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
0.5s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Last Painted Hero
6.2s Visually Complete
16.7s First CPU Idle
16.7s Time To Interactive
85.83s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
9.95s Largest Contentful Paint
12.1s Visually Complete
21.96s First CPU Idle
21.96s Time To Interactive
27.2s Last Painted Hero
31.74s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.73s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
9.11s First CPU Idle
9.11s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
53.88s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.54s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
3.35s First CPU Idle
3.35s Time To Interactive
6.98s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.15s Backend
1s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
12.6s Visually Complete
25.48s First CPU Idle
25.48s Time To Interactive
39.35s Fully Loaded

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#6 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.37s Backend
1s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.9s Visually Complete
3.96s First CPU Idle
3.96s Time To Interactive
9.35s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.23s Backend
1s Start Render
3.01s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
25.26s First CPU Idle
25.26s Time To Interactive
37.1s Visually Complete
57.15s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Visually Complete
16.87s First CPU Idle
16.87s Time To Interactive
21.67s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
7.9s Last Painted Hero
7.9s Visually Complete
8.14s First CPU Idle
8.14s Time To Interactive
26.03s Fully Loaded

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#10 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
30.85s First CPU Idle
30.85s Time To Interactive
52.2s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
11.99s First CPU Idle
11.99s Time To Interactive
22.5s Visually Complete
31.05s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
41.57s First CPU Idle
41.57s Time To Interactive
45.8s Visually Complete
115.48s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.5s Start Render
7.48s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
15.26s First CPU Idle
30.95s Time To Interactive
31.15s Fully Loaded
33.3s Visually Complete

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#14 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
7.57s First CPU Idle
7.57s Time To Interactive
32.37s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3.64s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
9.69s First CPU Idle
9.69s Time To Interactive
11.4s Fully Loaded

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#16 YAHOO NEWS
0.88s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
34.5s First CPU Idle
34.5s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
57.54s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
1.8s Start Render
5s Last Painted Hero
5.13s Largest Contentful Paint
9.6s Visually Complete
12.78s First CPU Idle
12.78s Time To Interactive
17.43s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2s Start Render
12.67s Largest Contentful Paint
12.7s Last Painted Hero
12.7s Visually Complete
14.15s First CPU Idle
14.15s Time To Interactive
36.3s Fully Loaded

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