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
1.4s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.9s Last Painted Hero
4.72s First CPU Idle
4.72s Time To Interactive
12.88s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
2.18s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
2.41s First CPU Idle
2.41s Time To Interactive
14.1s Fully Loaded

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#3 POLITICO
0.1s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.4s Last Painted Hero
1.46s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Visually Complete
14.65s First CPU Idle
14.65s Time To Interactive
33.22s Fully Loaded

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#4 NEW YORK TIMES
0.2s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.6s Visually Complete
9s Last Painted Hero
13.1s Largest Contentful Paint
26.91s First CPU Idle
26.91s Time To Interactive
61.95s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
19.7s First CPU Idle
19.7s Time To Interactive
88.93s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.49s Largest Contentful Paint
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
6.2s Visually Complete
11.4s First CPU Idle
11.4s Time To Interactive
16.45s Fully Loaded

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#7 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
4.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
9.64s First CPU Idle
9.64s Time To Interactive
11.11s Fully Loaded

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#8 BBC.COM
0.09s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.11s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
6.61s First CPU Idle
6.61s Time To Interactive
24.48s Fully Loaded

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#9 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.84s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
26.16s First CPU Idle
48.1s Time To Interactive
64.7s Last Painted Hero
72.27s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
16.4s First CPU Idle
16.4s Time To Interactive
27.01s Fully Loaded

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#11 YAHOO NEWS
0.59s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
10s Visually Complete
24.82s First CPU Idle
31.57s Time To Interactive
33.7s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.18s Largest Contentful Paint
11.41s First CPU Idle
17.47s Time To Interactive
18.2s Last Painted Hero
18.2s Visually Complete
28.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Last Painted Hero
18.57s First CPU Idle
18.57s Time To Interactive
19.84s Fully Loaded
24.8s Visually Complete

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Start Render
19s Last Painted Hero
25.28s First CPU Idle
25.28s Time To Interactive
33s Visually Complete
119.52s Fully Loaded

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#15 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.21s Backend
1s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
6.2s First CPU Idle
6.2s Time To Interactive
34s Visually Complete
118.55s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
9.5s Last Painted Hero
35.6s Visually Complete
53.06s First CPU Idle
68.92s Time To Interactive
117.59s Fully Loaded

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#17 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.55s Largest Contentful Paint
20.31s First CPU Idle
20.31s Time To Interactive
43s Last Painted Hero
43s Visually Complete
47.19s Fully Loaded

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#18 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
23s Last Painted Hero
37.53s First CPU Idle
37.53s Time To Interactive
44.7s Visually Complete
68.62s Fully Loaded

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