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
0.8s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
15.25s First CPU Idle
15.25s Time To Interactive
56.7s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
19.44s First CPU Idle
19.44s Time To Interactive
23.73s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Visually Complete
17.99s First CPU Idle
17.99s Time To Interactive
60.32s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
18.24s First CPU Idle
18.24s Time To Interactive
34.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.47s Largest Contentful Paint
12.3s Visually Complete
20.39s First CPU Idle
20.39s Time To Interactive
23.42s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
6.65s First CPU Idle
6.65s Time To Interactive
26.58s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
3.83s First CPU Idle
3.83s Time To Interactive
7.03s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.36s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
2.64s First CPU Idle
2.64s Time To Interactive
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
2.84s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
9.45s First CPU Idle
9.45s Time To Interactive
25.03s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
4.41s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
7.4s Visually Complete
10.24s First CPU Idle
10.24s Time To Interactive
40.76s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.35s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
10.16s First CPU Idle
10.16s Time To Interactive
73.4s Visually Complete
74.38s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.46s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
11.54s First CPU Idle
11.54s Time To Interactive
17.42s Fully Loaded

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#13 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
9.91s First CPU Idle
9.91s Time To Interactive
80.93s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
26.8s Visually Complete
28.94s First CPU Idle
28.94s Time To Interactive
119.25s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
6.12s Largest Contentful Paint
18.09s First CPU Idle
18.09s Time To Interactive
18.2s Last Painted Hero
18.2s Visually Complete
25.25s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.3s Start Render
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
14.75s First CPU Idle
14.75s Time To Interactive
15.2s Last Painted Hero
15.2s Visually Complete
45.29s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.88s Largest Contentful Paint
16.16s First CPU Idle
16.16s Time To Interactive
16.5s Last Painted Hero
16.5s Visually Complete
21.35s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.12s Largest Contentful Paint
12.93s First CPU Idle
12.93s Time To Interactive
23.8s Visually Complete
29.33s Fully Loaded

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