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
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
3.34s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s Last Painted Hero
3.4s Visually Complete
3.44s First CPU Idle
3.44s Time To Interactive
7.02s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
8.43s First CPU Idle
17.86s Time To Interactive
20.19s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
8.16s First CPU Idle
8.16s Time To Interactive
15s Visually Complete
75.09s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
6.93s Largest Contentful Paint
18.67s First CPU Idle
18.67s Time To Interactive
19.1s Last Painted Hero
19.1s Visually Complete
26.44s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
28.55s First CPU Idle
36.16s Time To Interactive
56.99s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
11.61s First CPU Idle
11.61s Time To Interactive
16.18s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.32s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.49s Largest Contentful Paint
8.27s First CPU Idle
8.27s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
66.65s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.11s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
8.98s First CPU Idle
8.98s Time To Interactive
24.41s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.11s Backend
1s Start Render
2.9s Largest Contentful Paint
16.5s Last Painted Hero
16.5s Visually Complete
23.97s First CPU Idle
23.97s Time To Interactive
25.92s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.4s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
2.84s First CPU Idle
2.84s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
4.52s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.7s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
2.8s Last Painted Hero
24.51s First CPU Idle
28.37s Fully Loaded
31.04s Time To Interactive

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
13.88s First CPU Idle
13.88s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
29.05s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
10.1s First CPU Idle
10.1s Time To Interactive
14.06s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
27.9s Visually Complete
28.96s First CPU Idle
28.96s Time To Interactive
35.96s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
4.1s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
10.56s First CPU Idle
10.56s Time To Interactive
40.59s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.11s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
23.13s First CPU Idle
23.13s Time To Interactive
34.19s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Start Render
10.72s First CPU Idle
10.72s Time To Interactive
12s Visually Complete
17.42s Fully Loaded
21.8s Last Painted Hero

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.5s Start Render
2.59s Largest Contentful Paint
13.47s First CPU Idle
13.47s Time To Interactive
14s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
117.05s Fully Loaded

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