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
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
9.38s First CPU Idle
9.38s Time To Interactive
16.64s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
5.31s First CPU Idle
5.31s Time To Interactive
13.3s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.51s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
8.98s First CPU Idle
8.98s Time To Interactive
16.4s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
8.3s Visually Complete
15.53s First CPU Idle
15.53s Time To Interactive
33.62s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
13.71s First CPU Idle
13.71s Time To Interactive
16.19s Fully Loaded

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#6 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.23s Largest Contentful Paint
2.91s First CPU Idle
2.91s Time To Interactive
14.2s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.13s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
4.17s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
9s First CPU Idle
9s Time To Interactive
11.04s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.48s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
10.9s Visually Complete
18.79s First CPU Idle
18.79s Time To Interactive
21.43s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.22s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
5.38s First CPU Idle
5.38s Time To Interactive
10.52s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
23.7s First CPU Idle
38.65s Time To Interactive
49s Visually Complete
59.66s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
6.7s Visually Complete
7.18s First CPU Idle
7.18s Time To Interactive
24.72s Fully Loaded

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#12 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
27.23s First CPU Idle
33.69s Time To Interactive
60.8s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Visually Complete
44.6s Last Painted Hero
44.89s First CPU Idle
44.89s Time To Interactive
116.38s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
41.61s First CPU Idle
41.61s Time To Interactive
48.49s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.21s Backend
1.5s Start Render
11.85s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
19.21s First CPU Idle
19.21s Time To Interactive
46.99s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.17s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.61s Largest Contentful Paint
8.84s First CPU Idle
8.84s Time To Interactive
16.31s Fully Loaded
16.4s Last Painted Hero
16.4s Visually Complete

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
25.21s First CPU Idle
25.21s Time To Interactive
86s Visually Complete
116.72s Fully Loaded

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#18 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.67s Largest Contentful Paint
23.65s First CPU Idle
23.65s Time To Interactive
88.95s Fully Loaded
89.3s Last Painted Hero
89.3s Visually Complete

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