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
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
10.36s First CPU Idle
10.36s Time To Interactive
16.62s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
31.69s First CPU Idle
48.25s Time To Interactive
54.31s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
8.88s First CPU Idle
8.88s Time To Interactive
36.98s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
3.05s First CPU Idle
3.05s Time To Interactive
6.71s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
7.93s First CPU Idle
7.93s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
28.54s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
19.92s First CPU Idle
19.92s Time To Interactive
31.3s Visually Complete
39.41s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.34s Backend
1s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
17.06s First CPU Idle
33.15s Time To Interactive
46.25s Fully Loaded

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#8 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
4.7s Visually Complete
7.26s First CPU Idle
7.26s Time To Interactive
51.85s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.15s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.16s Largest Contentful Paint
9.44s First CPU Idle
9.44s Time To Interactive
13.5s Visually Complete
18.54s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.07s Backend
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
14.78s First CPU Idle
14.78s Time To Interactive
55.53s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.27s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.44s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
6.56s First CPU Idle
6.56s Time To Interactive
24.63s Fully Loaded

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#12 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
9.19s First CPU Idle
9.19s Time To Interactive
10.5s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
8.7s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
9.44s First CPU Idle
9.44s Time To Interactive
25s Last Painted Hero
31.66s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.19s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Visually Complete
25.5s Last Painted Hero
28.85s First CPU Idle
34.32s Time To Interactive
119.18s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.19s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Visually Complete
17.35s First CPU Idle
17.35s Time To Interactive
32.94s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
42.4s Visually Complete
43.93s First CPU Idle
49.41s Time To Interactive
61.55s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.18s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.96s Largest Contentful Paint
18.05s First CPU Idle
18.05s Time To Interactive
18.4s Last Painted Hero
18.4s Visually Complete
28.33s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2.4s Start Render
22.7s Last Painted Hero
22.7s Visually Complete
22.73s Largest Contentful Paint
23.46s First CPU Idle
23.46s Time To Interactive
40.79s Fully Loaded

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