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
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
8.65s First CPU Idle
8.65s Time To Interactive
16.77s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
30.92s First CPU Idle
30.92s Time To Interactive
61.53s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
4.97s First CPU Idle
4.97s Time To Interactive
12.87s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
11.82s First CPU Idle
11.82s Time To Interactive
24.51s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.11s Largest Contentful Paint
2.36s First CPU Idle
2.36s Time To Interactive
4.11s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
4.66s First CPU Idle
4.66s Time To Interactive
4.7s Visually Complete
13.01s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.15s Backend
1s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
8.02s First CPU Idle
8.02s Time To Interactive
8.2s Visually Complete
9.48s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.4s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.81s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
9.21s First CPU Idle
9.21s Time To Interactive
10.55s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
3.01s First CPU Idle
3.01s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.37s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
7.4s Visually Complete
14.48s First CPU Idle
14.48s Time To Interactive
26.3s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
31.75s First CPU Idle
31.75s Time To Interactive
38.7s Last Painted Hero
38.7s Visually Complete
115.78s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
16.73s First CPU Idle
16.73s Time To Interactive
18.09s Fully Loaded
20s Visually Complete

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
12.23s First CPU Idle
35.94s Time To Interactive
37s Visually Complete
45s Last Painted Hero
56.52s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
21.48s First CPU Idle
21.48s Time To Interactive
39.1s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
25.57s First CPU Idle
25.57s Time To Interactive
47.8s Last Painted Hero
47.8s Visually Complete
52.44s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.17s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
19.23s First CPU Idle
19.23s Time To Interactive
20s Visually Complete
53.66s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.35s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
14.41s First CPU Idle
14.41s Time To Interactive
16.5s Last Painted Hero
16.5s Visually Complete
31.04s Fully Loaded

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