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 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.26s Largest Contentful Paint
2.1s Last Painted Hero
2.5s Visually Complete
2.61s First CPU Idle
2.61s Time To Interactive
17.63s Fully Loaded

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#2 YAHOO NEWS
0.37s Backend
1.3s Start Render
1.48s Largest Contentful Paint
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.8s Visually Complete
2.95s First CPU Idle
2.95s Time To Interactive
4.8s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.07s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.5s Last Painted Hero
1.57s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Visually Complete
11.29s First CPU Idle
11.29s Time To Interactive
24.07s Fully Loaded

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#4 POLITICO
0.08s Backend
1.2s Start Render
1.5s Largest Contentful Paint
5.4s Last Painted Hero
6.5s Visually Complete
13.34s First CPU Idle
13.34s Time To Interactive
15.97s Fully Loaded

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#5 NPR
0.13s Backend
0.7s Start Render
3.09s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Last Painted Hero
8.1s Visually Complete
9.09s First CPU Idle
9.09s Time To Interactive
11.47s Fully Loaded

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#6 ESPN
0.07s Backend
2.17s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Start Render
9s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
10.98s First CPU Idle
10.98s Time To Interactive
24.27s Fully Loaded

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#7 REUTERS
0.1s Backend
0.4s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
11.7s Visually Complete
19.28s First CPU Idle
19.28s Time To Interactive
22.14s Fully Loaded

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#8 BUZZFEED
0.06s Backend
0.4s Start Render
0.75s Largest Contentful Paint
15.1s Last Painted Hero
15.1s Visually Complete
18.7s First CPU Idle
18.7s Time To Interactive
48.66s Fully Loaded

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.07s Backend
1s Start Render
6.1s Last Painted Hero
6.43s Largest Contentful Paint
12.29s First CPU Idle
15.9s Visually Complete
20.3s Time To Interactive
22.84s Fully Loaded

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#10 BLOOMBERG
0.08s Backend
0.9s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Last Painted Hero
11.32s First CPU Idle
11.32s Time To Interactive
16s Visually Complete
28.91s Fully Loaded

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#11 CNN
0.06s Backend
3.1s Start Render
4s Largest Contentful Paint
6.6s Last Painted Hero
16.3s First CPU Idle
16.3s Time To Interactive
16.4s Visually Complete
102.96s Fully Loaded

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#12 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.8s Start Render
1.62s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
9.99s First CPU Idle
9.99s Time To Interactive
15.01s Fully Loaded
17.3s Visually Complete

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#13 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.7s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
9.31s First CPU Idle
17.5s Visually Complete
49.54s Time To Interactive
70.93s Fully Loaded

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#14 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
0.63s Largest Contentful Paint
2.3s Last Painted Hero
10.51s First CPU Idle
19s Visually Complete
25.3s Time To Interactive
40.44s Fully Loaded

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#15 HUFFINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
0.67s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
18.51s First CPU Idle
18.51s Time To Interactive
22.5s Visually Complete
48.98s Fully Loaded

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#16 BBC.COM
0.16s Backend
0.7s Start Render
1.78s Largest Contentful Paint
4.9s Last Painted Hero
7.37s First CPU Idle
7.37s Time To Interactive
35s Visually Complete
42.03s Fully Loaded

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#17 VOX
0.06s Backend
0.7s Start Render
0.87s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
10.34s First CPU Idle
10.34s Time To Interactive
47.5s Visually Complete
118.89s Fully Loaded

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