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 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
0.9s Visually Complete
8.5s Last Painted Hero
22.5s First CPU Idle
31.4s Time To Interactive
36.1s Fully Loaded

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#2 THE ONION
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
2.5s Last Painted Hero
4.42s First CPU Idle
4.42s Time To Interactive
12.62s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
2.27s Largest Contentful Paint
2.28s First CPU Idle
2.28s Time To Interactive
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
4.31s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.88s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Last Painted Hero
5.2s Visually Complete
19.09s First CPU Idle
19.09s Time To Interactive
87.3s Fully Loaded

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#5 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.02s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s Last Painted Hero
6.7s Visually Complete
6.85s First CPU Idle
6.85s Time To Interactive
24.15s Fully Loaded

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#6 USA TODAY
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.83s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Visually Complete
11.8s First CPU Idle
11.8s Time To Interactive
55.77s Fully Loaded

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#7 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.07s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.53s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Visually Complete
9.49s First CPU Idle
9.49s Time To Interactive
25.02s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1s Start Render
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
13.95s First CPU Idle
13.95s Time To Interactive
44.71s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.27s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Start Render
3.9s Last Painted Hero
11s Visually Complete
11.37s First CPU Idle
11.37s Time To Interactive
19.67s Fully Loaded

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#10 YAHOO NEWS
0.39s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.39s Largest Contentful Paint
1.5s Last Painted Hero
12.8s Visually Complete
16.08s First CPU Idle
16.08s Time To Interactive
20.15s Fully Loaded

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#11 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.7s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.61s First CPU Idle
3.61s Time To Interactive
8.79s Fully Loaded
13s Visually Complete

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#12 ESPN
0.14s Backend
1.6s Start Render
3.1s Last Painted Hero
3.79s Largest Contentful Paint
8.63s First CPU Idle
8.63s Time To Interactive
9.81s Fully Loaded
13.1s Visually Complete

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#13 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
1.23s Largest Contentful Paint
14.95s First CPU Idle
14.95s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
32.51s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.1s Backend
0.8s Start Render
3.14s Largest Contentful Paint
16.14s First CPU Idle
16.14s Time To Interactive
17.3s Last Painted Hero
17.3s Visually Complete
26.86s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.12s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.74s Largest Contentful Paint
21.3s Last Painted Hero
21.3s Visually Complete
22.51s First CPU Idle
22.51s Time To Interactive
39.3s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.08s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.68s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
26.25s First CPU Idle
26.25s Time To Interactive
30.6s Visually Complete
94.17s Fully Loaded

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#17 NEW YORK TIMES
0.22s Backend
2.3s Start Render
10.86s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
24.51s First CPU Idle
24.51s Time To Interactive
40s Visually Complete
56.19s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
1.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.8s Visually Complete
14.28s First CPU Idle
14.28s Time To Interactive
50.04s Fully Loaded

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