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
0.7s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
28.92s First CPU Idle
28.92s Time To Interactive
36.62s Fully Loaded

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#2 YAHOO NEWS
0.39s Backend
1s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.5s Visually Complete
19.83s First CPU Idle
35.75s Time To Interactive
58.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.49s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
27.54s First CPU Idle
39.85s Time To Interactive
48.27s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
11.83s First CPU Idle
11.83s Time To Interactive
23s Visually Complete
31.64s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
16.26s First CPU Idle
16.26s Time To Interactive
26.32s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
2.97s Largest Contentful Paint
3.91s First CPU Idle
3.91s Time To Interactive
6.83s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
4.55s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Visually Complete
11.1s First CPU Idle
11.1s Time To Interactive
12.91s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
11.88s First CPU Idle
11.88s Time To Interactive
16.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
10.13s First CPU Idle
10.13s Time To Interactive
54.62s Fully Loaded
59.5s Visually Complete

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
12.2s Visually Complete
23.33s First CPU Idle
23.33s Time To Interactive
37.94s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
12.38s First CPU Idle
12.38s Time To Interactive
35.06s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
4.16s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Visually Complete
21.83s First CPU Idle
21.83s Time To Interactive
69.11s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.09s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.14s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
32.2s Visually Complete
40.61s First CPU Idle
40.61s Time To Interactive
119.29s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.05s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.03s First CPU Idle
11.03s Time To Interactive
13s Visually Complete
19.53s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
13.16s Largest Contentful Paint
13.99s First CPU Idle
13.99s Time To Interactive
14s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
36.01s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
7.15s First CPU Idle
7.15s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
53.6s Visually Complete
56.73s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
6.57s Largest Contentful Paint
15.17s First CPU Idle
15.17s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
39.18s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.22s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.63s Largest Contentful Paint
19.7s Last Painted Hero
19.7s Visually Complete
20.89s First CPU Idle
20.89s Time To Interactive
27.04s Fully Loaded

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