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
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
1.4s Visually Complete
1.73s First CPU Idle
1.73s Time To Interactive
2.11s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
2.97s First CPU Idle
2.97s Time To Interactive
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
14.23s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
29.26s First CPU Idle
29.26s Time To Interactive
53.89s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
5.59s Largest Contentful Paint
13.63s First CPU Idle
13.63s Time To Interactive
25.44s Fully Loaded
30.5s Last Painted Hero
30.5s Visually Complete

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Visually Complete
10.25s First CPU Idle
10.25s Time To Interactive
115.74s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.19s First CPU Idle
6.19s Time To Interactive
6.9s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
23.13s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.09s Backend
1s Start Render
3.85s Largest Contentful Paint
21.7s Last Painted Hero
21.7s Visually Complete
22.77s First CPU Idle
22.77s Time To Interactive
69.66s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
7.5s Visually Complete
8.5s Last Painted Hero
22.23s First CPU Idle
22.23s Time To Interactive
53.41s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
27.57s First CPU Idle
27.57s Time To Interactive
63.18s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.4s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
2.14s First CPU Idle
2.14s Time To Interactive
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
3.49s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.24s Backend
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.5s Visually Complete
39.1s First CPU Idle
39.1s Time To Interactive
78.46s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.12s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.29s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.91s First CPU Idle
10.91s Time To Interactive
57.24s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
2.2s Last Painted Hero
17.51s First CPU Idle
17.51s Time To Interactive
45.82s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Visually Complete
34.17s First CPU Idle
34.17s Time To Interactive
119.53s Fully Loaded

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#15 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Visually Complete
10.16s First CPU Idle
10.16s Time To Interactive
15.17s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
5.51s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
10.25s First CPU Idle
10.25s Time To Interactive
40.38s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
25.45s First CPU Idle
25.45s Time To Interactive
66.01s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.3s Start Render
11.27s Largest Contentful Paint
13.68s First CPU Idle
13.68s Time To Interactive
15s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
117.85s Fully Loaded

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