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
1.28s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
3.55s First CPU Idle
3.55s Time To Interactive
9.12s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.43s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Visually Complete
1.3s First CPU Idle
1.3s Time To Interactive
2.29s Fully Loaded

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#3 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.58s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Start Render
7.5s Visually Complete
7.84s First CPU Idle
7.84s Time To Interactive
37s Last Painted Hero
40.89s Fully Loaded

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#4 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.72s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.2s Visually Complete
10.58s First CPU Idle
10.58s Time To Interactive
23.39s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
6.01s First CPU Idle
6.01s Time To Interactive
25.03s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
8.95s First CPU Idle
8.95s Time To Interactive
73.5s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.85s Largest Contentful Paint
4.8s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
26.13s First CPU Idle
26.13s Time To Interactive
31.44s Fully Loaded

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#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
24.58s First CPU Idle
24.58s Time To Interactive
53.3s Visually Complete
63.03s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
9.08s First CPU Idle
16.53s Time To Interactive
29.14s Fully Loaded
29.2s Last Painted Hero
29.2s Visually Complete

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.36s Backend
1s Start Render
1.55s Largest Contentful Paint
2.08s First CPU Idle
2.08s Time To Interactive
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
4.24s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.05s Largest Contentful Paint
10.05s First CPU Idle
10.05s Time To Interactive
10.5s Visually Complete
27.82s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.5s Backend
1.3s Start Render
3.28s Largest Contentful Paint
19.01s First CPU Idle
19.01s Time To Interactive
20s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
51.41s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.32s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Visually Complete
6.46s First CPU Idle
6.46s Time To Interactive
24.79s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
5.35s First CPU Idle
5.35s Time To Interactive
32.88s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
5.84s Largest Contentful Paint
12.2s First CPU Idle
12.2s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
32.32s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
15.06s First CPU Idle
15.06s Time To Interactive
18.26s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.98s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
26.15s First CPU Idle
26.15s Time To Interactive
119.1s Fully Loaded
120.1s Visually Complete

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.3s Largest Contentful Paint
10.41s First CPU Idle
10.41s Time To Interactive
11s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
14.95s Fully Loaded

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