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
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Visually Complete
6s Last Painted Hero
18.53s First CPU Idle
18.53s Time To Interactive
51.16s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Visually Complete
12.89s First CPU Idle
12.89s Time To Interactive
20.91s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
17.35s First CPU Idle
26.74s Time To Interactive
36.92s 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
6s Visually Complete
11.43s First CPU Idle
11.43s Time To Interactive
16.43s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
2.51s Largest Contentful Paint
3.35s First CPU Idle
3.35s Time To Interactive
7.01s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
3.59s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
9.48s First CPU Idle
9.48s Time To Interactive
11.23s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
8.39s First CPU Idle
8.39s Time To Interactive
9.4s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
27.92s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.37s Backend
1s Start Render
2.23s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
6.15s First CPU Idle
6.15s Time To Interactive
11.17s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
9.55s First CPU Idle
9.55s Time To Interactive
16.6s Visually Complete
25.53s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.34s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
23.87s First CPU Idle
34.24s Time To Interactive
57.39s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.6s Visually Complete
8.65s First CPU Idle
8.65s Time To Interactive
53.45s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
35.27s First CPU Idle
40.92s Time To Interactive
118.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
3.83s Largest Contentful Paint
8.9s Visually Complete
21.23s First CPU Idle
21.23s Time To Interactive
25.5s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
8.56s First CPU Idle
8.56s Time To Interactive
32.84s Fully Loaded
37.6s Last Painted Hero
37.6s Visually Complete

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.4s Start Render
8.4s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
13.47s First CPU Idle
13.47s Time To Interactive
19.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Last Painted Hero
31.04s First CPU Idle
31.04s Time To Interactive
46.5s Visually Complete
65.4s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.11s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.4s Largest Contentful Paint
17.96s First CPU Idle
17.96s Time To Interactive
18.3s Last Painted Hero
18.3s Visually Complete
27.78s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Start Render
16.75s First CPU Idle
16.75s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
36.47s Fully Loaded
39.2s Last Painted Hero

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