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 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Visually Complete
22.55s First CPU Idle
22.55s Time To Interactive
29.19s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
15.43s First CPU Idle
15.43s Time To Interactive
17.43s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.4s Visually Complete
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
18.95s First CPU Idle
18.95s Time To Interactive
20.73s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
21.99s First CPU Idle
21.99s Time To Interactive
33.35s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
2.68s Largest Contentful Paint
3.45s First CPU Idle
3.45s Time To Interactive
6.91s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
9.7s Visually Complete
10.19s First CPU Idle
10.19s Time To Interactive
30.35s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
7.13s First CPU Idle
7.13s Time To Interactive
8.5s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
26.6s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.6s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
9.06s First CPU Idle
9.06s Time To Interactive
10.65s Fully Loaded

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#9 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
5s Last Painted Hero
10.57s First CPU Idle
10.57s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
54.88s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.45s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.5s Largest Contentful Paint
2.65s First CPU Idle
2.65s Time To Interactive
3.06s Fully Loaded
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.55s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
19.99s First CPU Idle
19.99s Time To Interactive
45.66s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
16s Visually Complete
30.61s First CPU Idle
30.61s Time To Interactive
119.73s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.83s Largest Contentful Paint
22.36s First CPU Idle
22.36s Time To Interactive
26.2s Last Painted Hero
26.2s Visually Complete
43.34s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
12s Visually Complete
13s Last Painted Hero
14.35s First CPU Idle
14.35s Time To Interactive
61.29s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2.2s Start Render
14.6s Last Painted Hero
14.6s Visually Complete
14.65s Largest Contentful Paint
20.56s First CPU Idle
20.56s Time To Interactive
38.99s Fully Loaded

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#16 REUTERS
0.15s Backend
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
40.43s First CPU Idle
40.43s Time To Interactive
76.3s Visually Complete
118.88s Fully Loaded

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
0.42s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
33.05s First CPU Idle
33.05s Time To Interactive
34s Visually Complete
56.8s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
7.03s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
14.68s First CPU Idle
14.68s Time To Interactive
32.31s Fully Loaded

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#19 NPR
0.14s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3.98s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
22.5s Visually Complete
28.67s First CPU Idle
28.67s Time To Interactive
32.41s Fully Loaded

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