The State of Web Vitals

LCP distribution

How LCP is distributed across real-user data, plus pass-rate breakdown.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q2 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
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At a glance the headline numbers for LCP distribution

How LCP is distributed across real-user data, plus pass-rate breakdown.

81.7%
of sites pass LCP
1.6s
Typical site
3.1s
Worst 10% of sites

81.7% of sites pass LCP. The typical site's LCP is 1.6s. The worst 10% are above 3.1s.

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The LCP distribution site count at each LCP, from good to poor

0 4,209 8,417 12,626 16,834
0ms–250msms12 sites<0.1% of all sites
250ms–500msms999 sites0.9% of all sites
500ms–750msms5,880 sites5.2% of all sites
750ms–1sms13,183 sites11.7% of all sites
1s–1.3sms16,834 sites14.9% of all sites
1.3s–1.5sms15,875 sites14.1% of all sites
1.5s–1.8sms13,757 sites12.2% of all sites
1.8s–2sms10,778 sites9.5% of all sites
2s–2.3sms8,586 sites7.6% of all sites
2.3s–2.5sms6,359 sites5.6% of all sites
2.5s–2.8sms4,670 sites4.1% of all sites
2.8s–3sms3,567 sites3.2% of all sites
3s–3.3sms2,808 sites2.5% of all sites
3.3s–3.5sms2,131 sites1.9% of all sites
3.5s–3.8sms1,603 sites1.4% of all sites
3.8s–4sms1,210 sites1.1% of all sites
4s–4.3sms936 sites0.8% of all sites
4.3s–4.5sms738 sites0.7% of all sites
4.5s–4.8sms614 sites0.5% of all sites
4.8s–5sms479 sites0.4% of all sites
5s–5.3sms358 sites0.3% of all sites
5.3s–5.5sms293 sites0.3% of all sites
5.5s–5.8sms257 sites0.2% of all sites
5.8s–6sms168 sites0.1% of all sites
6s–6.3sms154 sites0.1% of all sites
6.3s–6.5sms120 sites0.1% of all sites
6.5s–6.8sms98 sites0.1% of all sites
6.8s–7sms109 sites0.1% of all sites
7s–7.3sms63 sites0.1% of all sites
7.3s–7.5sms52 sites<0.1% of all sites
7.5s–7.8sms40 sites<0.1% of all sites
7.8s–8sms35 sites<0.1% of all sites
8sms and up214 sites0.2% of all sites
p50 = 1.6s
p75 = 2.2s
p90 = 3.1s
p99 = 5.7s
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 (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Percentile markers Total: 112,980 sites

The tallest bar is between 1s and 1.25s. 15% of sites are in that one range, 1.25s under Google's 2.5s limit. Half of all sites are at 1.6s or less. The tail is long. The worst 10% are above 3.1s and the worst 1% above 5.7s. That is 3.6 times the typical site.

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The LCP pass rate the share of sites that are good, needs improvement and poor

LCP
81.7%
14.1%
4.2%
Good Needs Improvement Poor

81.7% of sites pass LCP. 14.1% are in the needs improvement band, between 2.5s and 4s. 4.2% are poor, above 4s. A miss is usually needs improvement, not poor.

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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it

Largest Contentful Paint is when the biggest thing in the viewport finishes rendering, usually the hero image or a headline. It is the moment the page stops looking blank and starts looking loaded, so it is the metric your visitors feel first. A slow LCP is almost always one of a few things: the server takes too long to respond, the image is too big or discovered too late, or render-blocking CSS and fonts hold everything up.

Start with what paints. Find the LCP element, make sure the browser can discover it early, and give it a clear path to the screen. Preload the hero image, serve it in a modern format at the right size, and keep render-blocking resources out of the way. The server side matters too, but the biggest wins are usually in how the main image and the critical CSS are delivered.

How are sites doing on LCP?

81.7% of sites have a good LCP. The typical site sits at 2.2s at the 75th percentile; the slowest 1% pass 5.7s.

Go fix it Preload the LCP image → Fix slow hero images → Optimize images for Core Web Vitals → Resource prioritization guide →
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