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
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.53s Largest Contentful Paint
7.47s First CPU Idle
7.47s Time To Interactive
8.5s Visually Complete
25.39s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.23s Largest Contentful Paint
2.92s First CPU Idle
2.92s Time To Interactive
14.35s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
8.66s First CPU Idle
34.62s Time To Interactive
54.19s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
16.14s First CPU Idle
16.14s Time To Interactive
28.54s Fully Loaded

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#5 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.46s Largest Contentful Paint
11.65s First CPU Idle
18.15s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
28.08s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
8.44s First CPU Idle
8.44s Time To Interactive
24.54s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
3.8s Last Painted Hero
9.4s Visually Complete
14.47s First CPU Idle
14.47s Time To Interactive
21.15s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
5.3s Last Painted Hero
6.59s First CPU Idle
6.59s Time To Interactive
7.5s Visually Complete
16.82s Fully Loaded

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#9 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
32.89s First CPU Idle
45.69s Time To Interactive
53.49s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.49s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
19.85s First CPU Idle
33.9s Visually Complete
33.95s Time To Interactive
34.99s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
14.7s Visually Complete
21.73s First CPU Idle
21.73s Time To Interactive
55.46s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.27s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
4.58s First CPU Idle
4.58s Time To Interactive
6.5s Visually Complete
14.81s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.32s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Visually Complete
7.9s First CPU Idle
7.9s Time To Interactive
28.13s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
3.49s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
8.32s First CPU Idle
8.32s Time To Interactive
10.04s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
6.52s First CPU Idle
6.52s Time To Interactive
33.36s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.09s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Visually Complete
36.09s First CPU Idle
36.09s Time To Interactive
40s Last Painted Hero
119.22s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.6s Start Render
7.57s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
14.78s First CPU Idle
14.78s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
31.61s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.5s Start Render
3.03s Largest Contentful Paint
22.9s Last Painted Hero
22.9s Visually Complete
23.23s First CPU Idle
23.23s Time To Interactive
45.36s Fully Loaded

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