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 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
5.32s First CPU Idle
5.32s Time To Interactive
11.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.58s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Start Render
4.6s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
11.72s First CPU Idle
11.72s Time To Interactive
19.16s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
15.95s First CPU Idle
15.95s Time To Interactive
18s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
13.59s First CPU Idle
13.59s Time To Interactive
15.59s Fully Loaded

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#5 NPR
0.17s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
8.96s First CPU Idle
8.96s Time To Interactive
25.2s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
9.33s First CPU Idle
9.33s Time To Interactive
27.07s Fully Loaded

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#7 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
5.14s First CPU Idle
5.14s Time To Interactive
64.29s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
6.12s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
13.07s First CPU Idle
13.07s Time To Interactive
18.77s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.28s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
3.34s First CPU Idle
3.34s Time To Interactive
3.49s Fully Loaded
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.5s Visually Complete

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
16.25s First CPU Idle
16.25s Time To Interactive
26.6s Visually Complete
28.19s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
25.94s First CPU Idle
34.67s Time To Interactive
56.1s Visually Complete
62.84s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
7.49s First CPU Idle
7.49s Time To Interactive
18.07s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
7.49s Largest Contentful Paint
10.07s First CPU Idle
10.07s Time To Interactive
20s Visually Complete
23s Last Painted Hero
31.46s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Last Painted Hero
46.66s First CPU Idle
46.66s Time To Interactive
61s Visually Complete
119.86s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
6.98s First CPU Idle
6.98s Time To Interactive
36.82s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
11.93s First CPU Idle
11.93s Time To Interactive
12.6s Last Painted Hero
12.6s Visually Complete
35.92s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
4.6s Largest Contentful Paint
11.86s First CPU Idle
11.86s Time To Interactive
58s Visually Complete
74.15s Fully Loaded
76s Last Painted Hero

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#18 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
5.86s First CPU Idle
5.86s Time To Interactive
12.59s Fully Loaded

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