The State of Web Vitals

LCP distribution

How LCP is distributed across real-user data, plus pass-rate breakdown.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
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At a glance the headline numbers for LCP distribution

How LCP is distributed across real-user data, plus pass-rate breakdown.

2.2s
LCP (p75)
81.9% good
1.6s
LCP (median)
5.6s
LCP (p99)
Long tail
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LCP Distribution page loads across good, needs improvement and poor

0 2,211 4,422 6,633 8,844
p50 = 1.6s
p75 = 2.2s
p90 = 3.1s
p99 = 5.6s
0–250 250–500 500–750 750–1000 1000–1250 1250–1500 1500–1750 1750–2000 2000–2250 2250–2500 2500–2750 2750–3000 3000–3250 3250–3500 3500–3750 3750–4000 4000+
Good (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Percentile markers Total: 59,420 sites

LCP 1.6s. p75 2.2s. p99 5.6s. 81.9% pass.

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LCP Pass Rates share per category

LCP
81.9%
14%
4.1%
Good Needs Improvement Poor

LCP passes on 81.9% of sites. 14.0% need improvement, 4.1% fail.

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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it

Largest Contentful Paint is when the biggest thing in the viewport finishes rendering, usually the hero image or a headline. It is the moment the page stops looking blank and starts looking loaded, so it is the metric your visitors feel first. A slow LCP is almost always one of a few things: the server takes too long to respond, the image is too big or discovered too late, or render-blocking CSS and fonts hold everything up.

Start with what paints. Find the LCP element, make sure the browser can discover it early, and give it a clear path to the screen. Preload the hero image, serve it in a modern format at the right size, and keep render-blocking resources out of the way. The server side matters too, but the biggest wins are usually in how the main image and the critical CSS are delivered.

How are sites doing on LCP?

81.9% of sites have a good LCP. The typical site sits at 2.2s at the 75th percentile; the slowest 1% pass 5.6s.

Go fix it Preload the LCP image → Fix slow hero images → Optimize images for Core Web Vitals → Resource prioritization guide →
Related signals TTFB → FCP → CLS → INP → Chrome field data from 94,910 sites, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured