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
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
9.62s Largest Contentful Paint
10.86s First CPU Idle
10.86s Time To Interactive
11s Visually Complete
25.4s Last Painted Hero
38.9s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.43s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Visually Complete
5.8s Last Painted Hero
8.02s First CPU Idle
8.02s Time To Interactive
12.04s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
12.39s First CPU Idle
12.39s Time To Interactive
13.7s Visually Complete
16.53s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
9.38s First CPU Idle
9.38s Time To Interactive
26s Visually Complete
74.4s Last Painted Hero
75.48s Fully Loaded

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#5 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3.2s Visually Complete
5.14s First CPU Idle
5.14s Time To Interactive
63.62s Fully Loaded

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#6 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.48s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
16.08s First CPU Idle
16.08s Time To Interactive
16.2s Visually Complete
26s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.36s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
16.25s First CPU Idle
16.25s Time To Interactive
53.9s Visually Complete
54.79s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
11.44s First CPU Idle
11.44s Time To Interactive
38s Visually Complete
44.33s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
4.6s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
6.41s First CPU Idle
6.41s Time To Interactive
9.37s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.36s Backend
1s Start Render
1.52s Largest Contentful Paint
2.76s First CPU Idle
2.76s Time To Interactive
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
4.27s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.4s Visually Complete
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
14.66s First CPU Idle
14.66s Time To Interactive
18.48s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.06s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
9s Last Painted Hero
16.8s First CPU Idle
16.8s Time To Interactive
26.7s Visually Complete
29.13s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.69s Largest Contentful Paint
12.12s First CPU Idle
12.12s Time To Interactive
13s Visually Complete
43.12s Fully Loaded
48.1s Last Painted Hero

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
6.42s Largest Contentful Paint
13.28s First CPU Idle
13.28s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
30.78s Fully Loaded

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#15 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.35s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Visually Complete
9.29s First CPU Idle
9.29s Time To Interactive
14.36s Fully Loaded

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#16 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
6.02s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Visually Complete
13.77s First CPU Idle
13.77s Time To Interactive
19.56s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
3.22s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
27.45s First CPU Idle
27.45s Time To Interactive
40.5s Visually Complete
118.4s Fully Loaded

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