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 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.29s Largest Contentful Paint
1.3s Last Painted Hero
2.7s Visually Complete
13.8s First CPU Idle
13.8s Time To Interactive
18.54s Fully Loaded

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#2 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.35s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.81s Largest Contentful Paint
2.04s First CPU Idle
2.04s Time To Interactive
2.8s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
4.23s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
5.17s First CPU Idle
5.17s Time To Interactive
63.88s Fully Loaded

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#4 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.9s Start Render
0.98s Largest Contentful Paint
4.7s Last Painted Hero
5.4s Visually Complete
6.65s First CPU Idle
6.65s Time To Interactive
9.5s Fully Loaded

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#5 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Visually Complete
5.9s Last Painted Hero
7.76s First CPU Idle
7.76s Time To Interactive
11.93s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.61s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
6.8s Visually Complete
13.01s First CPU Idle
13.01s Time To Interactive
22.16s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.3s Last Painted Hero
1.37s Largest Contentful Paint
7.7s Visually Complete
7.77s First CPU Idle
7.77s Time To Interactive
13.12s Fully Loaded

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#8 ESPN
0.07s Backend
1.5s Start Render
1.7s Last Painted Hero
5.86s Largest Contentful Paint
8.1s Visually Complete
11.65s First CPU Idle
11.65s Time To Interactive
17.59s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.08s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.19s Largest Contentful Paint
8.85s First CPU Idle
8.85s Time To Interactive
9.3s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
13.95s Fully Loaded

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#10 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
0.8s Start Render
9.11s Largest Contentful Paint
11.16s First CPU Idle
11.16s Time To Interactive
11.9s Last Painted Hero
11.9s Visually Complete
115.49s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
12.41s First CPU Idle
12.41s Time To Interactive
13s Last Painted Hero
13s Visually Complete
30.59s Fully Loaded

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#12 YAHOO NEWS
0.45s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Last Painted Hero
16s Visually Complete
21.74s First CPU Idle
21.74s Time To Interactive
62.51s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.3s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.99s Largest Contentful Paint
7s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
19.02s First CPU Idle
19.02s Time To Interactive
27.19s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
1.45s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
9.63s First CPU Idle
9.63s Time To Interactive
14.98s Fully Loaded
20s Visually Complete

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#15 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.08s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.5s Last Painted Hero
0.58s Largest Contentful Paint
9.71s First CPU Idle
9.71s Time To Interactive
21.7s Visually Complete
119.71s Fully Loaded

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#16 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.13s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
11.98s First CPU Idle
11.98s Time To Interactive
26.3s Visually Complete
27.8s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.07s Backend
1.3s Start Render
14s Last Painted Hero
16.96s Largest Contentful Paint
48.48s First CPU Idle
48.48s Time To Interactive
88s Visually Complete
119s Fully Loaded

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