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
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
22.57s First CPU Idle
22.57s Time To Interactive
56.36s Fully Loaded

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#2 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
10.5s Last Painted Hero
15.96s First CPU Idle
15.96s Time To Interactive
28.8s Fully Loaded

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#3 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
15.1s Visually Complete
17.36s First CPU Idle
27.6s Fully Loaded
32.42s Time To Interactive

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#4 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
19.65s First CPU Idle
19.65s Time To Interactive
23.32s Fully Loaded

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#5 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
21.98s First CPU Idle
21.98s Time To Interactive
33.68s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.06s Largest Contentful Paint
3.48s First CPU Idle
3.48s Time To Interactive
6.87s Fully Loaded

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#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.4s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.38s First CPU Idle
2.38s Time To Interactive
2.89s Fully Loaded
2.9s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete

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#8 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
9.71s First CPU Idle
9.71s Time To Interactive
11.76s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
4.91s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Visually Complete
8.96s First CPU Idle
8.96s Time To Interactive
11s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
6.51s First CPU Idle
6.51s Time To Interactive
24.24s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
31.79s First CPU Idle
31.79s Time To Interactive
119.59s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.09s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
5.3s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
10.94s First CPU Idle
10.94s Time To Interactive
45.85s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
10.56s First CPU Idle
10.56s Time To Interactive
24.2s Visually Complete
55.64s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.3s Start Render
4.68s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
13.34s First CPU Idle
13.34s Time To Interactive
28.71s Fully Loaded

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#15 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
12.63s Largest Contentful Paint
14.47s First CPU Idle
14.47s Time To Interactive
29.1s Last Painted Hero
29.1s Visually Complete
61.2s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
13.3s Last Painted Hero
13.3s Visually Complete
14.96s First CPU Idle
14.96s Time To Interactive
42.92s Fully Loaded

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
0.29s Backend
1.25s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
8.51s First CPU Idle
8.51s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
66.98s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
20.7s First CPU Idle
20.7s Time To Interactive
21.6s Last Painted Hero
21.6s Visually Complete
50.75s Fully Loaded

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