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title: "News Website Speed: the Biggest Outlets Pass Core Web Vitals 80% of the Time - PageSpeed Matters"
description: "Are news sites bloated and slow? We measured 49 major outlets. 80% pass Core Web Vitals on mobile, ahead of every other sector we measured and roughly eight times the software industry's rate. The failures are the prestige titles, undone by ad-driven layout shift."
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[News Website Speed: the Biggest Outlets Pass Core Web Vitals 80% of the Time](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/news-website-speed)

Are news sites bloated and slow? We measured 49 major outlets. 80% pass Core Web Vitals on mobile, ahead of every other sector we measured and roughly eight times the software industry's rate. The failures are the prestige titles, undone by ad-driven layout shift.

Core Web Vitals pass rate by sector (mobile)

Major news sites

80% 

The web overall

40% 

Software (SaaS)

10% 

Source: Source: PageSpeed Matters, 49 major news brands vs the whole-web average and our industries study, CrUX field data, May 2026.

News passes roughly eight times as often as the software industry it covers. Being fast is about shipping a light page, not about being a technology company.

The fastest news sites on the web (mobile LCP)

Tech news site

0.8s 

News magazine

0.9s 

National newspaper

0.9s 

Digital news outlet

1.1s 

Business news site

1.1s 

National daily

1.1s 

Tech news site

1.2s 

Startup news site

1.2s 

Source: Source: PageSpeed Matters, 75th-percentile mobile LCP for eight of the fastest major outlets, CrUX field data, May 2026. Good is at or under 2.5s.

The tech press loads in about a second, a sharp contrast with the software it reviews. Every site here clears the 2.5-second good line with room to spare.

Source: [News Website Speed: the Biggest Outlets Pass Core Web Vitals 80% of the Time - PageSpeed Matters](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/news-website-speed)