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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.
82.5% of sites pass LCP. The typical site's LCP is 1.5s. The worst 10% are above 3.1s.
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The LCP distribution site count at each LCP, from good to poor
0 6,643 13,286 19,929 26,572
0ms–250msms35 sites<0.1% of all sites 250ms–500msms2,069 sites1.2% of all sites 500ms–750msms10,761 sites6.2% of all sites 750ms–1sms22,218 sites12.7% of all sites 1s–1.3sms26,572 sites15.2% of all sites 1.3s–1.5sms24,311 sites13.9% of all sites 1.5s–1.8sms20,650 sites11.8% of all sites 1.8s–2sms15,819 sites9% of all sites 2s–2.3sms12,512 sites7.2% of all sites 2.3s–2.5sms9,240 sites5.3% of all sites 2.5s–2.8sms6,972 sites4% of all sites 2.8s–3sms5,320 sites3% of all sites 3s–3.3sms4,032 sites2.3% of all sites 3.3s–3.5sms3,165 sites1.8% of all sites 3.5s–3.8sms2,384 sites1.4% of all sites 3.8s–4sms1,799 sites1% of all sites 4s–4.3sms1,349 sites0.8% of all sites 4.3s–4.5sms1,188 sites0.7% of all sites 4.5s–4.8sms854 sites0.5% of all sites 4.8s–5sms695 sites0.4% of all sites 5s–5.3sms560 sites0.3% of all sites 5.3s–5.5sms422 sites0.2% of all sites 5.5s–5.8sms358 sites0.2% of all sites 5.8s–6sms263 sites0.2% of all sites 6s–6.3sms208 sites0.1% of all sites 6.3s–6.5sms206 sites0.1% of all sites 6.5s–6.8sms140 sites0.1% of all sites 6.8s–7sms140 sites0.1% of all sites 7s–7.3sms103 sites0.1% of all sites 7.3s–7.5sms77 sites<0.1% of all sites 7.5s–7.8sms67 sites<0.1% of all sites 7.8s–8sms54 sites<0.1% of all sites 8sms and up331 sites0.2% of all sites p50 = 1.5s
p75 = 2.2s
p90 = 3.1s
p99 = 5.6s
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: 174,874 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 1.5s or less. The tail is long. The worst 10% are above 3.1s and the worst 1% above 5.6s. That is 3.7 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 LCP pass rate the share of sites that are good, needs improvement and poor
Good Needs Improvement Poor
82.5% of sites pass LCP. 13.5% are in the needs improvement band, between 2.5s and 4s. 4.0% are poor, above 4s. 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
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?
82.5% of sites have a good LCP. The typical site sits at 2.2s at the 75th percentile; the slowest 1% pass 5.6s.
Chrome field data from 189,915 sites, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.