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
0.7s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
21.82s First CPU Idle
21.82s Time To Interactive
89.72s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
9.5s Last Painted Hero
26.85s First CPU Idle
26.85s Time To Interactive
30.26s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.43s First CPU Idle
4.43s Time To Interactive
12.93s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.1s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.14s First CPU Idle
2.14s Time To Interactive
6.37s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
8.48s First CPU Idle
8.48s Time To Interactive
21s Visually Complete
28.34s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.5s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
7.69s First CPU Idle
7.69s Time To Interactive
9.88s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.24s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
3.84s First CPU Idle
3.84s Time To Interactive
9.1s Fully Loaded
10.5s Visually Complete

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
4s Last Painted Hero
9.4s Visually Complete
14.86s First CPU Idle
14.86s Time To Interactive
19.46s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.33s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
10.3s Visually Complete
13.92s First CPU Idle
13.92s Time To Interactive
23.56s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
7.54s First CPU Idle
7.54s Time To Interactive
24.7s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
24.04s First CPU Idle
24.04s Time To Interactive
27.4s Visually Complete
96.68s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.07s Backend
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
14.2s First CPU Idle
14.2s Time To Interactive
55.21s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.28s Largest Contentful Paint
13.95s First CPU Idle
13.95s Time To Interactive
27s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
31.39s Fully Loaded

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#14 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
12.8s First CPU Idle
34.58s Time To Interactive
35s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
117.29s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
4.19s Largest Contentful Paint
20.62s First CPU Idle
20.62s Time To Interactive
21.2s Last Painted Hero
21.2s Visually Complete
32.78s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
2.15s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.49s Largest Contentful Paint
22.73s First CPU Idle
22.73s Time To Interactive
23s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
119.53s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.19s Backend
2.69s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Start Render
15s Last Painted Hero
27.31s First CPU Idle
27.31s Time To Interactive
43s Visually Complete
57.05s Fully Loaded

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