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 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
15.08s First CPU Idle
15.08s Time To Interactive
32.81s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
17.09s First CPU Idle
17.09s Time To Interactive
23.35s Fully Loaded

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#3 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.33s Backend
1s Start Render
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
2.02s First CPU Idle
2.02s Time To Interactive
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
4.29s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.1s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.82s First CPU Idle
3.82s Time To Interactive
9.49s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
20.57s First CPU Idle
20.57s Time To Interactive
68.79s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
6.69s First CPU Idle
6.69s Time To Interactive
11.87s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
6.7s Visually Complete
7.06s First CPU Idle
7.06s Time To Interactive
24.03s Fully Loaded

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#8 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.73s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
7.1s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
11.41s First CPU Idle
11.41s Time To Interactive
22.44s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.18s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
10.33s First CPU Idle
10.33s Time To Interactive
79.25s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.6s Start Render
6.04s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
7.6s Visually Complete
11.24s First CPU Idle
11.24s Time To Interactive
41.14s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
13.24s First CPU Idle
13.24s Time To Interactive
56.41s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
9.17s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Visually Complete
10.44s First CPU Idle
10.44s Time To Interactive
25.1s Last Painted Hero
53.6s Fully Loaded

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#13 YAHOO NEWS
0.49s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Visually Complete
18.84s First CPU Idle
18.84s Time To Interactive
71.28s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.7s Start Render
10.23s Largest Contentful Paint
13.6s Last Painted Hero
13.6s Visually Complete
16.36s First CPU Idle
16.36s Time To Interactive
16.5s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.33s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.68s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
22.68s First CPU Idle
22.68s Time To Interactive
23s Visually Complete
45.56s Fully Loaded

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#16 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
3.8s Last Painted Hero
7.18s First CPU Idle
7.18s Time To Interactive
30s Visually Complete
69.3s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
14s Last Painted Hero
19.85s First CPU Idle
30.95s Time To Interactive
31s Visually Complete
35.17s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.32s Largest Contentful Paint
37.72s First CPU Idle
37.72s Time To Interactive
98s Visually Complete
119.66s Fully Loaded

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