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
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
19.18s First CPU Idle
19.18s Time To Interactive
86.14s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.09s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.53s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
13.34s First CPU Idle
13.34s Time To Interactive
25.81s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.33s Largest Contentful Paint
2.41s First CPU Idle
2.41s Time To Interactive
13.95s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE ONION
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
2.43s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Visually Complete
2.8s Last Painted Hero
4.87s First CPU Idle
4.87s Time To Interactive
12.63s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.66s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
10.2s Visually Complete
14.66s First CPU Idle
14.66s Time To Interactive
16.79s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.32s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
15.56s First CPU Idle
15.56s Time To Interactive
17.58s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
7.84s First CPU Idle
7.84s Time To Interactive
8.2s Last Painted Hero
8.2s Visually Complete
25.63s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
5.75s First CPU Idle
5.75s Time To Interactive
7.5s Visually Complete
23.69s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.15s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.11s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Visually Complete
11.19s First CPU Idle
11.19s Time To Interactive
12.96s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
18.52s First CPU Idle
18.52s Time To Interactive
21.04s Fully Loaded
25s Visually Complete

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#11 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
31.61s First CPU Idle
31.61s Time To Interactive
34.2s Last Painted Hero
34.2s Visually Complete
117.48s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.5s Start Render
3.14s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
21.9s First CPU Idle
21.9s Time To Interactive
40.25s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
9.7s Visually Complete
13.81s First CPU Idle
13.81s Time To Interactive
62.74s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Visually Complete
20s Last Painted Hero
33.28s First CPU Idle
33.28s Time To Interactive
41.89s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
1.7s Start Render
4.7s Last Painted Hero
4.96s Largest Contentful Paint
15.51s First CPU Idle
15.51s Time To Interactive
42.3s Visually Complete
51.29s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.19s Backend
1s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
16.68s First CPU Idle
16.68s Time To Interactive
17.1s Last Painted Hero
17.1s Visually Complete
51.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
25.62s First CPU Idle
25.62s Time To Interactive
86.47s Fully Loaded
91.5s Visually Complete

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