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
0.5s Start Render
12.46s Largest Contentful Paint
15.24s First CPU Idle
15.24s Time To Interactive
24s Visually Complete
25s Last Painted Hero
31.61s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
10.47s First CPU Idle
10.47s Time To Interactive
74.94s Fully Loaded

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#3 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
10.26s First CPU Idle
10.26s Time To Interactive
13.97s Fully Loaded

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#4 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
32.44s First CPU Idle
32.44s Time To Interactive
56.31s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
16.36s First CPU Idle
16.36s Time To Interactive
29s Last Painted Hero
30s Visually Complete
55.64s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
29.81s First CPU Idle
29.81s Time To Interactive
57.02s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.16s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Visually Complete
10.92s First CPU Idle
10.92s Time To Interactive
24.9s Last Painted Hero
54.52s Fully Loaded

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#8 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
8.2s Last Painted Hero
8.2s Visually Complete
18.27s First CPU Idle
18.27s Time To Interactive
28.97s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
11.14s First CPU Idle
11.14s Time To Interactive
12.67s Fully Loaded
17.7s Visually Complete

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#10 NPR
0.17s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.38s Largest Contentful Paint
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete
26.16s First CPU Idle
26.16s Time To Interactive
62.43s Fully Loaded

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#11 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.14s Largest Contentful Paint
3.27s First CPU Idle
3.27s Time To Interactive
14.82s Fully Loaded

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#12 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.46s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.1s Largest Contentful Paint
2.85s First CPU Idle
2.85s Time To Interactive
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
2.94s Fully Loaded

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#13 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
25.07s First CPU Idle
25.07s Time To Interactive
36s Visually Complete
119.86s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.53s Largest Contentful Paint
11.76s First CPU Idle
11.76s Time To Interactive
12s Last Painted Hero
30.32s Fully Loaded
31s Visually Complete

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.6s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.74s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
35.73s First CPU Idle
57.76s Time To Interactive
68.45s Fully Loaded

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#16 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
23.38s First CPU Idle
38.78s Time To Interactive
49.83s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
4.65s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
9.09s First CPU Idle
9.09s Time To Interactive
28.85s Fully Loaded

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.9s Start Render
15.19s Largest Contentful Paint
15.35s First CPU Idle
15.35s Time To Interactive
16s Last Painted Hero
31s Visually Complete
118.49s Fully Loaded

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