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
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.57s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
3.42s First CPU Idle
3.42s Time To Interactive
7.06s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
10.01s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
14.11s First CPU Idle
14.11s Time To Interactive
27s Last Painted Hero
31.57s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
9.45s First CPU Idle
9.45s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
54.5s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
7.8s First CPU Idle
7.8s Time To Interactive
9.3s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
27.41s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
10.7s Visually Complete
32.22s First CPU Idle
32.22s Time To Interactive
56.53s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
15.55s First CPU Idle
15.55s Time To Interactive
36.49s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.33s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
35.28s First CPU Idle
35.28s Time To Interactive
57.4s Visually Complete
66.73s Fully Loaded

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#8 THE ONION
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.4s Visually Complete
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
27.4s First CPU Idle
27.4s Time To Interactive
58.7s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.34s Backend
1s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
4.29s First CPU Idle
4.29s Time To Interactive
4.34s Fully Loaded
4.4s Last Painted Hero
4.4s Visually Complete

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#10 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Visually Complete
9s Last Painted Hero
16.32s First CPU Idle
16.32s Time To Interactive
27.39s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.14s Backend
1s Start Render
2.82s Largest Contentful Paint
18.3s Last Painted Hero
18.3s Visually Complete
23.63s First CPU Idle
23.63s Time To Interactive
26.47s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
8.95s First CPU Idle
8.95s Time To Interactive
9.7s Visually Complete
14.77s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
38.5s First CPU Idle
38.5s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.15s Backend
1.33s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
24.42s First CPU Idle
24.42s Time To Interactive
45.51s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
7.2s Visually Complete
7.81s First CPU Idle
7.81s Time To Interactive
33.16s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.11s Backend
1.5s Start Render
3.6s Last Painted Hero
6.01s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Visually Complete
11.89s First CPU Idle
18.56s Time To Interactive
40.58s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.15s Backend
1.6s Start Render
7.26s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
20.21s First CPU Idle
30s Visually Complete
31.98s Time To Interactive
42.36s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.48s Largest Contentful Paint
15.5s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
15.7s First CPU Idle
15.7s Time To Interactive
37.54s Fully Loaded

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