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
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.41s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
34.48s First CPU Idle
41.72s Time To Interactive
54.21s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.64s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Visually Complete
7.44s First CPU Idle
7.44s Time To Interactive
40.48s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
2.48s Largest Contentful Paint
3.15s First CPU Idle
3.15s Time To Interactive
14.07s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
4.5s Visually Complete
6.1s First CPU Idle
6.1s Time To Interactive
51.26s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
5.12s First CPU Idle
5.12s Time To Interactive
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Visually Complete
21s Last Painted Hero
35s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
6.4s Visually Complete
6.44s First CPU Idle
12.12s Time To Interactive
16.75s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.21s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.05s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
8.03s First CPU Idle
8.03s Time To Interactive
8.1s Visually Complete
9.22s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
9.1s Visually Complete
14.18s First CPU Idle
14.18s Time To Interactive
19.76s Fully Loaded

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#9 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.82s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
9.33s First CPU Idle
9.33s Time To Interactive
11s Visually Complete
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#10 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.26s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.82s Largest Contentful Paint
4s Last Painted Hero
5.88s First CPU Idle
5.88s Time To Interactive
9.44s Fully Loaded
13s Visually Complete

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#11 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
3.2s Last Painted Hero
10.35s First CPU Idle
10.35s Time To Interactive
11.89s Fully Loaded
13s Visually Complete

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#12 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.34s Largest Contentful Paint
8.55s First CPU Idle
8.55s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
28.9s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.12s Backend
1s Start Render
3.08s Largest Contentful Paint
17.32s First CPU Idle
17.32s Time To Interactive
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
47.07s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.18s Backend
1.8s Start Render
8.73s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Visually Complete
23.86s First CPU Idle
30.49s Fully Loaded
32.58s Time To Interactive

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.6s Start Render
2.63s Largest Contentful Paint
23.7s Last Painted Hero
23.7s Visually Complete
24.67s First CPU Idle
24.67s Time To Interactive
41.07s Fully Loaded

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#16 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
15.72s First CPU Idle
15.72s Time To Interactive
24.5s Last Painted Hero
24.5s Visually Complete
57.71s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.73s Largest Contentful Paint
25s Visually Complete
25.7s Last Painted Hero
36.46s First CPU Idle
36.46s Time To Interactive
115.78s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.95s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
35.36s First CPU Idle
44s Visually Complete
44.31s Time To Interactive
45.02s Fully Loaded

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