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
0.7s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
21.23s First CPU Idle
21.23s Time To Interactive
84.82s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
3s Last Painted Hero
5.48s First CPU Idle
5.48s Time To Interactive
12.74s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
14.74s First CPU Idle
14.74s Time To Interactive
33.18s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
8.47s First CPU Idle
8.47s Time To Interactive
16.39s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
4.74s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
9.21s First CPU Idle
9.21s Time To Interactive
10.9s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.19s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.23s First CPU Idle
2.23s Time To Interactive
4.13s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
14.48s First CPU Idle
14.48s Time To Interactive
32.14s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
3.7s Last Painted Hero
14.23s First CPU Idle
14.23s Time To Interactive
19.33s Fully Loaded
23s Visually Complete

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.26s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
5.21s First CPU Idle
5.21s Time To Interactive
7s Visually Complete
23.15s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.69s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
15.26s First CPU Idle
15.26s Time To Interactive
19.56s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
6.93s First CPU Idle
6.93s Time To Interactive
24.3s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
7.6s Last Painted Hero
18.04s First CPU Idle
18.04s Time To Interactive
22.08s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
61.55s First CPU Idle
61.55s Time To Interactive
69s Visually Complete
116.35s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
20.18s First CPU Idle
20.18s Time To Interactive
32s Visually Complete
43.6s Last Painted Hero
48.46s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Start Render
18.5s Last Painted Hero
18.5s Visually Complete
22.25s First CPU Idle
22.25s Time To Interactive
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
38.6s Visually Complete
41.94s First CPU Idle
41.94s Time To Interactive
49.59s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.6s Start Render
11.86s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
18.04s First CPU Idle
18.04s Time To Interactive
19s Visually Complete
54.05s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.11s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3.02s Largest Contentful Paint
9.44s First CPU Idle
9.44s Time To Interactive
16.3s Last Painted Hero
16.3s Visually Complete
25.81s Fully Loaded

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