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
12.19s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
15.12s First CPU Idle
15.12s Time To Interactive
28s Last Painted Hero
60.45s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Visually Complete
5.7s Last Painted Hero
8.79s First CPU Idle
8.79s Time To Interactive
53.87s Fully Loaded

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#3 REUTERS
0.14s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Last Painted Hero
43.4s Visually Complete
43.64s First CPU Idle
43.64s Time To Interactive
52.2s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
2.71s Largest Contentful Paint
3.37s First CPU Idle
3.37s Time To Interactive
6.89s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
5.2s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
13.24s First CPU Idle
13.24s Time To Interactive
17.34s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
11.25s First CPU Idle
11.25s Time To Interactive
23.3s Visually Complete
29.96s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
25.01s First CPU Idle
25.01s Time To Interactive
76.16s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
13s Visually Complete
15s Last Painted Hero
17.64s First CPU Idle
17.64s Time To Interactive
61.49s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
1s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
22.14s First CPU Idle
38.11s Time To Interactive
60.6s Visually Complete
65.04s Fully Loaded

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#10 NPR
0.15s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.32s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
26.94s First CPU Idle
26.94s Time To Interactive
46.65s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Visually Complete
9.14s First CPU Idle
9.14s Time To Interactive
12.74s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.43s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
3.03s First CPU Idle
3.03s Time To Interactive
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.22s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.52s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
23.85s First CPU Idle
23.85s Time To Interactive
24s Visually Complete
119.66s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
23.29s First CPU Idle
23.29s Time To Interactive
34.53s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.03s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
3.6s Last Painted Hero
23.83s First CPU Idle
23.83s Time To Interactive
45.82s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
7.16s Largest Contentful Paint
15.25s First CPU Idle
15.25s Time To Interactive
29s Visually Complete
40.67s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.9s Start Render
8.66s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
15s Visually Complete
15.7s First CPU Idle
31.07s Time To Interactive
33.45s Fully Loaded

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#18 WASHINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
21.87s First CPU Idle
21.87s Time To Interactive
44.57s Fully Loaded

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#19 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.28s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Start Render
17.8s Last Painted Hero
17.8s Visually Complete
18.55s First CPU Idle
18.55s Time To Interactive
39.6s Fully Loaded

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