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
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
30.63s First CPU Idle
30.63s Time To Interactive
36.78s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Visually Complete
26.27s First CPU Idle
42.03s Time To Interactive
56.2s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
8.87s First CPU Idle
8.87s Time To Interactive
12.68s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
9.5s Visually Complete
10s Last Painted Hero
16.45s First CPU Idle
16.45s Time To Interactive
28.43s Fully Loaded

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#5 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
25.83s First CPU Idle
25.83s Time To Interactive
33.4s Fully Loaded

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#6 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
22.97s First CPU Idle
22.97s Time To Interactive
27s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.65s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
3.34s First CPU Idle
3.34s Time To Interactive
14.62s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
6.63s First CPU Idle
6.63s Time To Interactive
8.3s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
26.27s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.38s Backend
1s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
2.93s First CPU Idle
2.93s Time To Interactive
3.03s Fully Loaded
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete

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#10 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
36.33s First CPU Idle
36.33s Time To Interactive
118.85s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.64s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
28.85s First CPU Idle
40.33s Time To Interactive
69.25s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
11.75s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
15.15s First CPU Idle
15.15s Time To Interactive
27.9s Last Painted Hero
31.71s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.92s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
17.4s Visually Complete
23.99s First CPU Idle
23.99s Time To Interactive
41.03s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.8s Start Render
7.9s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
14.43s First CPU Idle
31.14s Time To Interactive
31.86s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.5s Largest Contentful Paint
17.6s Last Painted Hero
17.6s Visually Complete
18.05s First CPU Idle
18.05s Time To Interactive
39.04s Fully Loaded

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#16 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
12.67s First CPU Idle
29s Visually Complete
36.03s Time To Interactive
118.4s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
24.76s First CPU Idle
24.76s Time To Interactive
41.4s Visually Complete
45.7s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
3.5s Largest Contentful Paint
11.86s First CPU Idle
17.3s Last Painted Hero
17.3s Visually Complete
23.5s Time To Interactive
47.19s Fully Loaded

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#19 REUTERS
0.19s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Last Painted Hero
45.7s Visually Complete
46.09s First CPU Idle
46.09s Time To Interactive
52.93s Fully Loaded

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