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
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
18.32s First CPU Idle
18.32s Time To Interactive
26.99s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.4s Visually Complete
3.1s Last Painted Hero
4.96s First CPU Idle
4.96s Time To Interactive
12.69s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.53s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
14.23s First CPU Idle
14.23s Time To Interactive
31.53s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.2s First CPU Idle
2.2s Time To Interactive
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
3.89s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Visually Complete
11.99s First CPU Idle
11.99s Time To Interactive
119.72s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Visually Complete
16.5s First CPU Idle
16.5s Time To Interactive
28.09s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
4.85s First CPU Idle
4.85s Time To Interactive
9.5s Visually Complete
117.92s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.87s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
17.22s First CPU Idle
17.22s Time To Interactive
20.53s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
4.12s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
9.89s First CPU Idle
9.89s Time To Interactive
11.35s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
1s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
3.21s First CPU Idle
3.21s Time To Interactive
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.5s Visually Complete
3.58s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
4.1s Last Painted Hero
15.33s First CPU Idle
15.33s Time To Interactive
19.74s Fully Loaded
24.4s Visually Complete

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
29.38s First CPU Idle
29.38s Time To Interactive
34.7s Last Painted Hero
34.7s Visually Complete
119.32s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Start Render
6.5s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
24.6s First CPU Idle
24.6s Time To Interactive
41.65s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
15.31s First CPU Idle
33.02s Time To Interactive
66.3s Last Painted Hero
66.3s Visually Complete
67.89s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
20s Last Painted Hero
41.1s First CPU Idle
41.1s Time To Interactive
50.62s Fully Loaded
54s Visually Complete

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.17s Backend
1.3s Start Render
13.74s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
23.09s First CPU Idle
23.09s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
83.14s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.18s Largest Contentful Paint
18.79s First CPU Idle
18.79s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
26.44s Fully Loaded
28.8s Visually Complete

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