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
0.5s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
17.2s First CPU Idle
17.2s Time To Interactive
17.5s Visually Complete
26.87s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Visually Complete
19.07s First CPU Idle
19.07s Time To Interactive
61.72s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
19.44s First CPU Idle
19.44s Time To Interactive
21.79s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.12s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
20.19s First CPU Idle
20.19s Time To Interactive
34.61s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
9.49s First CPU Idle
9.49s Time To Interactive
10.3s Visually Complete
25.57s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
4.15s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
8.84s First CPU Idle
8.84s Time To Interactive
9.52s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.19s Largest Contentful Paint
3.62s First CPU Idle
3.62s Time To Interactive
7.27s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
2.82s First CPU Idle
2.82s Time To Interactive
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.05s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
9.32s First CPU Idle
9.32s Time To Interactive
24.44s Fully Loaded

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#10 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Last Painted Hero
8.35s First CPU Idle
8.35s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
74.47s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.64s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
36.49s First CPU Idle
36.49s Time To Interactive
37s Visually Complete
69.2s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
11.44s Largest Contentful Paint
14.25s First CPU Idle
14.25s Time To Interactive
27.2s Last Painted Hero
27.2s Visually Complete
55.69s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
9.83s First CPU Idle
9.83s Time To Interactive
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
16.51s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
13.1s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Visually Complete
14.81s First CPU Idle
14.81s Time To Interactive
116.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.79s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
14.03s First CPU Idle
30.56s Fully Loaded
30.93s Time To Interactive
31.4s Visually Complete

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#16 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
19.33s First CPU Idle
19.33s Time To Interactive
32s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
76.31s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.28s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
26.77s First CPU Idle
26.77s Time To Interactive
29s Visually Complete
71.11s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
29.44s First CPU Idle
29.44s Time To Interactive
88s Visually Complete
118.86s Fully Loaded

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