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 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s First CPU Idle
2.1s Time To Interactive
3.73s Fully Loaded

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#2 YAHOO NEWS
0.26s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
39.7s First CPU Idle
39.7s Time To Interactive
57.65s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
14.26s First CPU Idle
34.65s Time To Interactive
95.9s Last Painted Hero
95.9s Visually Complete
113.84s Fully Loaded

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#4 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
41.26s First CPU Idle
41.26s Time To Interactive
67s Visually Complete
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
9.8s Last Painted Hero
35.69s First CPU Idle
35.69s Time To Interactive
43s Visually Complete
116.78s Fully Loaded

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#6 NEW YORK TIMES
0.28s Backend
1.4s Start Render
11.12s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
18.31s First CPU Idle
18.31s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
53.79s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.19s Backend
1s Start Render
12.93s First CPU Idle
12.93s Time To Interactive
48.14s Largest Contentful Paint
61.6s Last Painted Hero
61.6s Visually Complete
70.62s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
11.39s First CPU Idle
11.39s Time To Interactive
14.72s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.6s Last Painted Hero
0.64s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
9.36s First CPU Idle
9.36s Time To Interactive
23.71s Fully Loaded

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#10 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
6.6s First CPU Idle
6.6s Time To Interactive
15.61s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Visually Complete
8.09s First CPU Idle
8.09s Time To Interactive
9.94s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
17.02s First CPU Idle
17.02s Time To Interactive
26.82s Fully Loaded

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#13 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
3.42s First CPU Idle
3.42s Time To Interactive
3.9s Last Painted Hero
3.9s Visually Complete
3.92s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
60.34s First CPU Idle
60.34s Time To Interactive
108.5s Last Painted Hero
108.5s Visually Complete
112.16s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
25.67s First CPU Idle
25.67s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
119.63s Fully Loaded

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