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
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Visually Complete
4.91s First CPU Idle
4.91s Time To Interactive
22.87s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
2.77s First CPU Idle
2.77s Time To Interactive
6.16s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
9.01s First CPU Idle
9.01s Time To Interactive
17.01s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
14.12s First CPU Idle
14.12s Time To Interactive
19.71s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
6.77s First CPU Idle
6.77s Time To Interactive
33.7s Visually Complete
51.12s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.2s Visually Complete
7.36s First CPU Idle
7.36s Time To Interactive
24.5s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
2.24s First CPU Idle
2.24s Time To Interactive
3.3s Fully Loaded
3.5s Visually Complete

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#8 NPR
0.16s Backend
1s Start Render
3.93s Largest Contentful Paint
12.88s First CPU Idle
18.66s Time To Interactive
19s Last Painted Hero
19s Visually Complete
28.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
28.81s First CPU Idle
28.81s Time To Interactive
29.4s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.25s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Visually Complete
3.91s First CPU Idle
3.91s Time To Interactive
9.05s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
18s Last Painted Hero
32s Visually Complete
32.65s First CPU Idle
32.65s Time To Interactive
112.54s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
6.7s Visually Complete
7s First CPU Idle
7s Time To Interactive
24.95s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.17s Backend
1.5s Start Render
7.81s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
13.42s First CPU Idle
13.42s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
30.74s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.73s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
15.18s First CPU Idle
15.18s Time To Interactive
55.98s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
7.65s First CPU Idle
7.65s Time To Interactive
21.27s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
3.75s Largest Contentful Paint
9.77s First CPU Idle
9.77s Time To Interactive
11.78s Fully Loaded
13s Visually Complete

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
1.22s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.24s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
14.3s Visually Complete
19.01s First CPU Idle
19.01s Time To Interactive
24.4s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
2.3s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21.6s Visually Complete
22.85s First CPU Idle
22.85s Time To Interactive
39.09s Fully Loaded

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