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.

Tested every day on a desktop Chrome desktop browser with a fast connection (25Mbps/10Mbps 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 FAST CONNECTION

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#1 BUZZFEED
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.71s Largest Contentful Paint
1.9s Last Painted Hero
2.2s Visually Complete
19.43s First CPU Idle
19.43s Time To Interactive
57.47s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.16s Backend
0.6s Start Render
2.45s Largest Contentful Paint
3.9s Last Painted Hero
3.9s Visually Complete
5.94s First CPU Idle
5.94s Time To Interactive
14.7s Fully Loaded

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#3 YAHOO NEWS
0.23s Backend
0.9s Start Render
1.25s Largest Contentful Paint
4.4s Last Painted Hero
4.6s Visually Complete
5.62s First CPU Idle
5.62s Time To Interactive
5.99s Fully Loaded

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#4 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.7s Largest Contentful Paint
6.19s First CPU Idle
6.19s Time To Interactive
6.4s Visually Complete
80.51s Fully Loaded

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#5 ESPN
0.08s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
2.72s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
11.79s First CPU Idle
11.79s Time To Interactive
22.51s Fully Loaded

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#6 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
0.66s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
8.5s Last Painted Hero
8.5s Visually Complete
29.98s First CPU Idle
29.98s Time To Interactive
119.53s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.07s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.61s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
10.5s Visually Complete
14.98s First CPU Idle
14.98s Time To Interactive
22.54s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
3.17s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s Visually Complete
12.82s First CPU Idle
18.23s Time To Interactive
59.1s Fully Loaded

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#9 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.1s Backend
1.17s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
3.73s First CPU Idle
3.73s Time To Interactive
11.2s Last Painted Hero
11.2s Visually Complete
18.49s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.05s Backend
0.8s Start Render
7.83s Largest Contentful Paint
13.04s First CPU Idle
13.8s Visually Complete
24.04s Time To Interactive
29.06s Fully Loaded

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#11 POLITICO
0.09s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.54s Largest Contentful Paint
17.7s First CPU Idle
17.7s Time To Interactive
19.7s Visually Complete
19.86s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.29s Backend
0.9s Start Render
6.16s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
12.16s First CPU Idle
12.16s Time To Interactive
23.9s Visually Complete
46.5s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.79s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Last Painted Hero
12.97s First CPU Idle
12.97s Time To Interactive
24.2s Visually Complete
31.03s Fully Loaded

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#14 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
6.61s Largest Contentful Paint
11.73s First CPU Idle
11.73s Time To Interactive
25.5s Last Painted Hero
25.5s Visually Complete
41.74s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.7s Start Render
11.35s Largest Contentful Paint
24.62s First CPU Idle
24.62s Time To Interactive
30s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
119.06s Fully Loaded

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#16 REUTERS
0.24s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.6s Last Painted Hero
19.36s First CPU Idle
19.36s Time To Interactive
34s Visually Complete
36.66s Fully Loaded

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#17 BLOOMBERG
0.11s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
14.35s First CPU Idle
14.35s Time To Interactive
39.7s Visually Complete
72.72s Fully Loaded

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