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
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
22.49s First CPU Idle
22.49s Time To Interactive
49.28s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
4.24s First CPU Idle
4.24s Time To Interactive
7.44s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.2s Last Painted Hero
3.94s First CPU Idle
17.79s Time To Interactive
19.26s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
7.78s First CPU Idle
7.78s Time To Interactive
18.06s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.14s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete
5.87s First CPU Idle
5.87s Time To Interactive
72.29s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
14.74s First CPU Idle
14.74s Time To Interactive
20.8s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.35s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.91s First CPU Idle
1.91s Time To Interactive
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
4.09s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.14s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.79s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
23.13s First CPU Idle
23.13s Time To Interactive
41.7s Visually Complete
45.85s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.34s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
9.65s First CPU Idle
9.65s Time To Interactive
15.06s Fully Loaded

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#10 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
6.4s Visually Complete
16.57s First CPU Idle
16.57s Time To Interactive
19.01s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
7.58s First CPU Idle
7.58s Time To Interactive
12.75s Fully Loaded

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#12 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.69s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
19.37s First CPU Idle
19.37s Time To Interactive
24.35s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.3s Backend
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
22.45s First CPU Idle
34.11s Time To Interactive
56.3s Visually Complete
67.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
7.86s Largest Contentful Paint
9.06s First CPU Idle
9.06s Time To Interactive
23.2s Last Painted Hero
23.2s Visually Complete
31.46s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.6s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
27.74s First CPU Idle
27.74s Time To Interactive
119s Visually Complete
119.82s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.8s Start Render
8.95s Largest Contentful Paint
11.51s First CPU Idle
11.51s Time To Interactive
12.1s Last Painted Hero
12.1s Visually Complete
35.22s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
10.45s First CPU Idle
10.45s Time To Interactive
26s Last Painted Hero
42.48s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.93s Largest Contentful Paint
12.25s First CPU Idle
12.25s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
42.9s Last Painted Hero
62s Fully Loaded

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