Web font file count on Wix sites

Sites with 1 to 3 font files web font file count have a good LCP most often: 96%, against 92% of all Wix sites. Sites with 7 or more font files font count have it least often, at 87%.

Sites with 7 or more font files web font file count have a good CLS most often: 96%, against 96% of all Wix sites. Sites with 4 to 6 font files font count have it least often, at 95%.

4 to 6 font files is the most used: 46.0% of Wix sites. 1 to 3 font files is 27.5% of Wix sites.

Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between 1 to 3 font files and 7 or more font files sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 288 ms median for 1 to 3 font files against 507 ms for 7 or more font files. Overall median field LCP is 1.1s for 1 to 3 font files (TTFB 288 ms, load delay 474 ms, load duration 236 ms, render delay 134 ms) versus 1.4s for 7 or more font files.

Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between 1 to 3 font files and 7 or more font files sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 288 ms median for 1 to 3 font files against 507 ms for 7 or more font files. Overall median field LCP is 1.1s for 1 to 3 font files (TTFB 288 ms, load delay 474 ms, load duration 236 ms, render delay 134 ms) versus 1.4s for 7 or more font files.

On React, 46% of sites use 4 to 6 font files web font file count, and 92% of React sites have a good LCP, against 92% of all sites.

On React, 46% of sites use 4 to 6 font files web font file count, and 96% of React sites have a good CLS, against 96% of all sites.

FrameworkWeb font file count on its sitesGood LCP

All Wix sites 5,621 sites4 to 6 font files 46%1 to 3 font files 28%7+ font files 26%92%

React 5,620 sites4 to 6 font files 46%1 to 3 font files 28%7+ font files 26%92%

4 to 6 font files 1 to 3 font files 7+ font files 0 web fonts (system fonts)

Does the framework explain the web font file count difference?

On React, 96% of sites with 1 to 3 font files web font file count have a good LCP, against 94% of React sites with 4 to 6 font files. Within React, sites with 1 to 3 font files and 4 to 6 font files have a good LCP about equally often.

On React, 96% of sites with 7 or more font files web font file count have a good CLS, against 95% of React sites with 4 to 6 font files. Within React, sites with 7 or more font files and 4 to 6 font files have a good CLS about equally often.

How font proliferation delays text and hero rendering

Each font weight and style is a high-priority download that competes with hero images and triggers layout recalculations when late-arriving faces swap in. Across 1,547 sites (27.5%) loading 1 to 3 font files, 96% pass field LCP at a 1.1s median, compared with 87% (1.3s median) across the 26.1% (1,468) loading 7+ font files.