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 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1.9s Visually Complete
10s Last Painted Hero
13.35s First CPU Idle
13.35s Time To Interactive
27.94s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
9.8s Visually Complete
10.81s First CPU Idle
10.81s Time To Interactive
16.29s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
32.68s First CPU Idle
32.68s Time To Interactive
56.32s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
8.71s First CPU Idle
8.71s Time To Interactive
10.69s Fully Loaded

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#5 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
16.39s First CPU Idle
16.39s Time To Interactive
46.42s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.54s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
24.36s First CPU Idle
24.36s Time To Interactive
31.67s Fully Loaded

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#7 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
6.5s Last Painted Hero
10.16s First CPU Idle
10.16s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
72.29s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
2.71s Largest Contentful Paint
3.47s First CPU Idle
3.47s Time To Interactive
7.14s Fully Loaded

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#9 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.5s Visually Complete
31.84s First CPU Idle
31.84s Time To Interactive
65.08s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
7.96s First CPU Idle
7.96s Time To Interactive
9.6s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
27.51s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.34s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.92s First CPU Idle
2.92s Time To Interactive
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.01s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.17s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
4.68s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
9.16s First CPU Idle
9.16s Time To Interactive
11.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
22.22s First CPU Idle
22.22s Time To Interactive
25.2s Visually Complete
57.54s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
12.9s Last Painted Hero
12.9s Visually Complete
13.8s First CPU Idle
13.8s Time To Interactive
16.68s Fully Loaded

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#15 REUTERS
0.21s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Last Painted Hero
34.97s First CPU Idle
34.97s Time To Interactive
42.6s Visually Complete
52.08s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
35.15s First CPU Idle
35.15s Time To Interactive
118.4s Fully Loaded
120.1s Visually Complete

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.3s Start Render
6.15s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
13.83s First CPU Idle
31.01s Time To Interactive
43s Visually Complete
87.35s Fully Loaded

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#18 YAHOO NEWS
0.41s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
31.95s First CPU Idle
31.95s Time To Interactive
32s Visually Complete
64.1s Fully Loaded

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#19 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
29.38s First CPU Idle
29.38s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
70.26s Fully Loaded

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