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
9.4s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
17.95s First CPU Idle
17.95s Time To Interactive
85.17s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.3s Last Painted Hero
4.62s First CPU Idle
4.62s Time To Interactive
12.94s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.55s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Visually Complete
15.66s First CPU Idle
15.66s Time To Interactive
18.82s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
2.44s First CPU Idle
2.44s Time To Interactive
3.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.15s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
8.9s First CPU Idle
8.9s Time To Interactive
10.27s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
11.25s First CPU Idle
11.25s Time To Interactive
12s Visually Complete
16.33s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.25s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
4.5s Visually Complete
4.63s First CPU Idle
4.63s Time To Interactive
10.76s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.33s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
17.87s Fully Loaded
18.12s First CPU Idle
18.12s Time To Interactive

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
7.11s First CPU Idle
7.11s Time To Interactive
24.75s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
10.41s First CPU Idle
10.41s Time To Interactive
25.29s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
44.92s First CPU Idle
60.45s Time To Interactive
63s Last Painted Hero
63s Visually Complete
119.05s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
24.43s First CPU Idle
35.84s Time To Interactive
83.6s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.8s Start Render
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
18.6s Last Painted Hero
18.6s Visually Complete
23.45s First CPU Idle
23.45s Time To Interactive
40.63s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
29.76s First CPU Idle
37.9s Visually Complete
43.89s Time To Interactive
44.92s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
22.2s Visually Complete
26.15s First CPU Idle
26.15s Time To Interactive
56.05s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.41s Backend
1.3s Start Render
4.76s Largest Contentful Paint
19.7s Last Painted Hero
19.7s Visually Complete
21.98s First CPU Idle
21.98s Time To Interactive
27.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.3s Start Render
24.33s Largest Contentful Paint
33.35s First CPU Idle
33.35s Time To Interactive
34.8s Last Painted Hero
62.6s Visually Complete
63.45s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Visually Complete
15.53s First CPU Idle
15.53s Time To Interactive
33.62s Fully Loaded

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