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
0.9s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
20.61s First CPU Idle
20.61s Time To Interactive
85.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
4.56s First CPU Idle
4.56s Time To Interactive
12.89s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
12.98s First CPU Idle
12.98s Time To Interactive
26s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
26.69s First CPU Idle
49.26s Time To Interactive
61.75s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
14.93s First CPU Idle
14.93s Time To Interactive
32.14s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.55s First CPU Idle
2.55s Time To Interactive
4.3s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
3.84s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Visually Complete
8.89s First CPU Idle
8.89s Time To Interactive
10.03s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
5.23s First CPU Idle
5.23s Time To Interactive
10.95s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.37s Backend
1s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
14.53s First CPU Idle
14.53s Time To Interactive
16.53s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
16.96s First CPU Idle
16.96s Time To Interactive
18.24s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
8.44s First CPU Idle
8.44s Time To Interactive
25.59s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
33.37s First CPU Idle
33.37s Time To Interactive
41s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
118.77s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Visually Complete
32.45s First CPU Idle
32.45s Time To Interactive
95.59s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.58s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Start Render
6.4s Last Painted Hero
14.3s Visually Complete
21.36s First CPU Idle
21.36s Time To Interactive
38.86s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.66s Largest Contentful Paint
27.67s First CPU Idle
27.67s Time To Interactive
83.5s Last Painted Hero
83.5s Visually Complete
86.06s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.16s Backend
1s Start Render
2.98s Largest Contentful Paint
19.01s First CPU Idle
19.01s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
51.36s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.25s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
20.8s First CPU Idle
20.8s Time To Interactive
39s Visually Complete
80.22s Fully Loaded

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