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
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
15.26s First CPU Idle
15.26s Time To Interactive
82.64s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.15s First CPU Idle
4.15s Time To Interactive
12.39s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
11.5s First CPU Idle
11.5s Time To Interactive
32.94s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.95s First CPU Idle
1.95s Time To Interactive
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
4.12s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
4.07s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
9.26s First CPU Idle
9.26s Time To Interactive
10.71s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
9.02s First CPU Idle
9.02s Time To Interactive
25.09s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.08s Backend
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
24.3s First CPU Idle
24.3s Time To Interactive
29.97s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
4.3s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
20.53s First CPU Idle
20.53s Time To Interactive
84s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.43s Backend
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
13.65s First CPU Idle
13.65s Time To Interactive
15.5s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.73s First CPU Idle
5.73s Time To Interactive
8s Visually Complete
10.97s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
7s Last Painted Hero
12.69s First CPU Idle
12.69s Time To Interactive
56.81s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
12.62s First CPU Idle
12.62s Time To Interactive
55.64s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.44s Largest Contentful Paint
12.52s First CPU Idle
12.52s Time To Interactive
27s Last Painted Hero
31.32s Fully Loaded
34s Visually Complete

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
32.16s First CPU Idle
34s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
40.17s Time To Interactive
119.03s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.6s Start Render
6.74s Largest Contentful Paint
9.1s Last Painted Hero
12.93s First CPU Idle
12.93s Time To Interactive
13s Visually Complete
29.91s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
21.74s First CPU Idle
21.74s Time To Interactive
118.89s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.24s Backend
1s Start Render
3.24s Largest Contentful Paint
17.3s First CPU Idle
17.3s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
62.5s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
30.03s First CPU Idle
30.03s Time To Interactive
45s Last Painted Hero
45s Visually Complete
52.23s Fully Loaded

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