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
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.2s Visually Complete
18.6s First CPU Idle
18.6s Time To Interactive
25.69s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.92s Largest Contentful Paint
2.97s First CPU Idle
2.97s Time To Interactive
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
6.84s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.74s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
10.94s First CPU Idle
10.94s Time To Interactive
17.91s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
26.48s First CPU Idle
31.65s Time To Interactive
56.32s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
10.03s First CPU Idle
10.03s Time To Interactive
70.08s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.36s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
24.71s First CPU Idle
32.79s Time To Interactive
55.1s Visually Complete
64.89s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
7.73s First CPU Idle
7.73s Time To Interactive
9s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
25.11s Fully Loaded

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#8 REUTERS
0.14s Backend
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
21s Last Painted Hero
36.54s First CPU Idle
36.54s Time To Interactive
72s Visually Complete
119.19s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.97s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
25s Visually Complete
26.4s First CPU Idle
26.4s Time To Interactive
45.67s Fully Loaded

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#10 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
17.27s First CPU Idle
17.27s Time To Interactive
79.68s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.41s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.84s Largest Contentful Paint
2.84s First CPU Idle
2.84s Time To Interactive
2.96s Fully Loaded
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete

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#12 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.4s Last Painted Hero
19.83s First CPU Idle
19.83s Time To Interactive
21.57s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
46s Visually Complete
46.29s First CPU Idle
46.29s Time To Interactive
49.9s Last Painted Hero
118.79s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.06s Largest Contentful Paint
13.85s First CPU Idle
14s Visually Complete
30.99s Time To Interactive
88.11s Fully Loaded

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#15 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
10.74s First CPU Idle
10.74s Time To Interactive
16.95s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
18.13s First CPU Idle
18.13s Time To Interactive
23.7s Last Painted Hero
23.7s Visually Complete
76.76s Fully Loaded

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#17 POLITICO
0.12s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
2.1s Visually Complete
21.78s First CPU Idle
21.78s Time To Interactive
49.89s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
8.34s First CPU Idle
8.34s Time To Interactive
9.83s Fully Loaded

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#19 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2.14s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Start Render
12.3s Last Painted Hero
12.3s Visually Complete
14.16s First CPU Idle
14.16s Time To Interactive
31.49s Fully Loaded

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