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 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.47s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
8.63s First CPU Idle
8.63s Time To Interactive
16.63s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
20.56s First CPU Idle
20.56s Time To Interactive
89.68s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
4.25s First CPU Idle
4.25s Time To Interactive
12.81s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
15.73s First CPU Idle
15.73s Time To Interactive
33.44s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
2.07s Largest Contentful Paint
2.36s First CPU Idle
2.36s Time To Interactive
4.07s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Visually Complete
8.83s First CPU Idle
8.83s Time To Interactive
26.43s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.26s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
10.11s First CPU Idle
10.11s Time To Interactive
23.92s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.52s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
18.78s First CPU Idle
18.78s Time To Interactive
20.76s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
6.2s Visually Complete
6.69s First CPU Idle
6.69s Time To Interactive
24.23s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.97s First CPU Idle
5.97s Time To Interactive
7.5s Visually Complete
23.9s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
23.58s First CPU Idle
30.36s Time To Interactive
87.74s Fully Loaded
90s Visually Complete

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
21.43s First CPU Idle
33.89s Time To Interactive
69.69s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
51.76s First CPU Idle
51.76s Time To Interactive
116.64s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.9s Start Render
6.61s Largest Contentful Paint
16.1s Last Painted Hero
16.1s Visually Complete
19.79s First CPU Idle
19.79s Time To Interactive
38.76s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
20.89s First CPU Idle
20.89s Time To Interactive
118.8s Last Painted Hero
118.8s Visually Complete
119.48s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
40.18s First CPU Idle
40.18s Time To Interactive
49.97s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.15s Backend
1.1s Start Render
11.63s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
20.48s First CPU Idle
20.48s Time To Interactive
49.08s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.21s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
29.73s First CPU Idle
37.2s Time To Interactive
41.8s Fully Loaded

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