Fully Loaded

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