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
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
7.85s First CPU Idle
7.85s Time To Interactive
16.42s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
23.91s First CPU Idle
23.91s Time To Interactive
26.2s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
6.9s First CPU Idle
6.9s Time To Interactive
47.49s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
2.92s First CPU Idle
2.92s Time To Interactive
6.68s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
3.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
10.03s First CPU Idle
10.03s Time To Interactive
11.43s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
7.62s First CPU Idle
7.62s Time To Interactive
34.5s Last Painted Hero
34.5s Visually Complete
52.12s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
3.6s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
14.07s First CPU Idle
14.07s Time To Interactive
18.88s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
6.86s First CPU Idle
6.86s Time To Interactive
24.81s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.28s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
4.17s First CPU Idle
4.17s Time To Interactive
4.8s Visually Complete
9.37s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
6.57s First CPU Idle
6.57s Time To Interactive
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
24.41s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.47s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
10.99s First CPU Idle
10.99s Time To Interactive
25.03s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.51s Backend
1s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
13.3s Visually Complete
15.16s First CPU Idle
15.16s Time To Interactive
21.02s Fully Loaded

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#13 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
13s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
17.32s First CPU Idle
17.32s Time To Interactive
29.14s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
17.4s Visually Complete
17.56s First CPU Idle
17.56s Time To Interactive
64.84s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
24s Last Painted Hero
33.84s First CPU Idle
33.84s Time To Interactive
41s Visually Complete
112.87s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2.4s Start Render
4.86s Largest Contentful Paint
16.1s Last Painted Hero
16.1s Visually Complete
16.62s First CPU Idle
16.62s Time To Interactive
38.35s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.55s Backend
2s Start Render
7.58s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
25.93s First CPU Idle
30s Visually Complete
33.63s Time To Interactive
78.52s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.26s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.37s Largest Contentful Paint
10.44s First CPU Idle
16.64s Time To Interactive
17s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
26.59s Fully Loaded

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