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 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.6s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
1.7s Visually Complete
2.08s First CPU Idle
2.08s Time To Interactive
3.68s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Visually Complete
13.68s First CPU Idle
13.68s Time To Interactive
52.45s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.88s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
13.7s Visually Complete
26.13s First CPU Idle
27.17s Fully Loaded
31.5s Time To Interactive

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#4 NEW YORK TIMES
0.3s Backend
1.1s Start Render
10.58s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Visually Complete
18.51s First CPU Idle
18.51s Time To Interactive
50.57s Fully Loaded

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#5 CNN
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
37.69s First CPU Idle
37.69s Time To Interactive
44s Visually Complete
119.85s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.2s Start Render
5.33s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
35.43s First CPU Idle
35.43s Time To Interactive
49s Visually Complete
91.52s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.21s Backend
0.7s Start Render
4.36s Largest Contentful Paint
57.54s First CPU Idle
68.48s Time To Interactive
76.5s Last Painted Hero
76.5s Visually Complete
77.37s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
13.37s First CPU Idle
13.37s Time To Interactive
75.53s Largest Contentful Paint
89s Last Painted Hero
89s Visually Complete
98.13s Fully Loaded

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#9 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.96s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Visually Complete
2.1s Last Painted Hero
6.64s First CPU Idle
6.64s Time To Interactive
15.51s Fully Loaded

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#10 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.97s Largest Contentful Paint
3.51s First CPU Idle
3.51s Time To Interactive
4s Last Painted Hero
4s Visually Complete
4.04s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
4.32s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Visually Complete
8.4s First CPU Idle
8.4s Time To Interactive
9.93s Fully Loaded

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#12 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.57s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
6.03s First CPU Idle
6.03s Time To Interactive
24.02s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUZZFEED
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
11.57s First CPU Idle
11.57s Time To Interactive
16.3s Fully Loaded

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#14 VOX
0.07s Backend
2.1s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Start Render
2.2s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
14.19s First CPU Idle
14.19s Time To Interactive
28.15s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2s Start Render
6.81s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
35.67s First CPU Idle
35.67s Time To Interactive
119.55s Fully Loaded

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