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At a glance the headline numbers for Fonts per page
How many web fonts load and their over-the-wire weight.
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font count
on the typical page
154 KB
font weight
on the typical page
295 KB
1 in 4 pages exceed this
font weight
189,915
sites measured
phone field data
The typical page loads 4 web fonts weighing 154 KB.
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Distribution & median LCP site count and median LCP at each level of fonts per page — n
0ms 750ms 1500ms 2250ms 3000ms
0 13435 26869
0 1 2 3 4 5 6–7 8–10 11–13 14–17 >p98
Good (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Site count
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP by fonts per page — n which level passes the LCP most often
Fonts per page — nSitesPassing LCPLCP
0 24,653 87% 1.3s
1 14,413 86% 1.4s
2 22,015 86% 1.4s
3 25,987 84% 1.5s
4 24,677 83% 1.5s
5 19,808 81% 1.6s
6–7 26,869 79% 1.7s
8–10 18,238 76% 1.8s
11–13 6,829 72% 1.9s
14–17 3,515 70% 1.9s
>p98 2,911 70% 1.9s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Faded rows: under 100 sites
Fonts per page — n 4. p75 6. p99 20. At the low end (0): LCP 1.3s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.9s. computed
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Distribution & median LCP site count and median LCP at each level of fonts per page — size
0ms 750ms 1500ms 2250ms 3000ms
0 27126 54252
0 0.2–0.475 0.475–1.13 1.13–2.68 2.68–6.35 6.35–15.1 15.1–35.8 35.8–85 85–202 202–479 479–1138 >p98
Good (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Site count
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP by fonts per page — size which level passes the LCP most often
Fonts per page — sizeSitesPassing LCPLCP
0 1,101 78% 1.7s
0.475–1.13 25 80% 1.5s
1.13–2.68 301 86% 1.3s
2.68–6.35 331 86% 1.4s
6.35–15.1 1,819 88% 1.4s
15.1–35.8 9,443 88% 1.4s
35.8–85 33,564 86% 1.4s
85–202 54,252 83% 1.5s
202–479 46,145 77% 1.7s
479–1138 14,994 73% 1.8s
>p98 3,284 77% 1.7s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Faded rows: under 100 sites
Fonts per page — size 154 KB. p75 295 KB. p99 1.4 MB. At the low end (0 KB): LCP 1.7s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.7s. computed
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it
Every font face is a separate file, and most sites load one per weight and style. Three families with three weights each is nine downloads of render-path bytes. Text either waits for them or reflows as they land, one by one.
The audit is quick: which weights actually appear above the fold? A variable font collapses a whole family of weights into one file. A system font stack costs nothing at all.
How does this affect the Core Web Vitals?
Fonts per page correlates with the LCP. Font count separates passing sites from failing sites more than font weight does. Where the font count is low, 87% of sites pass the LCP. Where it is high, 70% do. The decline is gradual. There is no point where sites suddenly start failing.
Chrome field data from 189,915 sites, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.