Original Research
Website Speed by Industry 2026
Core Web Vitals benchmarks by sector, from real-user field data - which industries load fastest, which lag, and how each vertical compares. Every industry links to its full study.
The headline numbers
- 78.9%Top industry mobile pass rate (Government and Healthcare, tied).Read the study
- 48.4%Share of local law firms that pass Core Web Vitals on mobile, near the web-wide average.Read the study
- 33.4%Share of nonprofit sites running donation software that pass Core Web Vitals on mobile, one of the lower sector figures.Read the study
- 80%Share of major news sites that pass Core Web Vitals on mobile (39 of 49), the fastest sector we have measured.Read the study
- 57.4%Share of local credit unions, community banks, and advisory firms that pass Core Web Vitals on mobile, against 39% for the big national banks.Read the study
Charts from the studies
Mobile Core Web Vitals pass rate by industry (May 2026)
Source: Chrome UX Report, May 2026 release, via BigQuery. ~20 leading brands per industry. Read the study: Fastest and Slowest Industries 2026: Gov 79%, Tech 10% Core Web Vitals by metric, local firms (mobile)
Source: Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of 186 local law firms with CrUX field data, mobile 75th percentile, May 2026. Interaction and layout are fine. Loading is the lone weak metric, and it is a marketing-stack problem. Read the study: Law Firm Website Speed 2026: 48% Pass Core Web Vitals
The cross-industry benchmark
By sector
- Only 48.4% of Local Law Firm Sites Pass Core Web Vitals.Read the study: Law Firm Website Speed 2026: 48% Pass Core Web Vitals
- Two in Three Nonprofit Websites Fail Core Web Vitals.Read the study: Nonprofit Website Speed 2026: 33% of 11K Pass CWV
- The World's Biggest News Sites Pass Core Web Vitals 80% of the Time.Read the study: News Website Speed 2026: 80% of Top Outlets Pass CWV
- Local Credit Unions Pass 57.4%. Big National Banks Pass 39%.Read the study: Bank & Credit Union Speed 2026: Local CUs Pass 57%
- 66.5% of Local Medical Practice Sites Pass Core Web Vitals.Read the study: Healthcare Website Speed 2026: 67% Pass Core Web Vitals
- Only 40.2% of Local Real Estate Sites Pass Core Web Vitals.Read the study: Real Estate Website Speed 2026: Only 40% Pass CWV
- 71.5% of Restaurant Sites Pass Core Web Vitals - Chains Manage Just 38%.Read the study: Restaurant Website Speed 2026: 72% of 10K Pass CWV
- 52.2% of Ranking Local Businesses Pass Core Web Vitals.Read the study: Local Business Speed 2026: 52% of 'Near Me' Pass CWV
- Fewer Than Half of University Websites Pass Core Web Vitals.Read the study: University Website Speed 2026: 48% of .edu Pass CWV
How this is measured
Every figure on this page is first-party. It comes from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) real-user field data via Google BigQuery, latest release May 2026, spanning up to 13.75 million origins. No third-party estimates or recycled statistics.
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Cite this page
Website Speed by Industry 2026. PageSpeed Matters. https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/statistics/by-industry
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