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
1s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
23.38s First CPU Idle
23.38s Time To Interactive
81.81s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
4.79s First CPU Idle
4.79s Time To Interactive
12.96s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
2.45s First CPU Idle
2.45s Time To Interactive
6.53s Fully Loaded

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#4 ESPN
0.13s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Visually Complete
8.98s First CPU Idle
8.98s Time To Interactive
24.02s Fully Loaded

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#5 YAHOO NEWS
0.31s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
8.32s First CPU Idle
8.32s Time To Interactive
8.5s Visually Complete
9.8s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
14.66s First CPU Idle
14.66s Time To Interactive
30.2s Visually Complete
34.46s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
17.41s First CPU Idle
17.41s Time To Interactive
76.33s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.35s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.5s Visually Complete
4.66s First CPU Idle
4.66s Time To Interactive
9.8s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
7.7s First CPU Idle
7.7s Time To Interactive
24.88s Fully Loaded

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#10 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
12.31s First CPU Idle
34.3s Last Painted Hero
34.57s Time To Interactive
54.52s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
13.2s Visually Complete
17.78s First CPU Idle
17.78s Time To Interactive
51.42s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
11.5s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
16.09s First CPU Idle
16.09s Time To Interactive
30s Last Painted Hero
32.09s Fully Loaded

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#13 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
38.7s First CPU Idle
38.7s Time To Interactive
39s Visually Complete
53.53s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.19s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Start Render
19.8s Last Painted Hero
19.8s Visually Complete
20.42s First CPU Idle
20.42s Time To Interactive
39.64s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
28.26s First CPU Idle
33.7s Time To Interactive
42s Visually Complete
113.93s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.45s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
23.48s First CPU Idle
23.48s Time To Interactive
23.6s Visually Complete
33.63s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.2s Backend
2.5s Start Render
11.78s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
18.9s First CPU Idle
18.9s Time To Interactive
34s Visually Complete
54.51s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.02s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
15.89s First CPU Idle
15.89s Time To Interactive
33.93s Fully Loaded

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