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 Start Render which is when the first non-white content is painted in the browser.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A DESKTOP FAST CONNECTION

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#1 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.76s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
2.84s First CPU Idle
2.84s Time To Interactive
6.76s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
12.45s First CPU Idle
12.45s Time To Interactive
21.75s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
10.41s First CPU Idle
10.41s Time To Interactive
16.65s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
21.3s First CPU Idle
21.3s Time To Interactive
45.83s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
32.63s First CPU Idle
32.63s Time To Interactive
56.38s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
11.09s First CPU Idle
11.09s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
76.94s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.18s Backend
0.8s Start Render
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
20.8s Last Painted Hero
32.32s First CPU Idle
32.32s Time To Interactive
49.7s Visually Complete
54.31s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
8.12s First CPU Idle
8.12s Time To Interactive
9.8s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
15.3s Fully Loaded

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#9 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
9.5s Last Painted Hero
12.69s First CPU Idle
12.69s Time To Interactive
27.15s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.47s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
3.12s First CPU Idle
3.12s Time To Interactive
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.24s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.47s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
33.08s First CPU Idle
33.08s Time To Interactive
55.1s Visually Complete
65.3s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
40.4s First CPU Idle
40.4s Time To Interactive
118.79s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
9.11s First CPU Idle
9.11s Time To Interactive
10.81s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.8s Last Painted Hero
21.76s First CPU Idle
21.76s Time To Interactive
29.88s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.4s Start Render
7.29s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
11.84s First CPU Idle
11.84s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
24.47s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
21.61s First CPU Idle
21.61s Time To Interactive
33.07s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
9.71s First CPU Idle
9.71s Time To Interactive
11.1s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Start Render
14.6s Last Painted Hero
14.6s Visually Complete
15.35s First CPU Idle
15.35s Time To Interactive
37.34s Fully Loaded

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