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At a glance the headline numbers for Fonts per page
How many web fonts load and their over-the-wire weight.
4
font count
on the typical page
154 KB
font weight
on the typical page
294 KB
1 in 4 pages exceed this
font weight
94,910
sites measured
phone field data
The typical page loads 4 web fonts weighing 154 KB.
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Distribution & median LCP site count and median LCP at each level of fonts per page — n
0ms
750ms
1500ms
2250ms
3000ms
0
6999
13998
0
1
2
3
4
5
6–7
8–10
11–13
14–17
>p98
Good (≤2.5s)
Needs improvement
Poor (>4s)
Site count
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP by fonts per page — n which level passes the LCP most often
Fonts per page — nSitesPassing LCPLCP
0
8,161
88%
1.2s
1
7,609
86%
1.4s
2
11,669
86%
1.4s
3
13,627
85%
1.5s
4
13,064
83%
1.5s
5
10,355
82%
1.6s
6–7
13,998
79%
1.7s
8–10
9,553
76%
1.8s
11–13
3,602
71%
1.9s
14–17
1,798
70%
1.9s
>p98
1,474
68%
1.9s
Good
Needs Improvement
Poor
Faded rows: under 100 sites
Fonts per page — n 4. p75 6. p99 20. At the low end (0): LCP 1.2s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.9s. computed
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Distribution & median LCP site count and median LCP at each level of fonts per page — size
0ms
750ms
1500ms
2250ms
3000ms
0
13672
27344
0
0.4–0.887
0.887–1.97
1.97–4.37
4.37–9.69
9.69–21.5
21.5–47.7
47.7–106
106–235
235–521
521–1156
>p98
Good (≤2.5s)
Needs improvement
Poor (>4s)
Site count
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP by fonts per page — size which level passes the LCP most often
Fonts per page — sizeSitesPassing LCPLCP
0
610
78%
1.7s
0.887–1.97
130
87%
1.3s
1.97–4.37
140
83%
1.3s
4.37–9.69
363
85%
1.4s
9.69–21.5
1,829
89%
1.3s
21.5–47.7
8,578
87%
1.4s
47.7–106
19,043
86%
1.4s
106–235
27,344
82%
1.6s
235–521
20,411
76%
1.7s
521–1156
6,572
73%
1.8s
>p98
1,723
77%
1.7s
Good
Needs Improvement
Poor
Faded rows: under 100 sites
Fonts per page — size 154 KB. p75 294 KB. p99 1.5 MB. At the low end (0 KB): LCP 1.7s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.7s. computed
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it
Every font face is a separate file, and most sites load one per weight and style. Three families with three weights each is nine downloads of render-path bytes. Text either waits for them or reflows as they land, one by one.
The audit is quick: which weights actually appear above the fold? A variable font collapses a whole family of weights into one file. A system font stack costs nothing at all.
How does this affect the Core Web Vitals?
Fonts per page correlates with the LCP. Font count separates passing sites from failing sites more than font weight does. Where the font count is low, 88% of sites pass the LCP. Where it is high, 68% do. The decline is gradual. There is no point where sites suddenly start failing.
Chrome field data from 94,910 sites, representing millions of real page loads.
How we measured.