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At a glance the headline numbers for FCP distribution
How FCP is distributed across real-user data, plus pass-rate breakdown.
76.6%
of sites good on FCP
76.6% of sites good on FCP. The typical site's FCP is 1.2s. The worst 10% are above 2.6s.
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The FCP distribution site count at each FCP, from good to poor
0 8,744 17,487 26,231 34,974
0ms–250msms60 sites<0.1% of all sites 250ms–500msms5,413 sites3.1% of all sites 500ms–750msms25,686 sites14.5% of all sites 750ms–1sms34,974 sites19.8% of all sites 1s–1.3sms29,518 sites16.7% of all sites 1.3s–1.5sms21,652 sites12.2% of all sites 1.5s–1.8sms15,691 sites8.9% of all sites 1.8s–2sms11,023 sites6.2% of all sites 2s–2.3sms8,203 sites4.6% of all sites 2.3s–2.5sms5,990 sites3.4% of all sites 2.5s–2.8sms4,441 sites2.5% of all sites 2.8s–3sms3,302 sites1.9% of all sites 3s–3.3sms2,541 sites1.4% of all sites 3.3s–3.5sms1,932 sites1.1% of all sites 3.5s–3.8sms1,440 sites0.8% of all sites 3.8s–4sms1,046 sites0.6% of all sites 4s–4.3sms839 sites0.5% of all sites 4.3s–4.5sms658 sites0.4% of all sites 4.5s–4.8sms505 sites0.3% of all sites 4.8s–5sms382 sites0.2% of all sites 5s–5.3sms304 sites0.2% of all sites 5.3s–5.5sms240 sites0.1% of all sites 5.5s–5.8sms204 sites0.1% of all sites 5.8s–6sms148 sites0.1% of all sites 6s–6.3sms131 sites0.1% of all sites 6.3s–6.5sms107 sites0.1% of all sites 6.5s–6.8sms99 sites0.1% of all sites 6.8s–7sms79 sites<0.1% of all sites 7s–7.3sms55 sites<0.1% of all sites 7.3s–7.5sms40 sites<0.1% of all sites 7.5s–7.8sms30 sites<0.1% of all sites 7.8s–8sms27 sites<0.1% of all sites 8sms and up219 sites0.1% of all sites p50 = 1.2s
p75 = 1.7s
p90 = 2.6s
p99 = 4.9s
0ms–250ms 250ms–500ms 500ms–750ms 750ms–1s 1s–1.3s 1.3s–1.5s 1.5s–1.8s 1.8s–2s 2s–2.3s 2.3s–2.5s 2.5s–2.8s 2.8s–3s 3s–3.3s 3.3s–3.5s 3.5s–3.8s 3.8s–4s 4s–4.3s 4.3s–4.5s 4.5s–4.8s 4.8s–5s 5s–5.3s 5.3s–5.5s 5.5s–5.8s 5.8s–6s 6s–6.3s 6.3s–6.5s 6.5s–6.8s 6.8s–7s 7s–7.3s 7.3s–7.5s 7.5s–7.8s 7.8s–8s 8s+
Good (≤1.8s) Needs improvement Poor (>3s) Percentile markers Total: 176,979 sites
The tallest bar is between 750ms and 1s. 20% of sites are in that one range, 800ms under Google's 1.8s limit. Half of all sites are at 1.2s or less. The tail is long. The worst 10% are above 2.6s and the worst 1% above 4.9s. That is 4.2 times the typical site.
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The FCP pass rate the share of sites that are good, needs improvement and poor
Good Needs Improvement Poor
76.6% of sites are good on FCP. 17.2% are in the needs improvement band, between 1.8s and 3s. 6.2% are poor, above 3s. A miss is usually needs improvement, not poor.
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it
First Contentful Paint is when the first piece of content appears, the first text or image that tells the visitor something is happening. It is a diagnostic metric rather than a Core Web Vital, but it sits on the path to LCP: if the first paint is slow, the largest paint is almost always slow too. FCP is usually held up by the server response and by render-blocking CSS and JavaScript in the head.
Start with what blocks the first paint. Cut render-blocking resources, remove the CSS you do not use, and get the critical bytes to the browser as early as you can. Early Hints can let the browser start fetching key resources before the HTML even arrives. Improving FCP tends to pull LCP along with it.
How are sites doing on FCP?
76.6% of sites have a good FCP. The typical site sits at 1.7s at the 75th percentile; the slowest 1% pass 4.9s.
Chrome field data from 189,915 sites, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.