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 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.6s Visually Complete
20.72s First CPU Idle
20.72s Time To Interactive
116.39s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
2s Visually Complete
5.69s First CPU Idle
5.69s Time To Interactive
14.42s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
2.5s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
5.26s First CPU Idle
5.26s Time To Interactive
53.62s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.26s Backend
1s Start Render
1.44s Largest Contentful Paint
2.32s First CPU Idle
2.32s Time To Interactive
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.06s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.4s Last Painted Hero
0.42s Largest Contentful Paint
3.75s First CPU Idle
3.75s Time To Interactive
3.8s Visually Complete
7.31s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
13.71s First CPU Idle
13.71s Time To Interactive
46.03s Fully Loaded

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#7 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.49s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
4.9s Visually Complete
16.77s First CPU Idle
16.77s Time To Interactive
19.7s Fully Loaded

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#8 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Visually Complete
5.6s Last Painted Hero
6.78s First CPU Idle
6.78s Time To Interactive
17.01s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
7.38s First CPU Idle
7.38s Time To Interactive
13.39s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.26s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
6.9s Visually Complete
12.86s First CPU Idle
12.86s Time To Interactive
18.32s Fully Loaded

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#11 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Visually Complete
8.24s First CPU Idle
8.24s Time To Interactive
24.89s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
8.3s Visually Complete
10.24s First CPU Idle
10.24s Time To Interactive
25.32s Fully Loaded

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#13 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Largest Contentful Paint
9.42s First CPU Idle
9.42s Time To Interactive
9.5s Visually Complete
23.37s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.67s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
9.6s Last Painted Hero
9.6s Visually Complete
11.05s First CPU Idle
11.05s Time To Interactive
53.84s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.09s Backend
1.4s Start Render
8.18s Largest Contentful Paint
8.97s First CPU Idle
8.97s Time To Interactive
10.9s Last Painted Hero
10.9s Visually Complete
119.72s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.57s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
9.32s First CPU Idle
9.32s Time To Interactive
12s Visually Complete
25.3s Fully Loaded

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#17 YAHOO NEWS
0.15s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Visually Complete
118.38s First CPU Idle
118.38s Time To Interactive
119.87s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.03s Largest Contentful Paint
16.74s First CPU Idle
16.74s Time To Interactive
96s Visually Complete
119.63s Fully Loaded

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