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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
desktop field data
The typical page loads 4 web fonts weighing 154 KB.
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop 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
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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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
99%
45ms
1
7,609
98%
48ms
2
11,669
99%
48ms
3
13,627
99%
47ms
4
13,064
99%
49ms
5
10,355
99%
49ms
6–7
13,998
99%
50ms
8–10
9,553
99%
52ms
11–13
3,602
99%
54ms
14–17
1,798
99%
55ms
>p98
1,474
97%
59ms
Good
Needs Improvement
Poor
Faded rows: under 100 sites
Fonts per page — n 4. p75 6. p99 20. At the low end (0): INP 45ms. At the high end (>p98): INP 59ms. 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 · desktop 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
98%
51ms
0.887–1.97
130
96%
45ms
1.97–4.37
140
91%
49ms
4.37–9.69
363
99%
45ms
9.69–21.5
1,829
99%
45ms
21.5–47.7
8,578
99%
48ms
47.7–106
19,043
99%
48ms
106–235
27,344
99%
49ms
235–521
20,411
99%
51ms
521–1156
6,572
99%
52ms
>p98
1,723
98%
54ms
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 51ms. At the high end (>p98): INP 54ms. 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, 89% of sites pass the LCP. Where it is high, 76% 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.