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
1.6s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
21.61s First CPU Idle
21.61s Time To Interactive
35.66s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.9s Visually Complete
22.36s First CPU Idle
22.36s Time To Interactive
51.45s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3s Visually Complete
3.07s Largest Contentful Paint
3.19s First CPU Idle
3.19s Time To Interactive
14.75s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.39s Backend
1s Start Render
2.03s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s First CPU Idle
4.2s Time To Interactive
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
8.85s Fully Loaded

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#5 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.89s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Visually Complete
29.03s First CPU Idle
29.03s Time To Interactive
29.43s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.5s Visually Complete
16.07s First CPU Idle
16.07s Time To Interactive
26.65s Fully Loaded

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#7 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.15s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
8.17s First CPU Idle
8.17s Time To Interactive
28.23s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
2.54s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Visually Complete
9.34s First CPU Idle
9.34s Time To Interactive
39.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.46s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
8.22s First CPU Idle
8.22s Time To Interactive
8.5s Visually Complete
43.56s Fully Loaded

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#10 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s Visually Complete
14.25s First CPU Idle
14.25s Time To Interactive
75.38s Fully Loaded

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#11 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.7s Last Painted Hero
0.73s Largest Contentful Paint
10.7s Visually Complete
22.03s First CPU Idle
22.03s Time To Interactive
31.59s Fully Loaded

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#12 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.03s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Start Render
1.1s Last Painted Hero
10.14s First CPU Idle
10.14s Time To Interactive
11s Visually Complete
12.44s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.7s Start Render
10.71s Largest Contentful Paint
13.13s First CPU Idle
13.13s Time To Interactive
13.4s Last Painted Hero
13.4s Visually Complete
43.17s Fully Loaded

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#14 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.77s Largest Contentful Paint
0.8s Start Render
10.18s First CPU Idle
10.18s Time To Interactive
14.3s Visually Complete
118.74s Fully Loaded

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#15 NPR
0.09s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.97s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
23.43s First CPU Idle
36.34s Time To Interactive
62.21s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.7s Start Render
4.35s Largest Contentful Paint
13.94s First CPU Idle
13.94s Time To Interactive
24.6s Last Painted Hero
24.6s Visually Complete
57.65s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.53s Largest Contentful Paint
29.7s Last Painted Hero
29.7s Visually Complete
53.29s First CPU Idle
53.29s Time To Interactive
119.64s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.16s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.08s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
17.53s First CPU Idle
31.05s Time To Interactive
33.19s Fully Loaded
37.3s Visually Complete

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