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 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
9.66s First CPU Idle
9.66s Time To Interactive
16.54s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.38s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
3.45s First CPU Idle
3.45s Time To Interactive
6.77s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
5.85s Largest Contentful Paint
5.86s First CPU Idle
5.86s Time To Interactive
6s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
35.32s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
7.49s First CPU Idle
7.49s Time To Interactive
33.7s Last Painted Hero
33.7s Visually Complete
54.31s Fully Loaded

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#5 NPR
0.14s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.31s Largest Contentful Paint
17.25s First CPU Idle
17.25s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
27.22s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.42s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
8.4s Visually Complete
13.47s First CPU Idle
13.47s Time To Interactive
25.4s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
15.88s First CPU Idle
15.88s Time To Interactive
57.02s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
2.45s First CPU Idle
2.45s Time To Interactive
2.7s Visually Complete
3.28s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.28s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
4.02s First CPU Idle
4.02s Time To Interactive
4.1s Visually Complete
9.1s Fully Loaded

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#10 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
39.47s First CPU Idle
39.47s Time To Interactive
118.24s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
25.62s First CPU Idle
25.62s Time To Interactive
29.34s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
8.2s First CPU Idle
8.2s Time To Interactive
26.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.19s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
10.4s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
17.11s First CPU Idle
17.11s Time To Interactive
31.43s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
0.33s Backend
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
23.65s First CPU Idle
23.65s Time To Interactive
28.19s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
3.91s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Visually Complete
9.23s First CPU Idle
9.23s Time To Interactive
11.2s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
6.57s First CPU Idle
6.57s Time To Interactive
32.57s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
12.2s Visually Complete
17.72s First CPU Idle
17.72s Time To Interactive
55.21s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.3s Start Render
21.7s Last Painted Hero
21.7s Visually Complete
21.78s Largest Contentful Paint
23.44s First CPU Idle
23.44s Time To Interactive
39.82s Fully Loaded

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