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
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete
14.77s First CPU Idle
14.77s Time To Interactive
51.18s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.4s Last Painted Hero
17.41s First CPU Idle
17.41s Time To Interactive
48.83s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
12.39s First CPU Idle
12.39s Time To Interactive
32.94s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.18s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.95s First CPU Idle
2.95s Time To Interactive
6.51s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
9.57s First CPU Idle
9.57s Time To Interactive
26.82s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
3.44s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Visually Complete
7.71s First CPU Idle
7.71s Time To Interactive
9.68s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
6.04s First CPU Idle
6.04s Time To Interactive
6.8s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
24.1s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
14s Last Painted Hero
14.74s First CPU Idle
14.74s Time To Interactive
55.71s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.6s Backend
1.35s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
15.42s First CPU Idle
15.42s Time To Interactive
23.76s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
14.49s First CPU Idle
14.49s Time To Interactive
71.44s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
9.74s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Visually Complete
12.98s First CPU Idle
12.98s Time To Interactive
25.8s Last Painted Hero
31.43s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
3.4s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
20.01s First CPU Idle
20.01s Time To Interactive
83.64s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
12.25s First CPU Idle
12.25s Time To Interactive
15.3s Visually Complete
54.52s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.34s Backend
1s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
8.87s First CPU Idle
8.87s Time To Interactive
119.15s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.78s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
15.8s First CPU Idle
15.8s Time To Interactive
37.19s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.5s Start Render
8.12s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
14.16s First CPU Idle
22s Visually Complete
30.96s Time To Interactive
76.28s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
2.79s Largest Contentful Paint
16.04s First CPU Idle
16.04s Time To Interactive
16.4s Last Painted Hero
16.4s Visually Complete
17.6s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
33.2s First CPU Idle
33.2s Time To Interactive
55s Visually Complete
70.7s Last Painted Hero
117s Fully Loaded

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