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
0.9s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
10.2s Visually Complete
15.22s First CPU Idle
15.22s Time To Interactive
45.27s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete
6.19s First CPU Idle
6.19s Time To Interactive
14.93s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
12.71s First CPU Idle
12.71s Time To Interactive
19.03s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.24s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
2.83s First CPU Idle
2.83s Time To Interactive
3.15s Fully Loaded
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.4s Visually Complete

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.55s Largest Contentful Paint
10.07s First CPU Idle
10.07s Time To Interactive
10.1s Visually Complete
16.65s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
7.9s Visually Complete
11.91s First CPU Idle
11.91s Time To Interactive
26.96s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.14s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
14.7s Visually Complete
16.55s First CPU Idle
16.55s Time To Interactive
27.1s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.19s Backend
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
12.11s First CPU Idle
12.11s Time To Interactive
16.75s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.7s Start Render
7.3s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
21.28s First CPU Idle
21.28s Time To Interactive
22.08s Fully Loaded

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#10 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
11.74s First CPU Idle
11.74s Time To Interactive
20.33s Fully Loaded
24.8s Last Painted Hero
24.8s Visually Complete

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
29.23s First CPU Idle
29.23s Time To Interactive
39s Visually Complete
118.4s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
12.71s First CPU Idle
12.71s Time To Interactive
20.4s Visually Complete
117.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.34s First CPU Idle
2.34s Time To Interactive
6.2s Visually Complete
56.21s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.56s Largest Contentful Paint
15.6s Last Painted Hero
15.6s Visually Complete
17.33s First CPU Idle
17.33s Time To Interactive
27.27s Fully Loaded

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#15 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.74s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
8.2s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
13.45s First CPU Idle
13.45s Time To Interactive
25.79s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.09s Largest Contentful Paint
16.8s Last Painted Hero
16.8s Visually Complete
16.84s First CPU Idle
16.84s Time To Interactive
33.71s Fully Loaded

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