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
0.6s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
17.36s First CPU Idle
17.36s Time To Interactive
83.64s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
4.55s First CPU Idle
4.55s Time To Interactive
12.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
13.67s First CPU Idle
13.67s Time To Interactive
19.07s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
12.91s First CPU Idle
12.91s Time To Interactive
33.22s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.13s First CPU Idle
2.13s Time To Interactive
14.13s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
21.08s First CPU Idle
21.08s Time To Interactive
27.61s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
8.14s First CPU Idle
8.14s Time To Interactive
10.39s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.21s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
7.03s First CPU Idle
7.03s Time To Interactive
7.3s Visually Complete
8.43s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
14.9s First CPU Idle
14.9s Time To Interactive
47.59s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
13.62s First CPU Idle
13.62s Time To Interactive
40.4s Visually Complete
119.67s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
6.68s First CPU Idle
6.68s Time To Interactive
8.5s Visually Complete
14.51s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
14.08s First CPU Idle
35s Last Painted Hero
38.54s Time To Interactive
70.33s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.64s Largest Contentful Paint
13.76s First CPU Idle
13.76s Time To Interactive
27s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
31.47s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
36.88s First CPU Idle
36.88s Time To Interactive
36.9s Visually Complete
116.26s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
30.5s First CPU Idle
30.5s Time To Interactive
31s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
61.38s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.6s Start Render
13.52s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
18.73s First CPU Idle
18.73s Time To Interactive
36.78s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.21s Largest Contentful Paint
17.34s First CPU Idle
17.34s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
46.87s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2s Start Render
17.6s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
20.31s First CPU Idle
20.31s Time To Interactive
32.3s Visually Complete
38.36s Fully Loaded

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