Font format mix

Font formats in use: woff2, woff, ttf and friends.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · Desktop field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Font format mix

Font formats in use: woff2, woff, ttf and friends.

6
Categories
In the distribution
82.2%
Fleet share
Top: woff2
84.6%
Sites with any
Of woff2

82.2% of font files are WOFF2.

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The font format mix mix who uses what, and how fast each group loads

Median INP (sites using feature)
0
100ms
200ms
300ms
400ms
500ms
Woff249ms82% of sites
Woff49ms10% of sites
Ttf49ms7% of sites
Otf55ms1% of sites
Other51ms1% of sites
Eot49ms0% of sites
VariantShare of requestsMedian
Woff2
82%
49ms
Woff
10%
49ms
Ttf
7%
49ms
Otf
1%
55ms
Other
1%
51ms
Eot
0%
49ms

Font format mix. On the fleet: 82.2% woff2, 9.7% woff, 6.9% ttf. 84.6% of sites use at least one woff2.

Woff2 leads by count (82.2%) and by bytes (73.8%). computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per bucket every category and count level at once - color is the pass rate

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Woff2 82.2%
99
99
99
99
99
99
100
100
99
97
Woff 9.7%
99
99
99
98
96
99
98
Ttf 6.9%
99
99
99
99
99
100
100
98
Otf 0.8%
99
99
99
97
100
100
91
Other 0.5%
99
99
100
97
← few of this category on the pagemany →
60%95%+ of sites passing INP Faded cells: under 100 sites

Each row is a category, each column its own count bucket (few on the left, many on the right); the cell is the share of those sites passing INP.

No category moves the INP pass rate much, however many a site ships. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Few vs many - does quantity cost INP? the pass rate with few vs many of each category

60%70%80%90%100% few → many
Ttf 6.9% 99%98%
Otf 0.8% 99%97%
Woff2 82.2% 99%97%
Woff 9.7% 99%98%
Other 0.5% 99%99%
% of sites passing INP · hollow ring = pages with few, solid dot = pages with many

Per category: the pass rate among pages with FEW of it (hollow ring) against pages with MANY (solid dot), worst trend first. Thin buckets are excluded from the endpoints.

More Ttf costs the most: the INP pass rate falls from 99% with few to 98% with many. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it

woff2 is the only font format a modern site needs. It compresses tighter than woff and far tighter than ttf or otf, and every current browser supports it. Anything else in the mix is either a legacy fallback nobody downloads or bytes wasted on the wire.

Font bytes sit on the render path. Text either waits for them or reflows when they arrive, so smaller font files shorten that window whatever your font-display strategy is.

How does this affect the Core Web Vitals?

The choice barely moves the LCP: 86% pass at best, 83% at worst. This signal does not separate passing sites from failing ones.

The split is bigger on CLS. With Other, 81% of sites pass it. With OTF, 73% do.

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