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
0.44s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
16.46s First CPU Idle
16.46s Time To Interactive
21.37s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
20.32s First CPU Idle
20.32s Time To Interactive
56.67s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
9.69s First CPU Idle
9.69s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
85.99s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
7.04s First CPU Idle
7.04s Time To Interactive
8s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
14.31s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
3.16s First CPU Idle
3.16s Time To Interactive
6.8s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.71s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
3.7s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
11.17s First CPU Idle
11.17s Time To Interactive
25.9s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
13.9s First CPU Idle
13.9s Time To Interactive
14s Last Painted Hero
72.47s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
27.47s First CPU Idle
27.47s Time To Interactive
48.6s Visually Complete
50.93s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
2.6s Visually Complete
8.96s First CPU Idle
8.96s Time To Interactive
10.23s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.46s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
2.47s First CPU Idle
2.47s Time To Interactive
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.98s Fully Loaded
3s Visually Complete

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#11 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.4s Last Painted Hero
16.6s First CPU Idle
16.6s Time To Interactive
50.1s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
4.77s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
14.22s First CPU Idle
14.22s Time To Interactive
86.26s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
40.51s First CPU Idle
40.51s Time To Interactive
119.73s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.15s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.27s Largest Contentful Paint
20.74s First CPU Idle
20.74s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
70.7s Last Painted Hero
100.86s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
19.17s First CPU Idle
19.17s Time To Interactive
33.98s Fully Loaded

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#16 YAHOO NEWS
0.76s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
24.38s First CPU Idle
37.73s Time To Interactive
59.4s Visually Complete
71.28s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.12s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2.51s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
7.94s First CPU Idle
7.94s Time To Interactive
23.55s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
13.7s First CPU Idle
13.7s Time To Interactive
31.06s Fully Loaded

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