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
0.5s Start Render
0.91s Largest Contentful Paint
1.1s Last Painted Hero
2.3s Visually Complete
19.72s First CPU Idle
19.72s Time To Interactive
26.89s Fully Loaded

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#2 BBC.COM
0.1s Backend
0.86s Largest Contentful Paint
0.9s Start Render
3s Last Painted Hero
3.5s Visually Complete
6.2s First CPU Idle
6.2s Time To Interactive
7.24s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.06s Backend
0.5s Start Render
0.66s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Last Painted Hero
4.5s Visually Complete
10.34s First CPU Idle
10.34s Time To Interactive
70.8s Fully Loaded

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#4 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.23s Backend
2.7s Start Render
4.28s First CPU Idle
4.28s Time To Interactive
5.1s Last Painted Hero
5.9s Visually Complete
42.34s Fully Loaded

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#5 FORBES
0.06s Backend
0.66s Largest Contentful Paint
0.7s Start Render
6s Last Painted Hero
6s Visually Complete
17.27s First CPU Idle
17.27s Time To Interactive
20.67s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.15s Backend
0.5s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
8s Visually Complete
11.4s First CPU Idle
11.4s Time To Interactive
41.26s Fully Loaded

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#7 LA TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.3s Start Render
0.65s Largest Contentful Paint
6.4s Last Painted Hero
8.6s Visually Complete
12.98s First CPU Idle
12.98s Time To Interactive
18.29s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.05s Backend
1.04s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
12.73s First CPU Idle
12.73s Time To Interactive
15.28s Fully Loaded

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#9 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.06s Backend
0.6s Start Render
1.58s Largest Contentful Paint
2.2s Last Painted Hero
9.7s Visually Complete
11.34s First CPU Idle
11.34s Time To Interactive
31.68s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.12s Backend
1.14s Largest Contentful Paint
1.2s Start Render
1.2s Last Painted Hero
10.2s Visually Complete
15.78s First CPU Idle
15.78s Time To Interactive
57.41s Fully Loaded

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#11 BLOOMBERG
0.08s Backend
1.3s Largest Contentful Paint
1.4s Start Render
11.1s Last Painted Hero
11.1s Visually Complete
12.79s First CPU Idle
12.79s Time To Interactive
41.49s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
0.23s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.05s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
12.42s First CPU Idle
12.42s Time To Interactive
13.6s Visually Complete
20.7s Fully Loaded

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#13 ESPN
0.05s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.6s Last Painted Hero
5.45s Largest Contentful Paint
19.51s First CPU Idle
19.51s Time To Interactive
21.83s Fully Loaded
26.6s Visually Complete

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#14 HUFFINGTON POST
0.13s Backend
1s Start Render
1.09s Largest Contentful Paint
10.3s Last Painted Hero
15.12s First CPU Idle
15.12s Time To Interactive
33.9s Visually Complete
44.77s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.06s Backend
1.65s Largest Contentful Paint
1.7s Start Render
25.63s First CPU Idle
25.63s Time To Interactive
37s Last Painted Hero
45.5s Visually Complete
119.48s Fully Loaded

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#16 NEW YORK TIMES
0.06s Backend
0.9s Start Render
11.09s Largest Contentful Paint
19.32s First CPU Idle
19.32s Time To Interactive
52.7s Last Painted Hero
52.7s Visually Complete
74.29s Fully Loaded

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