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
0.12s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
24.15s First CPU Idle
31.65s Time To Interactive
56.15s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
9.5s Last Painted Hero
13.54s First CPU Idle
13.54s Time To Interactive
27.62s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
8.12s First CPU Idle
8.12s Time To Interactive
9.69s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
11.55s First CPU Idle
11.55s Time To Interactive
16.55s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.54s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Visually Complete
18.43s First CPU Idle
18.43s Time To Interactive
25.22s Fully Loaded

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#6 POLITICO
0.18s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
16.94s First CPU Idle
16.94s Time To Interactive
33.34s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.59s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
3.13s First CPU Idle
3.13s Time To Interactive
6.8s Fully Loaded

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#8 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.4s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Visually Complete
3s Last Painted Hero
18.8s First CPU Idle
18.8s Time To Interactive
26.2s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
4.65s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
8.75s First CPU Idle
8.75s Time To Interactive
10.62s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.42s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
3.31s First CPU Idle
3.31s Time To Interactive
3.6s Last Painted Hero
3.66s Fully Loaded
3.7s Visually Complete

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#11 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
7.84s First CPU Idle
7.84s Time To Interactive
25.4s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.46s Largest Contentful Paint
11.12s First CPU Idle
11.12s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
117.88s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
20.07s First CPU Idle
20.07s Time To Interactive
24.5s Visually Complete
43.23s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
28.09s First CPU Idle
28.09s Time To Interactive
29s Visually Complete
119.43s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.18s Largest Contentful Paint
16.8s Last Painted Hero
16.8s Visually Complete
16.98s First CPU Idle
16.98s Time To Interactive
118s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
7.39s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
15.59s First CPU Idle
15.59s Time To Interactive
31.69s Fully Loaded

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
0.43s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
22.33s First CPU Idle
35.8s Time To Interactive
58.9s Visually Complete
66.88s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.15s Backend
1s Start Render
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
20.3s Last Painted Hero
20.3s Visually Complete
21.98s First CPU Idle
21.98s Time To Interactive
26.25s Fully Loaded

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#19 REUTERS
0.14s Backend
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
18s Last Painted Hero
36.01s First CPU Idle
36.01s Time To Interactive
44s Visually Complete
119.71s Fully Loaded

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