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
0.8s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
8s Last Painted Hero
10.51s First CPU Idle
10.51s Time To Interactive
16.91s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.4s Visually Complete
4.63s First CPU Idle
4.63s Time To Interactive
13.47s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.7s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
2.17s First CPU Idle
2.17s Time To Interactive
3.74s Fully Loaded

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#4 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
4.18s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
9.48s First CPU Idle
9.48s Time To Interactive
11.37s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.6s Last Painted Hero
0.64s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
9.61s First CPU Idle
9.61s Time To Interactive
24.2s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.22s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
9.4s Visually Complete
12.32s First CPU Idle
12.32s Time To Interactive
12.45s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Start Render
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.29s First CPU Idle
6.29s Time To Interactive
12s Visually Complete
21.37s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
4.35s First CPU Idle
4.35s Time To Interactive
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
4.69s Fully Loaded

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#9 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
14.98s First CPU Idle
14.98s Time To Interactive
35.6s Last Painted Hero
35.6s Visually Complete
55.2s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
16.16s First CPU Idle
16.16s Time To Interactive
19.8s Visually Complete
33.13s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
36.46s First CPU Idle
69.26s Time To Interactive
95.56s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
41.7s First CPU Idle
54.18s Time To Interactive
56.1s Last Painted Hero
56.1s Visually Complete
59.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
37.34s First CPU Idle
37.34s Time To Interactive
52s Last Painted Hero
76.1s Visually Complete
119.34s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
3.06s Backend
5.6s Start Render
9.11s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
28.12s First CPU Idle
28.12s Time To Interactive
98.24s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.11s Backend
0.8s Start Render
11.66s Largest Contentful Paint
17.75s First CPU Idle
17.75s Time To Interactive
24.99s Fully Loaded
25.3s Last Painted Hero
25.3s Visually Complete

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.5s Start Render
17.29s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
20.8s First CPU Idle
20.8s Time To Interactive
74.8s Visually Complete
117.47s Fully Loaded

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#17 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
33.38s First CPU Idle
68s Last Painted Hero
68s Visually Complete
98.6s Time To Interactive
116.88s Fully Loaded

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