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
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.4s Visually Complete
19.29s First CPU Idle
19.29s Time To Interactive
25.05s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.63s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
3.31s First CPU Idle
3.31s Time To Interactive
6.79s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
11.91s First CPU Idle
11.91s Time To Interactive
16.62s Fully Loaded

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#4 REUTERS
0.21s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Last Painted Hero
36.47s First CPU Idle
43.7s Visually Complete
49s Time To Interactive
59.1s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
6s Last Painted Hero
9.73s First CPU Idle
9.73s Time To Interactive
71.76s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
1s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Visually Complete
31.13s First CPU Idle
31.13s Time To Interactive
49.59s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
7.5s Visually Complete
10.5s Last Painted Hero
15.98s First CPU Idle
15.98s Time To Interactive
28.61s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
24.09s First CPU Idle
24.09s Time To Interactive
51.54s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
8.38s First CPU Idle
8.38s Time To Interactive
9s Visually Complete
28.71s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.4s Backend
1s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
2.71s First CPU Idle
2.71s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Fully Loaded
3.2s Visually Complete

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#11 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
9.97s First CPU Idle
9.97s Time To Interactive
11.28s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.39s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
32.27s First CPU Idle
32.27s Time To Interactive
65.08s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
20.23s First CPU Idle
20.23s Time To Interactive
26.58s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
43.26s First CPU Idle
43.26s Time To Interactive
119.44s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
7.04s Largest Contentful Paint
9.3s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
13.25s First CPU Idle
13.25s Time To Interactive
31.31s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
9.75s First CPU Idle
9.75s Time To Interactive
71.98s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
4.81s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
9.48s First CPU Idle
9.48s Time To Interactive
11.02s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Start Render
16.75s First CPU Idle
16.75s Time To Interactive
17s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
37.9s Fully Loaded

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#19 WASHINGTON POST
0.21s Backend
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
21.28s First CPU Idle
21.28s Time To Interactive
24.4s Visually Complete
75.88s Fully Loaded

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