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
0.09s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
16.26s First CPU Idle
16.26s Time To Interactive
26.58s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
11.25s First CPU Idle
11.25s Time To Interactive
11.3s Visually Complete
19.64s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
21.54s First CPU Idle
21.54s Time To Interactive
34.52s Fully Loaded

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#4 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Visually Complete
2.8s Last Painted Hero
19.85s First CPU Idle
19.85s Time To Interactive
51.19s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.11s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
4.76s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
10.01s First CPU Idle
10.01s Time To Interactive
41.29s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
9.81s First CPU Idle
9.81s Time To Interactive
10.2s Visually Complete
25.21s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.55s Largest Contentful Paint
11.7s Visually Complete
15.66s First CPU Idle
15.66s Time To Interactive
32.05s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
6.79s First CPU Idle
6.79s Time To Interactive
26.41s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.45s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
2.41s First CPU Idle
2.41s Time To Interactive
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
2.93s Fully Loaded

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#10 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.3s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
3.32s First CPU Idle
3.32s Time To Interactive
3.39s Largest Contentful Paint
6.94s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.4s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
10.16s First CPU Idle
10.16s Time To Interactive
30.2s Visually Complete
42.74s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.07s Largest Contentful Paint
27.4s Visually Complete
27.99s First CPU Idle
27.99s Time To Interactive
119.81s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
10.55s First CPU Idle
10.55s Time To Interactive
17.83s Fully Loaded
22.6s Last Painted Hero
22.6s Visually Complete

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#14 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
11.53s First CPU Idle
11.53s Time To Interactive
15.6s Visually Complete
77.81s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
14.61s First CPU Idle
14.61s Time To Interactive
30.48s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.9s Start Render
12.22s First CPU Idle
12.22s Time To Interactive
12.67s Largest Contentful Paint
12.7s Last Painted Hero
12.7s Visually Complete
116.44s Fully Loaded

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#17 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
6.98s Largest Contentful Paint
18.94s First CPU Idle
18.94s Time To Interactive
19.2s Last Painted Hero
19.2s Visually Complete
26.04s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
19.4s Last Painted Hero
19.4s Visually Complete
23.05s First CPU Idle
23.05s Time To Interactive
27.13s Fully Loaded

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