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
0.4s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
2.97s First CPU Idle
2.97s Time To Interactive
14.04s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.55s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
10.11s First CPU Idle
10.11s Time To Interactive
32.03s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
10.36s First CPU Idle
10.36s Time To Interactive
16.8s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
7.43s First CPU Idle
7.43s Time To Interactive
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.5s Visually Complete
24.81s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
14.77s First CPU Idle
14.77s Time To Interactive
19.86s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
12.36s First CPU Idle
12.36s Time To Interactive
54.62s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.16s Backend
0.9s Start Render
5.06s Largest Contentful Paint
19.21s First CPU Idle
19.21s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
22.7s Visually Complete
29.02s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
7.87s First CPU Idle
7.87s Time To Interactive
25.36s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.31s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
32.68s First CPU Idle
32.68s Time To Interactive
32.7s Visually Complete
33.54s Fully Loaded

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#10 FORBES
0.06s Backend
1.01s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
15s Last Painted Hero
37.83s First CPU Idle
37.83s Time To Interactive
40.3s Visually Complete
43.35s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
3s Last Painted Hero
4.73s First CPU Idle
4.73s Time To Interactive
12.8s Fully Loaded

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#12 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
23.37s First CPU Idle
23.37s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
119.12s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
8.4s First CPU Idle
8.4s Time To Interactive
26.29s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
14.38s First CPU Idle
14.38s Time To Interactive
25.8s Last Painted Hero
25.8s Visually Complete
56.47s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
17.83s First CPU Idle
17.83s Time To Interactive
19s Visually Complete
35.79s Fully Loaded

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#16 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
9.86s First CPU Idle
9.86s Time To Interactive
13.8s Fully Loaded
17s Visually Complete

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#17 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.7s Start Render
4.07s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
6.4s Visually Complete
9.79s First CPU Idle
9.79s Time To Interactive
10.9s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.6s Start Render
3.07s Largest Contentful Paint
22.3s Last Painted Hero
22.3s Visually Complete
23s First CPU Idle
23s Time To Interactive
40.5s Fully Loaded

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