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 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
15.97s First CPU Idle
15.97s Time To Interactive
25.05s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
32.71s First CPU Idle
32.71s Time To Interactive
56.78s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
16s First CPU Idle
16s Time To Interactive
26.71s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Visually Complete
12.84s First CPU Idle
12.84s Time To Interactive
58.73s Fully Loaded

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#5 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.07s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
3.5s Last Painted Hero
23.27s First CPU Idle
23.27s Time To Interactive
44.87s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
3.18s First CPU Idle
3.18s Time To Interactive
14.7s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
9.67s First CPU Idle
9.67s Time To Interactive
26.22s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
2.65s First CPU Idle
2.65s Time To Interactive
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.27s Fully Loaded
3.3s Visually Complete

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#9 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
10.92s First CPU Idle
10.92s Time To Interactive
27.22s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.32s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.72s First CPU Idle
8.72s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
67.36s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
11.64s First CPU Idle
11.64s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
28.63s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
5.1s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
10.55s First CPU Idle
10.55s Time To Interactive
102.01s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.55s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Visually Complete
14s First CPU Idle
14s Time To Interactive
31.46s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
8.9s Visually Complete
9.65s First CPU Idle
9.65s Time To Interactive
44.4s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
2s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
16.47s First CPU Idle
16.47s Time To Interactive
43.9s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.14s Backend
1.3s Start Render
3.87s Largest Contentful Paint
18.1s Last Painted Hero
18.1s Visually Complete
26.37s First CPU Idle
26.37s Time To Interactive
52.81s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
15s Last Painted Hero
17.86s First CPU Idle
30.87s Time To Interactive
32.6s Visually Complete
34s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
31.22s First CPU Idle
50.71s Time To Interactive
82.2s Visually Complete
119.35s Fully Loaded

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