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 REUTERS
0.11s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Last Painted Hero
21.67s First CPU Idle
21.67s Time To Interactive
21.73s Fully Loaded
26.4s Visually Complete

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#2 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
11.9s Last Painted Hero
13.6s Visually Complete
17.38s First CPU Idle
17.38s Time To Interactive
19.39s Fully Loaded

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#3 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.6s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
11.73s First CPU Idle
11.73s Time To Interactive
15.55s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.11s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.16s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
8.34s First CPU Idle
8.34s Time To Interactive
14.44s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.39s Largest Contentful Paint
0.6s Start Render
16.8s First CPU Idle
16.8s Time To Interactive
21s Visually Complete
21.1s Last Painted Hero
40.01s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.72s Largest Contentful Paint
8.72s First CPU Idle
8.9s Visually Complete
36.01s Time To Interactive
69.77s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.08s Largest Contentful Paint
11.75s First CPU Idle
11.75s Time To Interactive
16s Fully Loaded
18.3s Last Painted Hero
18.3s Visually Complete

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#8 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.7s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
7.4s Visually Complete
12.43s First CPU Idle
12.43s Time To Interactive
28.04s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
0.1s Backend
0.67s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
10.6s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Visually Complete
16.48s First CPU Idle
16.48s Time To Interactive
18.84s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
8.71s Largest Contentful Paint
9.7s Last Painted Hero
14.45s First CPU Idle
14.45s Time To Interactive
26.46s Fully Loaded
29.9s Visually Complete

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#11 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
3.33s Largest Contentful Paint
13.3s Visually Complete
15.61s First CPU Idle
15.61s Time To Interactive
17.59s Fully Loaded

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#12 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.56s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
11.91s First CPU Idle
11.91s Time To Interactive
19.47s Fully Loaded
27.6s Visually Complete

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#13 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.36s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
3.31s First CPU Idle
3.31s Time To Interactive
17.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
16.8s First CPU Idle
16.8s Time To Interactive
17.7s Visually Complete
18.49s Fully Loaded

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#15 YAHOO NEWS
0.41s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3.83s First CPU Idle
3.83s Time To Interactive
9.92s Fully Loaded
10.4s Visually Complete

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#16 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
21.27s First CPU Idle
21.27s Time To Interactive
22.32s Fully Loaded
26.5s Visually Complete

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#17 ESPN
0.13s Backend
2.75s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Start Render
9.9s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
15.27s First CPU Idle
15.27s Time To Interactive
26.55s Fully Loaded

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