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
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.89s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
3.07s First CPU Idle
3.07s Time To Interactive
6.92s Fully Loaded

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#2 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
13.68s First CPU Idle
13.68s Time To Interactive
25.2s Last Painted Hero
119.53s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
19.69s First CPU Idle
19.69s Time To Interactive
21.84s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
19.5s First CPU Idle
19.5s Time To Interactive
117.03s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
10.78s First CPU Idle
10.78s Time To Interactive
15s Visually Complete
116.57s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
7.74s First CPU Idle
7.74s Time To Interactive
8s Last Painted Hero
8.2s Visually Complete
73.03s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.55s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
27.14s First CPU Idle
27.14s Time To Interactive
45.3s Visually Complete
54.4s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
24.87s First CPU Idle
30.09s Time To Interactive
30.31s Fully Loaded

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#9 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
16.64s First CPU Idle
16.64s Time To Interactive
74.66s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
9.44s First CPU Idle
9.44s Time To Interactive
25.03s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.47s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.23s Largest Contentful Paint
2.75s First CPU Idle
2.75s Time To Interactive
3.29s Fully Loaded
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.28s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
13.93s First CPU Idle
13.93s Time To Interactive
76.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
25.59s First CPU Idle
25.59s Time To Interactive
33.98s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.12s Backend
1.49s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
5.5s Last Painted Hero
9.99s First CPU Idle
9.99s Time To Interactive
19s Visually Complete
40.49s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
33.3s Visually Complete
34.27s First CPU Idle
34.27s Time To Interactive
118.91s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
21.07s First CPU Idle
21.07s Time To Interactive
35.77s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
13.95s First CPU Idle
13.95s Time To Interactive
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
43.28s Fully Loaded

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#18 YAHOO NEWS
0.87s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
32.79s First CPU Idle
32.79s Time To Interactive
68.4s Fully Loaded

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