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 Last Painted Hero
0.51s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Visually Complete
13.26s First CPU Idle
13.26s Time To Interactive
16.68s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
2.91s Largest Contentful Paint
3.14s First CPU Idle
3.14s Time To Interactive
14.38s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
10.9s Visually Complete
14.23s First CPU Idle
14.23s Time To Interactive
70.27s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.7s Largest Contentful Paint
9.03s First CPU Idle
9.03s Time To Interactive
22.4s Visually Complete
79.29s Fully Loaded

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#5 WASHINGTON POST
0.15s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
10.8s Visually Complete
23.5s First CPU Idle
23.5s Time To Interactive
47.33s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
14.48s First CPU Idle
14.48s Time To Interactive
28.5s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
14s Last Painted Hero
15.84s First CPU Idle
15.84s Time To Interactive
29.59s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
7.63s First CPU Idle
7.63s Time To Interactive
8.5s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
27.15s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.19s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.94s Largest Contentful Paint
16.4s Last Painted Hero
16.4s Visually Complete
22.63s First CPU Idle
22.63s Time To Interactive
50.92s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.42s Backend
1s Start Render
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
2.71s First CPU Idle
2.71s Time To Interactive
4.17s Fully Loaded
4.2s Last Painted Hero
4.2s Visually Complete

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#11 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.32s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
17.61s First CPU Idle
17.61s Time To Interactive
25.07s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.2s Start Render
4.81s Largest Contentful Paint
13.46s First CPU Idle
13.46s Time To Interactive
15.3s Last Painted Hero
15.3s Visually Complete
28.85s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.66s Largest Contentful Paint
40.5s Last Painted Hero
40.5s Visually Complete
45.24s First CPU Idle
45.24s Time To Interactive
119.61s Fully Loaded

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#14 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.35s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
8.7s First CPU Idle
8.7s Time To Interactive
10.47s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
18.83s First CPU Idle
18.83s Time To Interactive
32.65s Fully Loaded

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#16 YAHOO NEWS
0.4s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
7.88s First CPU Idle
7.88s Time To Interactive
51.1s Visually Complete
63.15s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.39s Largest Contentful Paint
9.27s First CPU Idle
9.27s Time To Interactive
14.2s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
17.3s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.8s Start Render
10.27s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
14.78s First CPU Idle
14.78s Time To Interactive
36.13s Fully Loaded

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