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
0.4s Start Render
11.17s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
22.86s First CPU Idle
22.86s Time To Interactive
27.9s Last Painted Hero
31.62s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
12.37s First CPU Idle
12.37s Time To Interactive
56.57s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.77s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
3.34s First CPU Idle
3.34s Time To Interactive
7.03s Fully Loaded

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#4 REUTERS
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
37.35s First CPU Idle
37.35s Time To Interactive
73s Visually Complete
78.75s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
29.14s First CPU Idle
29.14s Time To Interactive
29.3s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
13s Last Painted Hero
14.05s First CPU Idle
14.05s Time To Interactive
28.63s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
7.54s First CPU Idle
7.54s Time To Interactive
9.1s Last Painted Hero
9.4s Visually Complete
25.54s Fully Loaded

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#8 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
12.41s First CPU Idle
12.41s Time To Interactive
119.06s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.2s Backend
1s Start Render
4.31s Largest Contentful Paint
20.1s Last Painted Hero
20.1s Visually Complete
24.47s First CPU Idle
31.48s Time To Interactive
53.01s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
1s Start Render
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
24.69s First CPU Idle
24.69s Time To Interactive
45s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.41s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
3.01s First CPU Idle
3.01s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.13s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
9.85s First CPU Idle
9.85s Time To Interactive
18.01s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.8s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.67s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
38.31s First CPU Idle
38.31s Time To Interactive
60.8s Visually Complete
61.97s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
2.4s Last Painted Hero
20.94s First CPU Idle
20.94s Time To Interactive
25.06s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
26.73s First CPU Idle
26.73s Time To Interactive
119.37s Fully Loaded
120.1s Visually Complete

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#16 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
24.46s First CPU Idle
24.46s Time To Interactive
34.21s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.5s Start Render
7.27s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
12.07s First CPU Idle
13s Visually Complete
31s Time To Interactive
87.76s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Start Render
11.1s Last Painted Hero
11.1s Visually Complete
13.67s First CPU Idle
13.67s Time To Interactive
30.7s Fully Loaded

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#19 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
7.11s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
11.45s First CPU Idle
27.83s Time To Interactive
40.74s Fully Loaded

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