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 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.46s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
19.23s First CPU Idle
19.23s Time To Interactive
31.69s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Visually Complete
8.46s First CPU Idle
8.46s Time To Interactive
69.04s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
3.52s First CPU Idle
3.52s Time To Interactive
6.71s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
28.33s First CPU Idle
45.09s Time To Interactive
50.23s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
6.19s First CPU Idle
6.19s Time To Interactive
26.49s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
5.4s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
11.8s First CPU Idle
11.8s Time To Interactive
23.27s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
31.08s First CPU Idle
31.08s Time To Interactive
56.87s Fully Loaded

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#8 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
2.3s Last Painted Hero
26.38s First CPU Idle
26.38s Time To Interactive
30.57s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.11s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
19.01s First CPU Idle
26.2s Visually Complete
37.4s Time To Interactive
55.69s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Visually Complete
9.62s First CPU Idle
9.62s Time To Interactive
26.59s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.49s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
2.69s First CPU Idle
2.69s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.81s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
17.2s Last Painted Hero
17.2s Visually Complete
23.74s First CPU Idle
23.74s Time To Interactive
51.56s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Visually Complete
12.35s First CPU Idle
25.55s Time To Interactive
38.8s Last Painted Hero
55.21s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
32.01s First CPU Idle
58.37s Time To Interactive
60s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
22.95s First CPU Idle
58.29s Time To Interactive
58.6s Visually Complete
66.97s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
8.83s First CPU Idle
8.83s Time To Interactive
17.5s Visually Complete
38.94s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Visually Complete
20.84s First CPU Idle
20.84s Time To Interactive
34.68s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2s Start Render
12.57s Largest Contentful Paint
14.63s First CPU Idle
14.63s Time To Interactive
15.3s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
118.72s Fully Loaded

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