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
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.69s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
9.8s Visually Complete
14.16s First CPU Idle
14.16s Time To Interactive
16.43s Fully Loaded

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#2 VOX
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Visually Complete
7.83s First CPU Idle
7.83s Time To Interactive
12.86s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
12s First CPU Idle
12s Time To Interactive
13.79s Fully Loaded

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#4 NPR
0.46s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.4s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
16.73s First CPU Idle
16.73s Time To Interactive
16.8s Visually Complete
21.09s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.74s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3.7s Visually Complete
6.96s First CPU Idle
6.96s Time To Interactive
71.51s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.37s Backend
1s Start Render
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
2.08s First CPU Idle
2.08s Time To Interactive
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
4.26s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
4.1s Visually Complete
5.78s First CPU Idle
5.78s Time To Interactive
8.28s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
5.8s Last Painted Hero
7.76s First CPU Idle
7.76s Time To Interactive
14.46s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
6.53s Largest Contentful Paint
9.7s Visually Complete
13.53s First CPU Idle
13.53s Time To Interactive
16.19s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
12.64s First CPU Idle
12.64s Time To Interactive
26.6s Visually Complete
28.04s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.28s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
13.99s First CPU Idle
13.99s Time To Interactive
54.7s Visually Complete
61.78s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
8.82s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Visually Complete
12.34s First CPU Idle
12.34s Time To Interactive
24.8s Last Painted Hero
31.53s Fully Loaded

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#13 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.63s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
14.2s First CPU Idle
14.2s Time To Interactive
39s Visually Complete
44.86s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
8.89s First CPU Idle
8.89s Time To Interactive
26s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
52.37s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
3.12s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
51.7s First CPU Idle
51.7s Time To Interactive
118.73s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
12.76s First CPU Idle
12.76s Time To Interactive
13.7s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
43.45s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
13.4s First CPU Idle
13.4s Time To Interactive
44s Last Painted Hero
44.2s Visually Complete
57.58s Largest Contentful Paint
58.09s Fully Loaded

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