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 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
4.2s Visually Complete
29.43s Fully Loaded
33.65s First CPU Idle
33.65s Time To Interactive

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.73s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
5.7s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
14.67s First CPU Idle
14.67s Time To Interactive
17.84s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
28.09s First CPU Idle
35.86s Time To Interactive
46.6s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
9.26s First CPU Idle
9.26s Time To Interactive
26.21s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
15s Last Painted Hero
15.49s First CPU Idle
15.49s Time To Interactive
45.93s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.73s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
10.93s First CPU Idle
10.93s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
55.91s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
9.66s First CPU Idle
9.66s Time To Interactive
13.36s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
2.63s Largest Contentful Paint
3.26s First CPU Idle
3.26s Time To Interactive
14.42s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.41s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
2.34s First CPU Idle
2.34s Time To Interactive
2.81s Fully Loaded
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete

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#10 ESPN
0.12s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
4.65s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
9.28s First CPU Idle
9.28s Time To Interactive
11.15s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
10.22s First CPU Idle
10.22s Time To Interactive
19s Visually Complete
28.2s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
17.1s Visually Complete
21.38s First CPU Idle
21.38s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
10.29s Largest Contentful Paint
12.12s First CPU Idle
12.12s Time To Interactive
26.2s Last Painted Hero
26.2s Visually Complete
54.59s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
13.28s First CPU Idle
13.28s Time To Interactive
24.8s Visually Complete
43.31s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.57s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
25.42s First CPU Idle
35.97s Time To Interactive
58.9s Visually Complete
59.47s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2s Start Render
2.53s Largest Contentful Paint
14.5s Last Painted Hero
14.5s Visually Complete
15.64s First CPU Idle
15.64s Time To Interactive
37.08s Fully Loaded

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#17 REUTERS
0.16s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
36.02s First CPU Idle
36.02s Time To Interactive
43.6s Visually Complete
54.31s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.4s Start Render
7.15s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
14.94s First CPU Idle
31.99s Time To Interactive
32.43s Fully Loaded

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#19 NPR
0.37s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.29s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
28.46s First CPU Idle
28.46s Time To Interactive
42s Visually Complete
48.95s Fully Loaded

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