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
0.45s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
17.94s First CPU Idle
17.94s Time To Interactive
22.87s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.95s First CPU Idle
2.95s Time To Interactive
3.04s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
6.78s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
10.73s First CPU Idle
10.73s Time To Interactive
16.43s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.78s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
8.78s First CPU Idle
8.78s Time To Interactive
17s Visually Complete
71.08s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.08s Backend
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
7.63s First CPU Idle
7.63s Time To Interactive
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
14.69s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
13.46s First CPU Idle
13.46s Time To Interactive
13.7s Visually Complete
82.86s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
9.79s First CPU Idle
20.38s Time To Interactive
28.72s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.2s Backend
1s Start Render
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
22s Visually Complete
24.22s First CPU Idle
24.22s Time To Interactive
51.53s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.43s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.25s Largest Contentful Paint
2.56s First CPU Idle
2.56s Time To Interactive
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.05s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.17s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.04s Largest Contentful Paint
21.34s First CPU Idle
21.34s Time To Interactive
48s Visually Complete
72.64s Fully Loaded
77s Last Painted Hero

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#11 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.9s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
20s Visually Complete
36.5s First CPU Idle
36.5s Time To Interactive
119.73s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
8.69s First CPU Idle
8.69s Time To Interactive
10.65s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.61s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
33.64s First CPU Idle
33.64s Time To Interactive
57.2s Visually Complete
66.05s Fully Loaded

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#14 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Visually Complete
8.25s First CPU Idle
8.25s Time To Interactive
10.28s Fully Loaded

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#15 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
22.28s First CPU Idle
31.45s Time To Interactive
55.6s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.95s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Visually Complete
3.1s Last Painted Hero
18.71s First CPU Idle
18.71s Time To Interactive
21.56s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.7s Start Render
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
18.42s First CPU Idle
29.62s Fully Loaded
31.11s Time To Interactive

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#18 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.06s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Start Render
12.2s Last Painted Hero
12.2s Visually Complete
13.69s First CPU Idle
13.69s Time To Interactive
31.04s Fully Loaded

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