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
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
13.84s First CPU Idle
13.84s Time To Interactive
19.86s Fully Loaded
24.9s Visually Complete

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#2 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
7.25s First CPU Idle
7.58s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Time To Interactive
7.6s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
9.75s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
18.15s First CPU Idle
18.15s Time To Interactive
86.72s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
12.23s First CPU Idle
34.4s Last Painted Hero
34.75s Time To Interactive
54.14s Fully Loaded

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#5 YAHOO NEWS
0.43s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.2s Visually Complete
13.33s First CPU Idle
13.33s Time To Interactive
23.37s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
7.41s First CPU Idle
7.41s Time To Interactive
24.73s Fully Loaded

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#7 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
4.24s First CPU Idle
4.24s Time To Interactive
12.83s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
24s Last Painted Hero
27.02s First CPU Idle
27.02s Time To Interactive
44.9s Visually Complete
53.8s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.16s Backend
1s Start Render
3.2s Largest Contentful Paint
16.64s First CPU Idle
16.64s Time To Interactive
16.8s Last Painted Hero
16.8s Visually Complete
26.74s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
13.89s First CPU Idle
13.89s Time To Interactive
16.36s Fully Loaded
21.4s Visually Complete

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.2s Backend
1.1s Start Render
11.95s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
19.23s First CPU Idle
19.23s Time To Interactive
54.19s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
4s Last Painted Hero
17.5s First CPU Idle
17.5s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
65.11s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
15.37s First CPU Idle
15.37s Time To Interactive
22s Visually Complete
29.77s Fully Loaded

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#14 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.26s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
7.28s First CPU Idle
7.28s Time To Interactive
10s Visually Complete
118.41s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
35.92s First CPU Idle
35.92s Time To Interactive
117.57s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.67s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
12.17s First CPU Idle
12.17s Time To Interactive
33.1s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
4.05s Largest Contentful Paint
9.33s First CPU Idle
9.33s Time To Interactive
10.64s Fully Loaded
11.6s Visually Complete

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.4s Start Render
3.32s Largest Contentful Paint
23.9s Last Painted Hero
23.9s Visually Complete
25.04s First CPU Idle
25.04s Time To Interactive
40.33s Fully Loaded

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