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 Q2 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.

81.7%
of sites pass LCP
1.6s
Typical site
3.1s
Worst 10% of sites

81.7% of sites pass LCP. The typical site's LCP is 1.6s. The worst 10% are above 3.1s.

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The LCP distribution site count at each LCP, from good to poor

0 4,204 8,409 12,613 16,817
0–250ms12 sites<0.1% of all sites
250–500ms997 sites0.9% of all sites
500–750ms5,874 sites5.2% of all sites
750–1000ms13,172 sites11.7% of all sites
1000–1250ms16,817 sites14.9% of all sites
1250–1500ms15,862 sites14.1% of all sites
1500–1750ms13,745 sites12.2% of all sites
1750–2000ms10,754 sites9.5% of all sites
2000–2250ms8,572 sites7.6% of all sites
2250–2500ms6,353 sites5.6% of all sites
2500–2750ms4,663 sites4.1% of all sites
2750–3000ms3,566 sites3.2% of all sites
3000–3250ms2,806 sites2.5% of all sites
3250–3500ms2,130 sites1.9% of all sites
3500–3750ms1,601 sites1.4% of all sites
3750–4000ms1,209 sites1.1% of all sites
4000ms and up4,717 sites4.2% of all sites
p50 = 1.6s
p75 = 2.2s
p90 = 3.1s
p99 = 5.7s
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: 112,850 sites

The tallest bar is between 1s and 1.25s. 15% of sites are in that one range, 1.25s under Google's 2.5s limit. Half of all sites are at 1.6s or less. The tail is long. The worst 10% are above 3.1s and the worst 1% above 5.7s. That is 3.6 times the typical site.

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The LCP pass rate the share of sites that are good, needs improvement and poor

LCP
81.7%
14.1%
4.2%
Good Needs Improvement Poor

81.7% of sites pass LCP. 14.1% are in the needs improvement band, between 2.5s and 4s. 4.2% are poor, above 4s. A miss is usually needs improvement, not poor.

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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?

81.7% of sites have a good LCP. The typical site sits at 2.2s at the 75th percentile; the slowest 1% pass 5.7s.

Go fix it Preload the LCP image → Fix slow hero images → Optimize images for Core Web Vitals → Resource prioritization guide →
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