The State of Web Vitals

LCP responsive markup

Responsive markup on the LCP image: srcset, picture, or none.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q2 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for LCP responsive markup

Responsive markup on the LCP image: srcset, picture, or none.

3
Categories
176,552 sites
79.4%
Top share
no
0.00
Top CLS
Median for no

79.4% of LCP images ship without responsive markup.

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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LCP responsive markup who uses what, and how stable each group is

Median CLS
0
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
no0.0079% of sites
srcset0.0014% of sites
picture0.007% of sites
VariantShare of sitesMedian
no 140,113 sites
79%
0.00
srcset 24,190 sites
14%
0.00
picture 12,249 sites
7%
0.00

Little daylight between the groups: every variant sits near 0.00 median CLS. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing CLS per LCP responsive markup which group passes the CLS most often

VariantSitesPassing CLSCLS
Srcset 13.7% 24,190 91% 0.00
Picture 6.9% 12,249 89% 0.00
No 79.4% 140,113 88% 0.00
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good CLS (0.1 at p75) · one value per site

No variant stands out: pass rates sit between 88% and 91%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 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

A phone should not download the desktop hero. srcset and picture let the browser pick the file that fits the viewport, which directly cuts the LCP's load time on small screens. Without them, every device downloads the largest image someone uploaded.

The win is biggest exactly where LCP is hardest: small screens on slow connections. Most CMSs generate the size candidates automatically. The gaps are usually hand-written templates and page builders.

How does this affect the Core Web Vitals?

LCP responsive markup correlates with the LCP. With Picture, 88% of sites pass the LCP. With No, 81% do.

Go fix it Optimize images for Core Web Vitals → Optimize the LCP image → Fix slow hero images →
Related signals LCP priority hint → LCP discovery → LCP image size → LCP origin → Chrome field data from 189,915 sites, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured