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
0.05s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Visually Complete
2.1s Last Painted Hero
21.95s First CPU Idle
21.95s Time To Interactive
30.08s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.66s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
20.66s First CPU Idle
20.66s Time To Interactive
33.97s Fully Loaded

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#3 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.36s Backend
1s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
2.17s First CPU Idle
2.17s Time To Interactive
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
3.44s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s First CPU Idle
3.1s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
6.84s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.2s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.1s Visually Complete
22.47s First CPU Idle
22.47s Time To Interactive
26.9s Fully Loaded

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#6 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.92s First CPU Idle
5.92s Time To Interactive
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.6s Visually Complete
12.56s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
6s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
8s First CPU Idle
8s Time To Interactive
14.23s Fully Loaded

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#8 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.76s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
9.03s First CPU Idle
9.03s Time To Interactive
74.82s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
7.8s Visually Complete
8.64s First CPU Idle
8.64s Time To Interactive
13.65s Fully Loaded

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#10 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
2.2s Start Render
12.03s First CPU Idle
12.03s Time To Interactive
12.49s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Last Painted Hero
12.5s Visually Complete
31.9s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.7s Start Render
1.86s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
9.36s First CPU Idle
9.36s Time To Interactive
18s Visually Complete
39.87s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.56s Largest Contentful Paint
19.38s First CPU Idle
19.38s Time To Interactive
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
21.77s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
11.05s Largest Contentful Paint
19.4s First CPU Idle
19.4s Time To Interactive
21s Last Painted Hero
21s Visually Complete
32.38s Fully Loaded

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#14 NEW YORK TIMES
0.15s Backend
1.25s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
17.77s First CPU Idle
24s Visually Complete
30.9s Time To Interactive
38.64s Fully Loaded

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#15 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
5.72s Largest Contentful Paint
16.07s First CPU Idle
16.07s Time To Interactive
23.64s Fully Loaded
28.7s Last Painted Hero
28.7s Visually Complete

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.93s Largest Contentful Paint
1s Start Render
11.06s First CPU Idle
24.5s Time To Interactive
46.3s Last Painted Hero
46.3s Visually Complete
55.93s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.97s Largest Contentful Paint
25.48s First CPU Idle
25.48s Time To Interactive
70s Visually Complete
119.45s Fully Loaded

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#18 YAHOO NEWS
0.49s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.42s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
9.97s First CPU Idle
9.97s Time To Interactive
71.6s Visually Complete
72.45s Fully Loaded

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