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 Visually Complete which is when all content in the viewport has rendered, and nothing in the viewport changes as the rest of the page loads.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A DESKTOP FAST CONNECTION

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#1 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Visually Complete
8.5s Last Painted Hero
12.85s First CPU Idle
12.85s Time To Interactive
26.84s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Visually Complete
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
28.81s First CPU Idle
28.81s Time To Interactive
64.89s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.59s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
21.6s First CPU Idle
21.6s Time To Interactive
33.21s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.48s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
3.21s First CPU Idle
3.21s Time To Interactive
6.94s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
2.71s First CPU Idle
2.71s Time To Interactive
3.2s Last Painted Hero
3.28s Fully Loaded
3.3s Visually Complete

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
6.6s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
9.36s First CPU Idle
9.36s Time To Interactive
54.46s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
7s Last Painted Hero
7s Visually Complete
22.6s First CPU Idle
27.94s Time To Interactive
36.85s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
18.92s First CPU Idle
18.92s Time To Interactive
54.26s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
5.52s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
11.33s First CPU Idle
11.33s Time To Interactive
39.8s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.06s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
7.99s First CPU Idle
7.99s Time To Interactive
8.8s Last Painted Hero
8.9s Visually Complete
27.61s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Visually Complete
9.54s First CPU Idle
9.54s Time To Interactive
29.82s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
11.38s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
18.91s First CPU Idle
18.91s Time To Interactive
26.8s Last Painted Hero
31.6s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Last Painted Hero
0.92s Largest Contentful Paint
12.8s Visually Complete
24.7s First CPU Idle
31.85s Time To Interactive
76.13s Fully Loaded

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#14 YAHOO NEWS
0.38s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
14s Visually Complete
19.61s First CPU Idle
34.13s Time To Interactive
58.97s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.9s Start Render
4.24s Largest Contentful Paint
15.05s First CPU Idle
15.05s Time To Interactive
15.1s Last Painted Hero
15.1s Visually Complete
37.2s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.83s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
26s Visually Complete
31.71s First CPU Idle
37.16s Time To Interactive
119.48s Fully Loaded

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#17 NPR
0.15s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.39s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
28.74s First CPU Idle
28.74s Time To Interactive
62.52s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.5s Start Render
15.95s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
18.1s First CPU Idle
18.1s Time To Interactive
35.88s Fully Loaded
41s Visually Complete

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