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
1.1s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.7s Last Painted Hero
27.36s First CPU Idle
27.36s Time To Interactive
47.86s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
35.19s First CPU Idle
35.19s Time To Interactive
66.69s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.83s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
3.23s First CPU Idle
3.23s Time To Interactive
6.79s Fully Loaded

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#4 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
8.98s First CPU Idle
8.98s Time To Interactive
10.55s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.41s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.65s Largest Contentful Paint
3.38s First CPU Idle
3.38s Time To Interactive
3.6s Last Painted Hero
3.8s Visually Complete
3.89s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.7s Visually Complete
11.8s First CPU Idle
11.8s Time To Interactive
16.38s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.1s Backend
1.6s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
4.22s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
7.97s First CPU Idle
7.97s Time To Interactive
9.69s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.48s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.1s Visually Complete
19.22s First CPU Idle
19.22s Time To Interactive
21.26s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.81s Largest Contentful Paint
7.6s Visually Complete
21.29s First CPU Idle
21.29s Time To Interactive
28.5s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.24s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
12.54s First CPU Idle
12.54s Time To Interactive
54.3s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.12s Largest Contentful Paint
7.16s First CPU Idle
7.16s Time To Interactive
8.5s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
26.91s Fully Loaded

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#12 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
1s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
14.93s First CPU Idle
14.93s Time To Interactive
22.12s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.13s Backend
1.3s Start Render
2s Largest Contentful Paint
11.93s First CPU Idle
11.93s Time To Interactive
13s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
31.85s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.14s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.22s Largest Contentful Paint
13.2s Last Painted Hero
13.2s Visually Complete
15.2s First CPU Idle
15.2s Time To Interactive
32.31s Fully Loaded

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#15 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
9.21s First CPU Idle
9.21s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
72.07s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.79s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
39.44s First CPU Idle
48.17s Time To Interactive
119.68s Fully Loaded

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#17 REUTERS
0.12s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Last Painted Hero
33.67s First CPU Idle
33.67s Time To Interactive
40.9s Visually Complete
46.22s Fully Loaded

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#18 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
28.2s First CPU Idle
28.2s Time To Interactive
43s Visually Complete
56.35s Fully Loaded

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#19 YAHOO NEWS
0.57s Backend
1s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
32.61s First CPU Idle
32.61s Time To Interactive
54.2s Visually Complete
65.96s Fully Loaded

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