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
0.46s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
12.13s First CPU Idle
12.13s Time To Interactive
20s Visually Complete
118.01s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
14.31s First CPU Idle
14.31s Time To Interactive
17.31s Fully Loaded

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#3 FORBES
0.08s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.63s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
11.28s First CPU Idle
11.28s Time To Interactive
21.9s Visually Complete
71.79s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.58s First CPU Idle
3.58s Time To Interactive
63.66s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Visually Complete
8.22s First CPU Idle
8.22s Time To Interactive
37.8s Last Painted Hero
38.25s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
5.52s First CPU Idle
5.52s Time To Interactive
12.03s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
11.78s First CPU Idle
11.78s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
28.75s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
8.2s First CPU Idle
28.96s Time To Interactive
51.1s Visually Complete
63.15s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
12.93s First CPU Idle
12.93s Time To Interactive
26.85s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
12.19s First CPU Idle
20.68s Time To Interactive
46.8s Largest Contentful Paint
47.33s Fully Loaded
50.7s Last Painted Hero
51.4s Visually Complete

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.37s Backend
1s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
3.18s First CPU Idle
3.18s Time To Interactive
4s Last Painted Hero
4s Visually Complete
5.54s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
7.41s First CPU Idle
7.41s Time To Interactive
22.05s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
10.13s First CPU Idle
10.13s Time To Interactive
23.5s Visually Complete
26.09s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
5.33s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Visually Complete
12.47s First CPU Idle
12.47s Time To Interactive
26.52s Fully Loaded

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#15 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
9.16s First CPU Idle
9.16s Time To Interactive
13s Visually Complete
29.43s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.9s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
21.64s First CPU Idle
55.09s Time To Interactive
119.14s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
13.19s First CPU Idle
13.19s Time To Interactive
14s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
43.23s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
6.24s First CPU Idle
6.24s Time To Interactive
12.56s Fully Loaded

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