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
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
16.5s First CPU Idle
16.5s Time To Interactive
20.5s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
4.07s First CPU Idle
4.07s Time To Interactive
4.5s Visually Complete
22.25s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
23.21s First CPU Idle
23.21s Time To Interactive
27.72s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
13.74s First CPU Idle
13.74s Time To Interactive
33.43s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.77s First CPU Idle
2.77s Time To Interactive
13.67s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.29s Backend
1s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Visually Complete
3.87s First CPU Idle
3.87s Time To Interactive
8.96s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s First CPU Idle
6.4s Time To Interactive
7.6s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
24.44s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.25s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
10.6s First CPU Idle
10.6s Time To Interactive
25.64s Fully Loaded

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#9 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
11.42s First CPU Idle
11.42s Time To Interactive
64.9s Last Painted Hero
64.9s Visually Complete
70.55s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
10.39s First CPU Idle
10.39s Time To Interactive
10.5s Visually Complete
26.98s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
19.44s First CPU Idle
25.2s Visually Complete
26.55s Time To Interactive
58.65s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.69s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
17.97s First CPU Idle
39.24s Time To Interactive
46.05s Fully Loaded

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#13 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
14s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
17.59s First CPU Idle
17.59s Time To Interactive
30.16s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
16.38s First CPU Idle
16.38s Time To Interactive
24.7s Visually Complete
64.42s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
26.6s Last Painted Hero
26.6s Visually Complete
33.46s First CPU Idle
33.46s Time To Interactive
119.27s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
20.32s First CPU Idle
20.32s Time To Interactive
20.5s Last Painted Hero
20.5s Visually Complete
116.05s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.5s Start Render
11.63s Largest Contentful Paint
19.97s First CPU Idle
26.5s Visually Complete
31.46s Time To Interactive
119.84s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.11s Backend
1s Start Render
3.03s Largest Contentful Paint
17.56s First CPU Idle
17.56s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
21.98s Fully Loaded

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