The State of Web Vitals

Font source

Where fonts come from: self-hosted, Google Fonts, or other third parties.

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 source

Where fonts come from: self-hosted, Google Fonts, or other third parties.

4
Categories
In the distribution
53.2%
Fleet share
Top: self_hosted
64.7%
Sites with any
Of self_hosted

53.2% of web fonts are self-hosted. Google still serves 22.8%.

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

Median LCP (sites using feature)
0
0.5s
1s
1.5s
2s
2.5s
3s
3.5s
4s
Self hosted1.4s53% of sites
Google1.5s23% of sites
Third party1.4s20% of sites
Adobe1.5s4% of sites
VariantShare of requestsMedian
Self hosted
53%
1.4s
Google
23%
1.5s
Third party
20%
1.4s
Adobe
4%
1.5s

Font source. On the fleet: 53.2% self hosted, 22.8% google, 20.2% third party. 64.7% of sites use at least one self_hosted.

Self hosted leads by count (53.2%) and by bytes (63.9%). computed

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

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Self hosted 53.2%
86
86
88
86
86
84
82
80
80
77
Google 22.8%
86
85
85
82
80
79
76
80
72
Third party 20.2%
87
88
86
86
86
81
82
85
85
Adobe 3.8%
83
86
86
85
88
89
89
83
93
92
← few of this category on the pagemany →
60%95%+ of sites passing LCP 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 LCP.

Google swings the hardest: 86% of sites pass LCP with few, 72% with many. 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 LCP? the pass rate with few vs many of each category

60%70%80%90%100% few → many
Google 22.8% 86% → 72%
Self hosted 53.2% 86% → 77%
Third party 20.2% 87% → 85%
Adobe 3.8% 83% → 83%
% of sites passing LCP · 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 Google costs the most: the LCP pass rate falls from 86% with few to 72% 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

Where fonts come from decides how many connections sit on the render path. Google Fonts costs two extra domains: one serves the CSS, another serves the font files. Both need DNS, TCP and TLS before text can settle. Self-hosted fonts ride the connection that is already open and follow your cache rules.

The old argument for the shared Google cache is dead: browsers partition their caches per site, so nobody arrives with your font already cached. Self-hosting is strictly better, and it is a one-time move.

How does this affect the Core Web Vitals?

The choice barely moves the LCP: 86% pass at best, 84% at worst. This signal does not separate passing sites from failing ones.

Go fix it Self-host Google Fonts → Responsive font loading strategy → Keep text visible during font load →
Related signals Script loading mix → DOM depth → Iframe loading → Scripts per page → Chrome field data from 94,910 sites, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured