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 YAHOO NEWS
0.45s Backend
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.6s Visually Complete
18.61s First CPU Idle
18.61s Time To Interactive
63.79s Fully Loaded

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#2 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.9s Last Painted Hero
1.9s Visually Complete
1.91s Largest Contentful Paint
8.93s First CPU Idle
8.93s Time To Interactive
49.52s Fully Loaded

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#3 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Visually Complete
2.6s Last Painted Hero
17.92s First CPU Idle
17.92s Time To Interactive
48.19s Fully Loaded

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#4 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.6s Last Painted Hero
2.6s Visually Complete
2.66s Largest Contentful Paint
3.58s First CPU Idle
3.58s Time To Interactive
7.13s Fully Loaded

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#5 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.36s Backend
1s Start Render
2.72s Largest Contentful Paint
4.09s First CPU Idle
4.09s Time To Interactive
4.6s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
5.6s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.11s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.8s Last Painted Hero
4.16s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Visually Complete
10.05s First CPU Idle
10.05s Time To Interactive
11.85s Fully Loaded

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#7 USA TODAY
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
9.66s First CPU Idle
9.66s Time To Interactive
54.52s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.22s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
16.43s First CPU Idle
16.43s Time To Interactive
51.36s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
7.2s Visually Complete
10.44s First CPU Idle
10.44s Time To Interactive
27.39s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.8s Start Render
0.9s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
7.3s Visually Complete
20.05s First CPU Idle
20.05s Time To Interactive
42.27s Fully Loaded

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#11 BBC.COM
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.31s Largest Contentful Paint
8.93s First CPU Idle
8.93s Time To Interactive
9.4s Last Painted Hero
9.5s Visually Complete
26.49s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.11s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
9.9s Visually Complete
13.56s First CPU Idle
13.56s Time To Interactive
20.15s Fully Loaded

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#13 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.99s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Visually Complete
13s Last Painted Hero
14.36s First CPU Idle
14.36s Time To Interactive
50.99s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.13s Backend
1.4s Start Render
1.96s Largest Contentful Paint
13.6s Last Painted Hero
13.6s Visually Complete
14.66s First CPU Idle
14.66s Time To Interactive
36.89s Fully Loaded

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#15 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
11.15s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Visually Complete
15.34s First CPU Idle
15.34s Time To Interactive
27.6s Last Painted Hero
31.7s Fully Loaded

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#16 NPR
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
4.44s Largest Contentful Paint
18.7s Last Painted Hero
18.7s Visually Complete
19.25s First CPU Idle
19.25s Time To Interactive
28.84s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
2.49s Largest Contentful Paint
15s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
34s First CPU Idle
34s Time To Interactive
118.95s Fully Loaded

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#18 NEW YORK TIMES
0.14s Backend
1.4s Start Render
9.62s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
17.09s First CPU Idle
17.09s Time To Interactive
80.53s Fully Loaded
80.8s Visually Complete

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