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.

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#1 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
1.38s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
19.23s First CPU Idle
19.23s Time To Interactive
21.97s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.11s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.8s Last Painted Hero
1.8s Visually Complete
1.85s Largest Contentful Paint
19.38s First CPU Idle
19.38s Time To Interactive
33.78s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
1.12s Backend
2s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.4s Visually Complete
36.78s First CPU Idle
36.78s Time To Interactive
68.46s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.41s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
2.49s First CPU Idle
2.49s Time To Interactive
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.13s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
3.04s Largest Contentful Paint
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.1s Visually Complete
3.17s First CPU Idle
3.17s Time To Interactive
6.88s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
4.3s Last Painted Hero
4.3s Visually Complete
10.58s First CPU Idle
10.58s Time To Interactive
80.62s Fully Loaded

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#7 HUFFINGTON POST
0.14s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.8s Last Painted Hero
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Visually Complete
32.08s First CPU Idle
32.08s Time To Interactive
56.33s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.17s Backend
1.4s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
4.85s Largest Contentful Paint
6.1s Visually Complete
8.55s First CPU Idle
8.55s Time To Interactive
10.22s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.21s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
6.3s Visually Complete
9.32s First CPU Idle
9.32s Time To Interactive
25.22s Fully Loaded

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#10 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Visually Complete
10s Last Painted Hero
13.98s First CPU Idle
13.98s Time To Interactive
27.98s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
7.22s First CPU Idle
7.22s Time To Interactive
8s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
24.52s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.09s Backend
1.47s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
9.75s First CPU Idle
9.75s Time To Interactive
44.58s Fully Loaded

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#13 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
11.1s Visually Complete
16.44s First CPU Idle
16.44s Time To Interactive
26.76s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Start Render
13s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
15.17s First CPU Idle
15.17s Time To Interactive
42.97s Fully Loaded

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#15 NEW YORK TIMES
0.1s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
13.64s First CPU Idle
13.64s Time To Interactive
29.27s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.9s Start Render
2.93s Largest Contentful Paint
18.4s Last Painted Hero
18.4s Visually Complete
23.27s First CPU Idle
23.27s Time To Interactive
26.21s Fully Loaded

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#17 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.48s Backend
0.8s Start Render
11.02s Largest Contentful Paint
22.09s First CPU Idle
22.09s Time To Interactive
24s Visually Complete
26.8s Last Painted Hero
43.15s Fully Loaded

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#18 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
2s Last Painted Hero
31.3s Visually Complete
34.77s First CPU Idle
34.77s Time To Interactive
118.31s Fully Loaded

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