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
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.51s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Visually Complete
22.52s Fully Loaded
22.57s First CPU Idle
22.57s Time To Interactive

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
10.9s Visually Complete
14.9s First CPU Idle
14.9s Time To Interactive
16.9s Fully Loaded

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#3 REUTERS
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
32.8s First CPU Idle
32.8s Time To Interactive
98s Visually Complete
120s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
35.06s First CPU Idle
35.06s Time To Interactive
56.95s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
9.08s First CPU Idle
9.08s Time To Interactive
71.57s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
13.8s Visually Complete
14.01s First CPU Idle
14.01s Time To Interactive
77.23s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
12.1s First CPU Idle
12.1s Time To Interactive
28.02s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.81s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
24.85s First CPU Idle
24.85s Time To Interactive
39.3s Visually Complete
54.27s Fully Loaded

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#9 LA TIMES
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
2.81s Largest Contentful Paint
2.99s First CPU Idle
2.99s Time To Interactive
14.18s Fully Loaded

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#10 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.37s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
41.09s First CPU Idle
41.09s Time To Interactive
119.3s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.43s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
2.85s First CPU Idle
2.85s Time To Interactive
3.03s Fully Loaded
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.51s Largest Contentful Paint
22.22s First CPU Idle
22.22s Time To Interactive
24.5s Visually Complete
72.03s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Visually Complete
9.14s First CPU Idle
9.14s Time To Interactive
10.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.56s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Visually Complete
3.3s Last Painted Hero
27.3s First CPU Idle
27.3s Time To Interactive
32.3s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.76s Backend
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
35.33s First CPU Idle
35.33s Time To Interactive
57.8s Visually Complete
66.67s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.17s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
24.25s First CPU Idle
24.25s Time To Interactive
34.71s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
3.96s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Visually Complete
8.55s First CPU Idle
8.55s Time To Interactive
9.88s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
27.17s First CPU Idle
30.6s Visually Complete
36.2s Time To Interactive
56.32s Fully Loaded

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#19 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2.2s Start Render
12.33s Largest Contentful Paint
15.2s Last Painted Hero
15.2s Visually Complete
16.26s First CPU Idle
16.26s Time To Interactive
38.21s Fully Loaded

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