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
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
17.44s First CPU Idle
17.44s Time To Interactive
79.95s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.53s First CPU Idle
4.53s Time To Interactive
13.14s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.51s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
12.71s First CPU Idle
12.71s Time To Interactive
16.52s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
2.44s Largest Contentful Paint
2.62s First CPU Idle
2.62s Time To Interactive
4.36s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.02s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Visually Complete
8.93s First CPU Idle
8.93s Time To Interactive
10.06s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
7.52s First CPU Idle
7.52s Time To Interactive
24.68s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
14.08s First CPU Idle
14.08s Time To Interactive
19.18s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
4.77s First CPU Idle
4.77s Time To Interactive
5.1s Visually Complete
19.79s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.32s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
11.5s Visually Complete
15.89s First CPU Idle
15.89s Time To Interactive
23.42s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
9.4s Visually Complete
14.58s First CPU Idle
14.58s Time To Interactive
26.26s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
34.22s First CPU Idle
34.22s Time To Interactive
42s Last Painted Hero
42s Visually Complete
119.07s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
11.8s First CPU Idle
34.4s Last Painted Hero
34.4s Visually Complete
34.72s Time To Interactive
55.48s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
20.33s First CPU Idle
20.33s Time To Interactive
38.78s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
18s Last Painted Hero
39.5s Visually Complete
45.8s First CPU Idle
45.8s Time To Interactive
53.74s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.6s Start Render
15.09s Largest Contentful Paint
17.3s Last Painted Hero
21.89s First CPU Idle
21.89s Time To Interactive
32s Visually Complete
58.52s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
16.43s First CPU Idle
16.43s Time To Interactive
42.4s Visually Complete
51.06s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.31s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.78s Largest Contentful Paint
15.02s First CPU Idle
15.02s Time To Interactive
17.3s Last Painted Hero
17.3s Visually Complete
31.84s Fully Loaded

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