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 VOX
1.12s Backend
1.9s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Visually Complete
4.41s First CPU Idle
10.64s Time To Interactive
84.97s Fully Loaded

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#2 HUFFINGTON POST
2.41s Backend
3.4s Start Render
3.45s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
108.44s First CPU Idle
108.44s Time To Interactive
118.71s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
0.57s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.62s First CPU Idle
2.62s Time To Interactive
12.4s Largest Contentful Paint
12.4s Last Painted Hero
12.4s Visually Complete
54.35s Fully Loaded

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#4 WASHINGTON POST
4.22s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
12.6s Visually Complete
20.91s First CPU Idle
20.91s Time To Interactive
117.93s Fully Loaded

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#5 THE ONION
0.3s Backend
12.2s Start Render
12.44s Largest Contentful Paint
14.2s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
19.64s First CPU Idle
104.59s Time To Interactive
119.27s Fully Loaded

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#6 NPR
0.13s Backend
4s Start Render
8.89s Largest Contentful Paint
16.72s First CPU Idle
16.72s Time To Interactive
17s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
57.77s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
11.24s First CPU Idle
11.24s Time To Interactive
20.9s Last Painted Hero
20.9s Visually Complete
97.8s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.3s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.68s First CPU Idle
1.68s Time To Interactive
1.89s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
29.4s Visually Complete
38.55s Fully Loaded

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#9 ESPN
0.11s Backend
37.1s Start Render
37.35s Largest Contentful Paint
37.5s Last Painted Hero
39.3s Visually Complete
42s First CPU Idle
42s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#10 BUSINESS INSIDER
3.39s Backend
3.7s Start Render
7.2s Last Painted Hero
7.21s Largest Contentful Paint
23.2s First CPU Idle
23.2s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
44.07s Fully Loaded

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#11 USA TODAY
0.31s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
32.28s First CPU Idle
32.28s Time To Interactive
43s Visually Complete
120.1s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.03s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
14.54s First CPU Idle
15s Last Painted Hero
34s Time To Interactive
49s Visually Complete
118.26s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
3.1s Start Render
3.11s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
13.77s First CPU Idle
13.77s Time To Interactive
49s Visually Complete
119.97s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.03s Backend
58.8s Start Render
59s Visually Complete
59.11s Largest Contentful Paint
59.49s First CPU Idle
59.49s Time To Interactive
116.66s Fully Loaded

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#15 BBC.COM
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
5.82s First CPU Idle
5.82s Time To Interactive
59.65s Largest Contentful Paint
60s Last Painted Hero
60s Visually Complete
67.67s Fully Loaded

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#16 FORBES
1.37s Backend
12.8s Start Render
12.98s Largest Contentful Paint
21.5s First CPU Idle
21.5s Time To Interactive
40s Last Painted Hero
70s Visually Complete
113.83s Fully Loaded

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#17 LA TIMES
5.44s Backend
5.8s Start Render
41.56s First CPU Idle
41.56s Time To Interactive
67.5s Last Painted Hero
67.57s Largest Contentful Paint
70s Visually Complete
77.44s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
7.9s First CPU Idle
15.84s Time To Interactive
99.2s Visually Complete
119.8s Fully Loaded

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