Total page weight and the Core Web Vitals

25.2% of audited sites (53,132) keep total page transfer under 1.2 MB and pass LCP at 90% (1.1s median), compared with 82% (1.6s median) on the 23.1% exceeding 5 MB.

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25.2% of sites use under 1.2 MB of total page weight total page weight, and 90% of those sites have a good LCP, against 86% of all sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 69,745 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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LCP pass rate

Sites with under 1.2 MB of total page weight total page weight have a good LCP most often: 90%, against 86% of all sites. Sites with over 5 MB of total page weight page weight have it least often, at 82%.

SitesGood, needs improvement, poor LCPMedian
All sites69,74586%1.4s
Under 1.2 MB total page 25.2%14,90690%1.1s
1.2 to 2.5 MB total page 26.0%17,06989%1.3s
2.5 to 5 MB total page 25.7%19,24685%1.5s
Over 5 MB total page 23.1%18,52482%1.6s
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 69,745 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Total page weight usage

1.2 to 2.5 MB of total page weight is the most used: 26.0% of sites. Under 1.2 MB of total page weight is 25.2% of sites.

1.2 to 2.5 MB total page 26.0% 2.5 to 5 MB total page 25.7% Under 1.2 MB total page 25.2% Over 5 MB total page 23.1%
1.2 to 2.5 MB total page 26.0% 2.5 to 5 MB total page 25.7% Under 1.2 MB total page 25.2% Over 5 MB total page 23.1%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 69,745 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The four LCP phases

Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between under 1.2 MB of total page weight and over 5 MB of total page weight sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 482 ms median for under 1.2 MB of total page weight against 620 ms for over 5 MB of total page weight. Overall median field LCP is 1.1s for under 1.2 MB of total page weight (TTFB 482 ms, load delay 197 ms, load duration 72 ms, render delay 149 ms) versus 1.6s for over 5 MB of total page weight.

Median LCP phase breakdown (Chrome field p75) Load delay Median LCP
All sites 50,980571 ms274 ms191 ms274 mslab 316 ms1.4s
Under 1.2 MB total page 9,509482 ms197 ms149 ms197 mslab 221 ms1.1s
1.2 to 2.5 MB total page 12,387554 ms252 ms179 ms252 mslab 290 ms1.3s
2.5 to 5 MB total page 14,742602 ms308 ms205 ms308 mslab 350 ms1.5s
Over 5 MB total page 14,342620 ms318 ms219 ms318 mslab 376 ms1.6s
TTFB Resource load delay Resource load time Element render delay
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 69,745 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Understanding total page weight

How total page weight compounds across cellular connections

Even with HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 multiplexing, transferring several megabytes of scripts, stylesheets, fonts, and images saturates mobile downlink bandwidth and delays critical rendering resources. Across 53,132 sites (25.2%) under 1.2 MB total transfer, 90% pass field LCP (1.1s median), falling to 82% (1.6s median) on the 23.1% (48,749) exceeding 5 MB.

Keep total initial page transfer under 2.5 MB by compressing media, lazy-loading below-the-fold assets, and pruning redundant third-party requests. Across all audited sites, 25.2% stay under 1.2 MB (90% good LCP, 1.1s median) versus 23.1% above 5 MB (82% good LCP, 1.6s median).

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 69,745 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
Platform & Framework Takeaways

How total page weight plays out per platform

What the field data shows when you isolate a single CMS or framework.

WordPress 65,509 sites
89% vs 70% good LCP (< 1.2 MB vs > 5 MB page)

60% of WordPress sites exceed 2.5 MB of total page weight (70% good LCP over 5 MB vs 89% under 1.2 MB, 19 points apart).

Across WordPress sites, 31% transfer 2.5 to 5 MB, 29% exceed 5 MB (70% LCP pass rate, 1.9s median), and 13% transfer under 1.2 MB (89% pass rate, 1.3s median).

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Shopify 8,573 sites
98% vs 95% good LCP (1.2-2.5 MB vs > 5 MB)

81% of Shopify stores transfer over 2.5 MB total page weight.

Across Shopify storefronts, 47% transfer 2.5 to 5 MB (98% LCP pass rate, 1.2s median), 34% exceed 5 MB (95%, 1.4s median), and 18% transfer 1.2 to 2.5 MB (98%, 1.0s median).

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React 9,570 sites
93% vs 66% good LCP (< 1.2 MB vs > 5 MB page)

React sites exceeding 5 MB of total transfer pass LCP 27 points less often than sites under 1.2 MB.

Across React sites, 14% transfer under 1.2 MB (93% LCP pass rate, 1.0s median), 42% transfer 1.2 to 2.5 MB (89%), and 20% exceed 5 MB (66% pass rate, 1.9s median).

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Wix 5,825 sites
69% sites under 2.5 MB total transfer

69% of Wix sites transfer under 2.5 MB of total network bytes.

Across Wix sites, 54% transfer 1.2 to 2.5 MB (95% LCP pass rate, 1.2s median), 15% transfer under 1.2 MB (100%, 883ms median), and 12% exceed 5 MB (87%).

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