Question 1

Which news site has the fastest Core Web Vitals?

Accepted Answer

theguardian.com ranks #1 by LCP at 914ms. Ranking includes 10 sites in this industry. Source: Google CrUX p75 field data (28-day trailing window).

Question 2

How many news sites have "good" LCP?

Accepted Answer

9 of 10 sites with CrUX data meet Google's "good" LCP threshold of 2,500ms or less. Of 10 total sites tracked, 0 have insufficient data (too small for CrUX anonymization).

Question 3

Which news site is slowest?

Accepted Answer

apnews.com ranks last by LCP among the 10 sites with sufficient data at 2913ms LCP. Slow LCP indicates main-content render delays; common causes include large images, render-blocking JS, slow server response.

Question 4

How is this news ranking calculated?

Accepted Answer

Ranking is by LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) ascending — fastest first. LCP is one of three Core Web Vitals Google uses as a ranking signal. All measurements are p75 from Google CrUX, real Chrome user field data, 28-day trailing window. Sites without enough data appear last.

#	Domain	LCP	INP	CLS
1	theguardian.com	914ms	106ms	0.06
2	washingtonpost.com	1421ms	112ms	0.05
3	bbc.com	1437ms	132ms	0.03
4	wsj.com	1448ms	82ms	0.09
5	cnn.com	1545ms	135ms	0.03
6	reuters.com	1819ms	217ms	0.04
7	ft.com	1934ms	78ms	0.07
8	nytimes.com	2318ms	145ms	0.06
9	bloomberg.com	2487ms	128ms	0.17
10	apnews.com	2913ms	195ms	0.04

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