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
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
4s Last Painted Hero
4s Visually Complete
9.86s First CPU Idle
9.86s Time To Interactive
13.03s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Visually Complete
2.1s Last Painted Hero
6.32s First CPU Idle
6.32s Time To Interactive
15.68s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.51s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Visually Complete
6.71s First CPU Idle
6.71s Time To Interactive
23.42s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.3s Visually Complete
1.35s Largest Contentful Paint
1.68s First CPU Idle
1.68s Time To Interactive
3.58s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
8.2s Visually Complete
13.94s First CPU Idle
32.13s Time To Interactive
46.87s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.74s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
8.72s First CPU Idle
8.72s Time To Interactive
10.53s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.24s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
8.8s Last Painted Hero
37.2s Visually Complete
39.75s First CPU Idle
39.75s Time To Interactive
46.47s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
14.09s First CPU Idle
14.09s Time To Interactive
49.72s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
3.05s First CPU Idle
3.05s Time To Interactive
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.4s Visually Complete
3.55s Fully Loaded

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#10 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
21.94s First CPU Idle
21.94s Time To Interactive
88.49s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
21.46s First CPU Idle
34.24s Time To Interactive
91s Visually Complete
119.7s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.22s Backend
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
28.85s First CPU Idle
28.85s Time To Interactive
61.26s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.15s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
52.3s First CPU Idle
52.3s Time To Interactive
53.8s Last Painted Hero
53.8s Visually Complete
54.78s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.24s Backend
1.4s Start Render
12.66s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
20.52s First CPU Idle
20.52s Time To Interactive
21s Visually Complete
56.45s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.18s Backend
0.7s Start Render
14.39s First CPU Idle
14.39s Time To Interactive
46.57s Largest Contentful Paint
60.3s Last Painted Hero
60.3s Visually Complete
69.37s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
18.05s First CPU Idle
18.05s Time To Interactive
51.14s Fully Loaded

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