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
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
10.3s Visually Complete
16.88s First CPU Idle
16.88s Time To Interactive
26.72s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
14.2s First CPU Idle
14.2s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
24.12s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
22.01s First CPU Idle
22.01s Time To Interactive
65.59s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
10.52s First CPU Idle
10.52s Time To Interactive
13s Visually Complete
25.28s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
11.47s First CPU Idle
11.47s Time To Interactive
29.61s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
7.74s First CPU Idle
7.74s Time To Interactive
24.01s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.97s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.11s First CPU Idle
3.11s Time To Interactive
6.81s Fully Loaded

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#8 THE ONION
0.6s Backend
2.3s Start Render
3s Visually Complete
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
20.85s First CPU Idle
20.85s Time To Interactive
56.54s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.11s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
11.45s First CPU Idle
11.45s Time To Interactive
27.14s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.37s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.49s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s First CPU Idle
3.4s Time To Interactive
3.6s Last Painted Hero
3.6s Visually Complete
3.63s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.3s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.36s First CPU Idle
8.36s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
66.98s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.85s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
13.67s First CPU Idle
13.67s Time To Interactive
23.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.6s Visually Complete
9.04s First CPU Idle
9.04s Time To Interactive
74.79s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
26.13s First CPU Idle
27.9s Visually Complete
52.53s Time To Interactive
119.27s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.15s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
9.5s First CPU Idle
9.5s Time To Interactive
54.11s Fully Loaded

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#16 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
11.66s Largest Contentful Paint
25.34s First CPU Idle
25.34s Time To Interactive
26s Visually Complete
28.5s Last Painted Hero
51.34s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.12s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
19.7s Last Painted Hero
19.7s Visually Complete
21.75s First CPU Idle
21.75s Time To Interactive
26.13s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
17.29s First CPU Idle
17.29s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
53s Visually Complete
117.7s Fully Loaded

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