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
0.46s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
12.63s First CPU Idle
12.63s Time To Interactive
51.58s Fully Loaded

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
17.65s First CPU Idle
17.65s Time To Interactive
26.94s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
3.27s Largest Contentful Paint
3.38s First CPU Idle
3.38s Time To Interactive
7.17s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
8.3s First CPU Idle
8.3s Time To Interactive
8.4s Visually Complete
71.37s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Last Painted Hero
10.2s Visually Complete
22.49s First CPU Idle
29.6s Time To Interactive
29.81s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
11.32s First CPU Idle
11.32s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
119.72s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
10.7s Visually Complete
15.4s First CPU Idle
15.4s Time To Interactive
73.2s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.66s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
24.38s First CPU Idle
24.38s Time To Interactive
46.1s Visually Complete
47.12s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
12.05s First CPU Idle
12.05s Time To Interactive
26.37s Fully Loaded

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#10 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
21.78s First CPU Idle
21.78s Time To Interactive
25.75s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.2s Start Render
5.12s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
14.02s First CPU Idle
14.02s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
76.14s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.43s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
2.41s First CPU Idle
2.41s Time To Interactive
2.81s Fully Loaded
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete

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#13 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
31.57s First CPU Idle
31.57s Time To Interactive
118.14s Fully Loaded

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#14 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
9.34s First CPU Idle
9.34s Time To Interactive
9.9s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
16.39s Fully Loaded

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#15 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
4.9s Largest Contentful Paint
5.8s Last Painted Hero
5.8s Visually Complete
10.35s First CPU Idle
10.35s Time To Interactive
40.39s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.18s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Visually Complete
22.67s First CPU Idle
22.67s Time To Interactive
35.79s Fully Loaded

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
0.45s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
11.19s First CPU Idle
11.19s Time To Interactive
53s Visually Complete
74.82s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
10.37s First CPU Idle
10.37s Time To Interactive
11.2s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
15.98s Fully Loaded

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