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
0.8s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Visually Complete
10.1s Last Painted Hero
17.94s First CPU Idle
32.44s Time To Interactive
90.14s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
4.79s First CPU Idle
4.79s Time To Interactive
12.58s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
14.28s First CPU Idle
14.28s Time To Interactive
50.04s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
2.18s First CPU Idle
2.18s Time To Interactive
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
4.23s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
7s Visually Complete
9s Last Painted Hero
31.55s First CPU Idle
31.55s Time To Interactive
51.48s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
16.4s First CPU Idle
16.4s Time To Interactive
27.2s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
14.77s First CPU Idle
14.77s Time To Interactive
19.81s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
4.05s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
8.98s First CPU Idle
8.98s Time To Interactive
10.14s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.25s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
4.28s First CPU Idle
4.28s Time To Interactive
4.8s Visually Complete
10.53s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
7.94s First CPU Idle
7.94s Time To Interactive
8.1s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
25.1s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.31s Backend
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
12.52s First CPU Idle
12.52s Time To Interactive
13.6s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
12.98s First CPU Idle
12.98s Time To Interactive
34.6s Last Painted Hero
34.6s Visually Complete
56.02s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.55s Largest Contentful Paint
12.08s First CPU Idle
12.08s Time To Interactive
27s Last Painted Hero
48.79s Fully Loaded
53.8s Visually Complete

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
14.54s First CPU Idle
14.54s Time To Interactive
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
119.05s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
48.05s First CPU Idle
48.05s Time To Interactive
51s Visually Complete
98.94s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.12s Backend
1s Start Render
3.25s Largest Contentful Paint
17.83s First CPU Idle
17.83s Time To Interactive
18.2s Last Painted Hero
18.2s Visually Complete
27.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.19s Backend
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Start Render
21s Last Painted Hero
22.17s First CPU Idle
22.17s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
40.45s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
1.73s Backend
3.5s Start Render
21.27s Largest Contentful Paint
21.3s Last Painted Hero
21.3s Visually Complete
21.85s First CPU Idle
21.85s Time To Interactive
40.71s Fully Loaded

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