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
0.5s Start Render
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
11.39s First CPU Idle
11.39s Time To Interactive
14.72s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.6s Last Painted Hero
0.64s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
9.36s First CPU Idle
9.36s Time To Interactive
23.71s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
6.6s First CPU Idle
6.6s Time To Interactive
15.61s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
2.19s First CPU Idle
2.19s Time To Interactive
3.74s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Visually Complete
8.09s First CPU Idle
8.09s Time To Interactive
9.94s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
17.02s First CPU Idle
17.02s Time To Interactive
26.82s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
3.42s First CPU Idle
3.42s Time To Interactive
3.9s Last Painted Hero
3.9s Visually Complete
3.92s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
8s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
37.71s First CPU Idle
37.71s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.19s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
17.1s Visually Complete
28.63s First CPU Idle
28.63s Time To Interactive
29.31s Fully Loaded

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#10 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
16.28s First CPU Idle
35.04s Time To Interactive
94.9s Last Painted Hero
94.9s Visually Complete
103.96s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
23.1s Last Painted Hero
33.17s First CPU Idle
33.17s Time To Interactive
67s Visually Complete
116.11s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.2s Backend
1.7s Start Render
11.19s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
19.57s First CPU Idle
19.57s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
54s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
60.34s First CPU Idle
60.34s Time To Interactive
108.5s Last Painted Hero
108.5s Visually Complete
112.16s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
25.67s First CPU Idle
25.67s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
119.63s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.21s Backend
1s Start Render
12.23s First CPU Idle
12.23s Time To Interactive
107.95s Largest Contentful Paint
109s Last Painted Hero
110s Visually Complete
116.42s Fully Loaded

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