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
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Visually Complete
8.5s Last Painted Hero
24.96s First CPU Idle
24.96s Time To Interactive
28.33s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.71s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
5.3s Last Painted Hero
7.7s Visually Complete
8.15s First CPU Idle
8.15s Time To Interactive
16.59s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
4.12s First CPU Idle
4.12s Time To Interactive
12.51s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.06s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.25s First CPU Idle
2.25s Time To Interactive
6.45s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
7.4s First CPU Idle
7.4s Time To Interactive
7.5s Visually Complete
25.34s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
4.63s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
8.67s First CPU Idle
8.67s Time To Interactive
10.09s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
5.86s First CPU Idle
5.86s Time To Interactive
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
23.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
3.5s Last Painted Hero
10.3s Visually Complete
15.7s First CPU Idle
15.7s Time To Interactive
20.66s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.25s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.96s First CPU Idle
4.96s Time To Interactive
7s Visually Complete
12.72s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.35s Backend
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
12.92s First CPU Idle
12.92s Time To Interactive
44.05s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
12.17s First CPU Idle
12.17s Time To Interactive
34.3s Last Painted Hero
34.3s Visually Complete
54.43s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
12.93s First CPU Idle
12.93s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
54.62s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.19s Largest Contentful Paint
27.53s First CPU Idle
33.7s Last Painted Hero
33.7s Visually Complete
34.95s Time To Interactive
116.63s Fully Loaded

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#14 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.56s Largest Contentful Paint
13.95s First CPU Idle
13.95s Time To Interactive
27s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
31.36s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.21s Backend
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Start Render
12.1s Last Painted Hero
17.02s First CPU Idle
17.02s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
37.4s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.2s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.2s Largest Contentful Paint
11.65s First CPU Idle
18.06s Time To Interactive
18.4s Last Painted Hero
18.4s Visually Complete
28.17s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
3.47s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.95s Largest Contentful Paint
26.1s Last Painted Hero
26.1s Visually Complete
27.03s First CPU Idle
27.03s Time To Interactive
42.24s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.67s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
7.55s First CPU Idle
7.55s Time To Interactive
39.66s Fully Loaded

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