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
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
10.1s First CPU Idle
10.1s Time To Interactive
16.65s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.27s First CPU Idle
4.27s Time To Interactive
12.46s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
9.54s First CPU Idle
9.54s Time To Interactive
32.09s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
2.42s Largest Contentful Paint
3.39s First CPU Idle
3.39s Time To Interactive
4.4s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
12.7s First CPU Idle
12.7s Time To Interactive
16.28s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.18s First CPU Idle
8.18s Time To Interactive
19s Visually Complete
28.82s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
4.15s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
10.05s First CPU Idle
10.05s Time To Interactive
11.52s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
9.01s First CPU Idle
9.01s Time To Interactive
9.1s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
25.88s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4s Last Painted Hero
5.66s First CPU Idle
5.66s Time To Interactive
8s Visually Complete
25.11s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.52s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
16.57s First CPU Idle
16.57s Time To Interactive
23.7s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.85s First CPU Idle
5.85s Time To Interactive
34.1s Last Painted Hero
34.1s Visually Complete
51.2s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
27.07s First CPU Idle
27.07s Time To Interactive
28s Visually Complete
119.64s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
14.66s First CPU Idle
14.66s Time To Interactive
25.3s Last Painted Hero
25.3s Visually Complete
55.45s Fully Loaded

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#14 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
9.73s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
17.04s First CPU Idle
17.04s Time To Interactive
28s Last Painted Hero
31.69s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.6s Start Render
7.17s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
13.88s First CPU Idle
13.88s Time To Interactive
22s Visually Complete
30.42s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
40.45s First CPU Idle
40.45s Time To Interactive
40.9s Visually Complete
46.17s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.14s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.52s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
24.57s First CPU Idle
24.57s Time To Interactive
25.3s Visually Complete
33.36s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.77s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Last Painted Hero
25.86s First CPU Idle
25.86s Time To Interactive
28.4s Visually Complete
41.07s Fully Loaded

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