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
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
18.21s First CPU Idle
18.21s Time To Interactive
84.55s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
9s Visually Complete
9.5s Last Painted Hero
30.78s First CPU Idle
30.78s Time To Interactive
50.84s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.32s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
5s First CPU Idle
5s Time To Interactive
12.71s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
2.52s Largest Contentful Paint
2.82s First CPU Idle
2.82s Time To Interactive
6.92s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
8.15s First CPU Idle
8.15s Time To Interactive
23s Visually Complete
28.67s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.24s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Visually Complete
9.02s First CPU Idle
9.02s Time To Interactive
9.93s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.15s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.5s Last Painted Hero
4.46s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
9.6s First CPU Idle
9.6s Time To Interactive
10.88s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
8.22s First CPU Idle
8.22s Time To Interactive
25.26s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.56s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
14.1s First CPU Idle
14.1s Time To Interactive
32.01s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.45s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.11s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
7.36s First CPU Idle
7.36s Time To Interactive
7.4s Visually Complete
12s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
35.8s First CPU Idle
35.8s Time To Interactive
65.6s Last Painted Hero
65.6s Visually Complete
72.03s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
14.5s Visually Complete
18.81s First CPU Idle
18.81s Time To Interactive
65.41s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
25.89s First CPU Idle
25.89s Time To Interactive
116.73s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Visually Complete
27s Last Painted Hero
30.12s First CPU Idle
37.28s Time To Interactive
101.08s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.16s Backend
1s Start Render
3.59s Largest Contentful Paint
18.5s First CPU Idle
18.5s Time To Interactive
18.8s Last Painted Hero
18.8s Visually Complete
28.21s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.21s Largest Contentful Paint
21.2s Last Painted Hero
21.2s Visually Complete
22.01s First CPU Idle
22.01s Time To Interactive
119.47s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
2.4s Start Render
10.47s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
26.8s First CPU Idle
26.8s Time To Interactive
30.7s Visually Complete
59.14s Fully Loaded

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