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.

Tested every day on a desktop Chrome desktop browser with a fast connection (25Mbps/10Mbps 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 FAST CONNECTION

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#1 VOX
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
12.65s First CPU Idle
12.65s Time To Interactive
13.89s Fully Loaded

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#2 NEW YORK TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
7.1s Largest Contentful Paint
14.13s First CPU Idle
14.13s Time To Interactive
14.8s Visually Complete
27.87s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.59s Largest Contentful Paint
10.52s First CPU Idle
19s Visually Complete
25.51s Time To Interactive
35s Last Painted Hero
117.06s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
12.33s First CPU Idle
12.33s Time To Interactive
24.43s Fully Loaded
26.6s Visually Complete

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#5 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
15.12s First CPU Idle
15.12s Time To Interactive
45.13s Fully Loaded

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#6 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Largest Contentful Paint
12.75s First CPU Idle
12.75s Time To Interactive
13.7s Visually Complete
20.08s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.64s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
19.47s First CPU Idle
19.47s Time To Interactive
44.99s Fully Loaded

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#8 BLOOMBERG
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
19.28s First CPU Idle
19.28s Time To Interactive
26.8s Visually Complete
32.32s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.63s Largest Contentful Paint
8.2s Last Painted Hero
10.64s First CPU Idle
10.64s Time To Interactive
13s Visually Complete
15.73s Fully Loaded

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#10 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
19.18s First CPU Idle
19.18s Time To Interactive
20.31s Fully Loaded

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#11 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
0.8s Start Render
7.5s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
16.05s First CPU Idle
16.05s Time To Interactive
22.94s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.27s Largest Contentful Paint
8.6s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
21.78s First CPU Idle
21.78s Time To Interactive
118.64s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.15s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
6.4s First CPU Idle
6.4s Time To Interactive
8.8s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
14.41s First CPU Idle
14.41s Time To Interactive
83s Visually Complete
116.14s Fully Loaded

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#15 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.1s Backend
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Start Render
2.1s Last Painted Hero
3.55s First CPU Idle
3.55s Time To Interactive
3.6s Visually Complete
8.37s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.09s Backend
2.3s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Start Render
5.7s Last Painted Hero
12.67s First CPU Idle
12.67s Time To Interactive
23.91s Fully Loaded
25.5s Visually Complete

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