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 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
26.07s First CPU Idle
26.07s Time To Interactive
28.44s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.94s Largest Contentful Paint
7.49s First CPU Idle
7.49s Time To Interactive
33.55s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.3s Start Render
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
2.64s First CPU Idle
2.64s Time To Interactive
3.82s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Last Painted Hero
4.7s Visually Complete
5.32s First CPU Idle
5.32s Time To Interactive
23.29s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.3s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.77s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Last Painted Hero
5.05s First CPU Idle
5.05s Time To Interactive
5.3s Visually Complete
11.09s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
5.3s Visually Complete
6.46s First CPU Idle
6.46s Time To Interactive
16.7s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
3.96s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
9.06s First CPU Idle
9.06s Time To Interactive
10.93s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.35s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
7.51s First CPU Idle
7.51s Time To Interactive
25.46s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.54s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
16.39s First CPU Idle
16.39s Time To Interactive
23.43s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
8.11s First CPU Idle
8.11s Time To Interactive
8.2s Last Painted Hero
8.2s Visually Complete
24.99s Fully Loaded

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#11 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Visually Complete
10.5s Last Painted Hero
19.42s First CPU Idle
19.42s Time To Interactive
22.08s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
10.1s Visually Complete
10.37s First CPU Idle
10.37s Time To Interactive
19.37s Fully Loaded

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#13 WASHINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
14.9s Visually Complete
17s First CPU Idle
17s Time To Interactive
58.26s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.11s Backend
1s Start Render
3.22s Largest Contentful Paint
11.1s First CPU Idle
17.15s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
26.97s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
1.7s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
22.5s Last Painted Hero
22.5s Visually Complete
23.37s First CPU Idle
23.37s Time To Interactive
40.07s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
20.2s First CPU Idle
20.2s Time To Interactive
27s Visually Complete
117.9s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.5s Start Render
6.48s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
17.28s First CPU Idle
17.28s Time To Interactive
35.3s Fully Loaded
36s Visually Complete

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#18 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
7.74s First CPU Idle
7.74s Time To Interactive
35s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
51.99s Fully Loaded

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