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
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
10.9s Visually Complete
32.51s First CPU Idle
32.51s Time To Interactive
76.73s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
6.4s Visually Complete
11.93s First CPU Idle
11.93s Time To Interactive
17.17s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
14.55s First CPU Idle
14.55s Time To Interactive
15s Visually Complete
22.16s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
9.29s First CPU Idle
9.29s Time To Interactive
10.83s Fully Loaded

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#5 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Visually Complete
1.55s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
29.93s First CPU Idle
29.93s Time To Interactive
47.87s Fully Loaded

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#6 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.55s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
20.83s First CPU Idle
20.83s Time To Interactive
32.82s Fully Loaded

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#7 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.72s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
10.6s First CPU Idle
10.6s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
74.98s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.03s Largest Contentful Paint
3.16s First CPU Idle
3.16s Time To Interactive
14.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.06s Backend
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
7.14s First CPU Idle
7.14s Time To Interactive
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
24.88s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
11.14s First CPU Idle
11.14s Time To Interactive
12.8s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.68s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
3.79s First CPU Idle
3.79s Time To Interactive
3.9s Last Painted Hero
3.9s Visually Complete
3.94s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.73s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
31.8s First CPU Idle
31.8s Time To Interactive
107s Visually Complete
119.61s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1s Start Render
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
20.35s First CPU Idle
20.35s Time To Interactive
25.2s Visually Complete
49.84s Fully Loaded

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#14 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
12.63s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
21.18s First CPU Idle
21.18s Time To Interactive
28.8s Last Painted Hero
31.74s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2s Start Render
13.55s Largest Contentful Paint
17.6s Last Painted Hero
17.6s Visually Complete
17.88s First CPU Idle
17.88s Time To Interactive
39.39s Fully Loaded

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#16 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
24.63s First CPU Idle
34.43s Time To Interactive
56.2s Visually Complete
65.08s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.23s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.78s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
23.84s First CPU Idle
31.03s Time To Interactive
51.29s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.11s Backend
1.4s Start Render
9.51s Largest Contentful Paint
18.5s First CPU Idle
18.5s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
38.15s Fully Loaded
41.6s Visually Complete

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