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 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Visually Complete
23.24s First CPU Idle
29.45s Time To Interactive
29.62s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Visually Complete
10.8s Last Painted Hero
16.17s First CPU Idle
16.17s Time To Interactive
56.5s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
0.54s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
39.46s First CPU Idle
39.46s Time To Interactive
68.5s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
27.83s First CPU Idle
27.83s Time To Interactive
36.55s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
10.72s First CPU Idle
10.72s Time To Interactive
12.92s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
3.04s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.19s First CPU Idle
3.19s Time To Interactive
6.92s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
4.94s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
10.14s First CPU Idle
10.14s Time To Interactive
40.14s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.42s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
2.91s First CPU Idle
2.91s Time To Interactive
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.46s Fully Loaded
3.5s Visually Complete

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#9 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
23s Visually Complete
31.36s First CPU Idle
31.36s Time To Interactive
119.63s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
10.51s First CPU Idle
10.51s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
27.76s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
17.73s First CPU Idle
17.73s Time To Interactive
25.57s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
10.58s First CPU Idle
10.58s Time To Interactive
23.8s Last Painted Hero
23.8s Visually Complete
58.36s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.76s Largest Contentful Paint
14.73s First CPU Idle
14.73s Time To Interactive
27.3s Last Painted Hero
27.3s Visually Complete
54.92s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2s Start Render
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
11.92s First CPU Idle
11.92s Time To Interactive
12.3s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
16.14s Fully Loaded

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#15 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
10.55s First CPU Idle
10.55s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
119.08s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
13.86s First CPU Idle
13.86s Time To Interactive
21s Visually Complete
76.01s Fully Loaded

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#17 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
16.94s First CPU Idle
16.94s Time To Interactive
29s Visually Complete
30s Last Painted Hero
55.38s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
26.07s First CPU Idle
26.07s Time To Interactive
69.7s Visually Complete
70.73s Fully Loaded

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