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 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
3.03s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.6s First CPU Idle
3.6s Time To Interactive
14.45s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
14.45s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Visually Complete
17.55s First CPU Idle
17.55s Time To Interactive
30.2s Last Painted Hero
59.03s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
6.7s Visually Complete
30.69s First CPU Idle
30.69s Time To Interactive
36.75s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
7.22s First CPU Idle
7.22s Time To Interactive
7.5s Visually Complete
24.64s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
14.5s Visually Complete
33.7s First CPU Idle
33.7s Time To Interactive
56.41s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
11.68s First CPU Idle
11.68s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
55.88s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.09s Backend
1s Start Render
3.24s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
28.25s First CPU Idle
28.25s Time To Interactive
75.71s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
10s Last Painted Hero
17.89s First CPU Idle
17.89s Time To Interactive
28.07s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.41s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.59s Largest Contentful Paint
6.42s First CPU Idle
6.42s Time To Interactive
6.5s Last Painted Hero
10.2s Fully Loaded
11s Visually Complete

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#10 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
8.12s First CPU Idle
8.12s Time To Interactive
12.28s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.47s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
32.54s First CPU Idle
32.54s Time To Interactive
54.6s Visually Complete
55.77s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
24.94s First CPU Idle
24.94s Time To Interactive
25s Visually Complete
54.22s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.73s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
22.95s First CPU Idle
22.95s Time To Interactive
27.26s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
25.19s First CPU Idle
25.19s Time To Interactive
35.77s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
31.01s First CPU Idle
36.4s Time To Interactive
116s Visually Complete
117.74s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.15s Backend
1.7s Start Render
8.24s Largest Contentful Paint
11.5s Last Painted Hero
14.78s First CPU Idle
14.78s Time To Interactive
20s Visually Complete
30.87s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.4s Last Painted Hero
5.97s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
14.45s First CPU Idle
14.45s Time To Interactive
40.26s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.13s Largest Contentful Paint
14.7s Last Painted Hero
14.7s Visually Complete
15.23s First CPU Idle
15.23s Time To Interactive
32.73s Fully Loaded

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