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
0.5s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
20.5s First CPU Idle
20.5s Time To Interactive
86.86s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
4.54s First CPU Idle
4.54s Time To Interactive
12.96s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
13.95s First CPU Idle
13.95s Time To Interactive
33.21s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
2.45s First CPU Idle
2.45s Time To Interactive
3.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.54s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Visually Complete
12.85s First CPU Idle
12.85s Time To Interactive
16.28s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
3.76s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
9.2s First CPU Idle
9.2s Time To Interactive
23.6s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
1s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
4.43s First CPU Idle
4.43s Time To Interactive
5.8s Visually Complete
12.15s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
14.9s First CPU Idle
14.9s Time To Interactive
26.71s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
6.71s First CPU Idle
6.71s Time To Interactive
23.93s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
22.2s First CPU Idle
22.2s Time To Interactive
48s Visually Complete
95.7s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.47s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
11.1s Visually Complete
18.77s First CPU Idle
18.77s Time To Interactive
19.82s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
19.68s First CPU Idle
19.68s Time To Interactive
55.11s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.9s Start Render
5.99s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
21.19s First CPU Idle
21.19s Time To Interactive
78s Visually Complete
116.43s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
16.9s Visually Complete
20.4s First CPU Idle
20.4s Time To Interactive
43.92s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
41.48s First CPU Idle
41.48s Time To Interactive
101.85s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.12s Backend
0.8s Start Render
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
9.66s First CPU Idle
9.66s Time To Interactive
16.6s Last Painted Hero
16.6s Visually Complete
26.15s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.6s Start Render
15.64s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
33.7s First CPU Idle
33.7s Time To Interactive
56.4s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
24s Last Painted Hero
33.44s First CPU Idle
33.44s Time To Interactive
34s Visually Complete
82.97s Fully Loaded

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