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 · Desktop 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.

86.0%
of sites pass LCP
1.4s
Typical site
2.8s
Worst 10% of sites

86.0% of sites pass LCP. The typical site's LCP is 1.4s. The worst 10% are above 2.8s.

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The LCP distribution site count at each LCP, from good to poor

0 2,442 4,883 7,325 9,766
0ms–250msms41 sites0.1% of all sites
250ms–500msms1,535 sites2.5% of all sites
500ms–750msms5,741 sites9.3% of all sites
750ms–1sms9,246 sites14.9% of all sites
1s–1.3sms9,766 sites15.8% of all sites
1.3s–1.5sms8,564 sites13.8% of all sites
1.5s–1.8sms6,797 sites11% of all sites
1.8s–2sms5,064 sites8.2% of all sites
2s–2.3sms3,860 sites6.2% of all sites
2.3s–2.5sms2,716 sites4.4% of all sites
2.5s–2.8sms2,067 sites3.3% of all sites
2.8s–3sms1,491 sites2.4% of all sites
3s–3.3sms1,152 sites1.9% of all sites
3.3s–3.5sms861 sites1.4% of all sites
3.5s–3.8sms625 sites1% of all sites
3.8s–4sms492 sites0.8% of all sites
4s–4.3sms383 sites0.6% of all sites
4.3s–4.5sms302 sites0.5% of all sites
4.5s–4.8sms231 sites0.4% of all sites
4.8s–5sms189 sites0.3% of all sites
5s–5.3sms143 sites0.2% of all sites
5.3s–5.5sms131 sites0.2% of all sites
5.5s–5.8sms95 sites0.2% of all sites
5.8s–6sms67 sites0.1% of all sites
6s–6.3sms55 sites0.1% of all sites
6.3s–6.5sms56 sites0.1% of all sites
6.5s–6.8sms48 sites0.1% of all sites
6.8s–7sms31 sites0.1% of all sites
7s–7.3sms40 sites0.1% of all sites
7.3s–7.5sms23 sites<0.1% of all sites
7.5s–7.8sms22 sites<0.1% of all sites
7.8s–8sms22 sites<0.1% of all sites
8sms and up135 sites0.2% of all sites
p50 = 1.4s
p75 = 2s
p90 = 2.8s
p99 = 5.4s
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: 61,991 sites

The tallest bar is between 1s and 1.25s. 16% of sites are in that one range, 1.25s under Google's 2.5s limit. Half of all sites are at 1.4s or less. The tail is long. The worst 10% are above 2.8s and the worst 1% above 5.4s. That is 3.9 times the typical site.

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

LCP
86%
10.8%
3.2%
Good Needs Improvement Poor

86.0% of sites pass LCP. 10.8% are in the needs improvement band, between 2.5s and 4s. 3.2% 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?

86.0% of sites have a good LCP. The typical site sits at 2.0s at the 75th percentile; the slowest 1% pass 5.4s.

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