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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 INP site count and median INP at each level of fonts per page — n
0ms
63ms
125ms
188ms
250ms
0
6999
13998
0
1
2
3
4
5
6–7
8–10
11–13
14–17
>p98
Good (≤200ms)
Needs improvement
Poor (>500ms)
Site count
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Passing INP by fonts per page — n which level passes the INP most often
Fonts per page — nSitesPassing INPINP
0
8,161
75%
107ms
1
7,609
89%
96ms
2
11,669
93%
95ms
3
13,627
94%
96ms
4
13,064
94%
96ms
5
10,355
94%
97ms
6–7
13,998
95%
100ms
8–10
9,553
94%
102ms
11–13
3,602
93%
105ms
14–17
1,798
94%
105ms
>p98
1,474
90%
109ms
Good
Needs Improvement
Poor
Faded rows: under 100 sites
Fonts per page — n 4. p75 6. p99 20. At the low end (0): INP 107ms. At the high end (>p98): INP 109ms. computed
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Distribution & median INP site count and median INP at each level of fonts per page — size
0ms
63ms
125ms
188ms
250ms
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 (≤200ms)
Needs improvement
Poor (>500ms)
Site count
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP by fonts per page — size which level passes the INP most often
Fonts per page — sizeSitesPassing INPINP
0
610
88%
107ms
0.887–1.97
130
96%
94ms
1.97–4.37
140
91%
95ms
4.37–9.69
363
94%
88ms
9.69–21.5
1,829
90%
94ms
21.5–47.7
8,578
91%
95ms
47.7–106
19,043
93%
95ms
106–235
27,344
94%
97ms
235–521
20,411
94%
102ms
521–1156
6,572
93%
103ms
>p98
1,723
92%
105ms
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): INP 107ms. At the high end (>p98): INP 105ms. computed
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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.