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
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
11.64s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
23.71s First CPU Idle
23.71s Time To Interactive
27.8s Last Painted Hero
31.7s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
3.11s First CPU Idle
3.11s Time To Interactive
6.71s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
21.04s First CPU Idle
26.99s Time To Interactive
36.47s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Visually Complete
25.48s First CPU Idle
32.16s Time To Interactive
56.03s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
12.07s First CPU Idle
12.07s Time To Interactive
54.7s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
9.45s First CPU Idle
9.45s Time To Interactive
10.4s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete
15.9s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.71s Largest Contentful Paint
21.2s Last Painted Hero
21.2s Visually Complete
24.4s First CPU Idle
24.4s Time To Interactive
45.91s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
6.5s Visually Complete
10s Last Painted Hero
13.87s First CPU Idle
13.87s Time To Interactive
27.95s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.51s Backend
1s Start Render
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
24.38s First CPU Idle
34.47s Time To Interactive
57s Visually Complete
57.89s Fully Loaded

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#10 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.31s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
37.72s First CPU Idle
37.72s Time To Interactive
119.59s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.36s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
4.27s First CPU Idle
4.27s Time To Interactive
4.4s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
9.07s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Visually Complete
9.1s First CPU Idle
9.1s Time To Interactive
12.56s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
3.3s Last Painted Hero
23.92s First CPU Idle
23.92s Time To Interactive
54.4s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Visually Complete
22.6s First CPU Idle
22.6s Time To Interactive
57.27s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
6.25s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
8.9s Visually Complete
22.79s First CPU Idle
22.79s Time To Interactive
40.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.17s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
24.48s First CPU Idle
24.48s Time To Interactive
34.95s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.7s Start Render
5.41s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
18.27s First CPU Idle
18.27s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
39.07s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Start Render
15.1s Last Painted Hero
15.1s Visually Complete
15.4s First CPU Idle
15.4s Time To Interactive
37.22s Fully Loaded

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#19 REUTERS
0.19s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Last Painted Hero
45.7s Visually Complete
46.09s First CPU Idle
46.09s Time To Interactive
52.93s Fully Loaded

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