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
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
1.75s Largest Contentful Paint
21.35s First CPU Idle
21.35s Time To Interactive
33.97s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
2.84s Largest Contentful Paint
3.39s First CPU Idle
3.39s Time To Interactive
6.84s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
26.22s First CPU Idle
26.22s Time To Interactive
30.72s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.25s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
3.3s Visually Complete
10.65s First CPU Idle
10.65s Time To Interactive
12.99s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.43s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4.57s First CPU Idle
4.57s Time To Interactive
4.65s Fully Loaded
4.7s Last Painted Hero
4.7s Visually Complete

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
23.58s First CPU Idle
29.83s Time To Interactive
36.84s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.53s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
27.13s First CPU Idle
27.13s Time To Interactive
31.58s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Visually Complete
25.19s First CPU Idle
31.97s Time To Interactive
51.07s Fully Loaded

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#9 FORBES
0.06s Backend
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
8s Visually Complete
8.5s Last Painted Hero
14.03s First CPU Idle
14.03s Time To Interactive
26.91s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
7.81s First CPU Idle
7.81s Time To Interactive
9.4s Last Painted Hero
9.7s Visually Complete
25.46s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
1.52s Backend
2.3s Start Render
2.48s Largest Contentful Paint
2.7s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
26.68s First CPU Idle
34.94s Time To Interactive
57.52s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.6s Start Render
6.71s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
11.26s First CPU Idle
11.26s Time To Interactive
14s Visually Complete
23.18s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2s Start Render
2.08s Largest Contentful Paint
16.9s Last Painted Hero
16.9s Visually Complete
17.64s First CPU Idle
17.64s Time To Interactive
38.06s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
37.7s First CPU Idle
37.7s Time To Interactive
119.89s Fully Loaded

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#15 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
10.15s First CPU Idle
10.15s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
55.03s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
22.7s Last Painted Hero
22.7s Visually Complete
23.57s First CPU Idle
23.57s Time To Interactive
26.64s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
24.6s First CPU Idle
24.6s Time To Interactive
24.6s Visually Complete
55.33s Fully Loaded

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#18 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
4.1s Last Painted Hero
5.37s Largest Contentful Paint
10.27s First CPU Idle
22.9s Time To Interactive
36.5s Visually Complete
39.57s Fully Loaded

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#19 REUTERS
0.19s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Last Painted Hero
45.7s Visually Complete
46.09s First CPU Idle
46.09s Time To Interactive
52.93s Fully Loaded

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