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
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
9.66s First CPU Idle
9.66s Time To Interactive
16.63s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
23.13s First CPU Idle
23.13s Time To Interactive
25.56s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
7.38s First CPU Idle
7.38s Time To Interactive
33.47s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
4s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
16.1s First CPU Idle
16.1s Time To Interactive
19.22s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.3s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
3.02s First CPU Idle
3.02s Time To Interactive
14.04s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
7.86s First CPU Idle
7.86s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
28.34s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.18s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
10.22s First CPU Idle
10.22s Time To Interactive
11.79s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
7.4s Visually Complete
8.45s First CPU Idle
8.45s Time To Interactive
24.5s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.26s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
6.72s First CPU Idle
6.72s Time To Interactive
11.83s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.54s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Last Painted Hero
7.4s Visually Complete
7.62s First CPU Idle
7.62s Time To Interactive
25.58s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.32s Backend
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
28.05s First CPU Idle
36.9s Visually Complete
36.96s Time To Interactive
50.46s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
8.16s First CPU Idle
8.16s Time To Interactive
35.1s Last Painted Hero
35.1s Visually Complete
54.29s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
13.52s First CPU Idle
13.52s Time To Interactive
55.92s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
14s Last Painted Hero
16.46s First CPU Idle
16.46s Time To Interactive
29.08s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
30.22s First CPU Idle
30.22s Time To Interactive
45s Visually Complete
94.65s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.5s Backend
1.8s Start Render
6.58s Largest Contentful Paint
9.8s Last Painted Hero
12.65s First CPU Idle
12.65s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
29.69s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.3s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.41s Largest Contentful Paint
18.06s First CPU Idle
18.06s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
28.01s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
22.73s First CPU Idle
22.73s Time To Interactive
50s Visually Complete
54.9s Fully Loaded

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