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
0.7s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
20.83s First CPU Idle
20.83s Time To Interactive
67.89s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.3s Last Painted Hero
4.01s First CPU Idle
16.1s Time To Interactive
18.83s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
21.19s First CPU Idle
21.19s Time To Interactive
53.8s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
7.5s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
13.73s First CPU Idle
13.73s Time To Interactive
24.09s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
12.2s First CPU Idle
12.2s Time To Interactive
42.58s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.86s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
2.98s First CPU Idle
2.98s Time To Interactive
6.81s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
8.92s First CPU Idle
8.92s Time To Interactive
24.94s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
10.74s First CPU Idle
10.74s Time To Interactive
26.54s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.58s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s First CPU Idle
2.7s Time To Interactive
3.14s Fully Loaded
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete

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#10 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.19s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
9.83s First CPU Idle
9.83s Time To Interactive
63.97s Fully Loaded
65.5s Visually Complete

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#11 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
4.7s Visually Complete
8.44s First CPU Idle
8.44s Time To Interactive
74.93s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.45s Backend
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.1s First CPU Idle
8.1s Time To Interactive
72.9s Visually Complete
73.68s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.49s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
35.72s First CPU Idle
35.72s Time To Interactive
119.89s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
10.2s Last Painted Hero
10.2s Visually Complete
12.87s First CPU Idle
12.87s Time To Interactive
16.83s Fully Loaded

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#15 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
11.37s Largest Contentful Paint
15.72s First CPU Idle
15.72s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
27.8s Last Painted Hero
31.41s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.43s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
14.65s First CPU Idle
14.65s Time To Interactive
15s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
118.91s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.3s Start Render
11.34s Largest Contentful Paint
16.28s First CPU Idle
16.28s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
33.94s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.11s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
29.18s First CPU Idle
29.18s Time To Interactive
50.8s Visually Complete
72.84s Fully Loaded

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