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
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
16.22s First CPU Idle
16.22s Time To Interactive
49.18s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.66s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
13.2s First CPU Idle
13.2s Time To Interactive
33.18s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Visually Complete
10.61s First CPU Idle
10.61s Time To Interactive
13.47s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
3.3s Last Painted Hero
28.82s First CPU Idle
28.82s Time To Interactive
31.48s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.42s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
3.29s First CPU Idle
3.29s Time To Interactive
6.77s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
3.55s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
8.94s First CPU Idle
8.94s Time To Interactive
10.44s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
7.7s Visually Complete
7.84s First CPU Idle
7.84s Time To Interactive
24.49s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
4.41s First CPU Idle
4.41s Time To Interactive
9.5s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.42s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
19.5s Visually Complete
21.14s First CPU Idle
21.14s Time To Interactive
26.39s Fully Loaded

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#10 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
29.26s First CPU Idle
29.26s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
115.55s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
15.8s Visually Complete
17.59s First CPU Idle
17.59s Time To Interactive
50.97s Fully Loaded

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#12 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Visually Complete
17s Last Painted Hero
19.92s First CPU Idle
19.92s Time To Interactive
51.73s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
12.26s Largest Contentful Paint
14.58s First CPU Idle
14.58s Time To Interactive
28.2s Last Painted Hero
28.2s Visually Complete
31.8s Fully Loaded

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
19.11s First CPU Idle
25.86s Time To Interactive
82.99s Fully Loaded

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#15 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
13.46s First CPU Idle
16s Visually Complete
42.35s Time To Interactive
55.02s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.44s Largest Contentful Paint
17.25s First CPU Idle
17.25s Time To Interactive
39.59s Fully Loaded
44.6s Last Painted Hero
44.6s Visually Complete

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
8.17s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Last Painted Hero
14.67s First CPU Idle
29s Visually Complete
30.76s Fully Loaded
31.05s Time To Interactive

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#18 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.23s Largest Contentful Paint
17.46s First CPU Idle
17.46s Time To Interactive
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete
22.08s Fully Loaded

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