The State of Web Vitals

Scripts per page

How many scripts the page runs and their over-the-wire weight.

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 Scripts per page

How many scripts the page runs and their over-the-wire weight.

26
script count
on the typical page
554 KB
script weight
on the typical page
1,009 KB
1 in 4 pages exceed this
script weight
94,748
sites measured
desktop field data

The typical page runs 26 scripts weighing 554 KB.

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Distribution & median LCP site count and median LCP at each level of scripts per page — n

0ms 750ms 1500ms 2250ms 3000ms
2.5s
0 9545 19089
0 1–2 3 4 5–7 8–11 12–18 19–29 30–48 49–77 78–125 >p98
Good (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Site count
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Passing LCP by scripts per page — n which level passes the LCP most often

Scripts per page — nSitesPassing LCPLCP
0 2,071 86% 1.1s
1–2 2,354 86% 1.2s
3 1,495 86% 1.2s
4 1,808 88% 1.1s
5–7 5,325 89% 1.1s
8–11 7,714 91% 1.1s
12–18 13,952 92% 1.2s
19–29 17,317 90% 1.3s
30–48 19,089 87% 1.5s
49–77 13,478 81% 1.6s
78–125 8,310 77% 1.7s
>p98 1,835 77% 1.8s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Faded rows: under 100 sites

Scripts per page — n 26. p75 48. p99 154. At the low end (0): LCP 1.1s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.8s. computed

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Distribution & median LCP site count and median LCP at each level of scripts per page — size

0ms 750ms 1500ms 2250ms 3000ms
2.5s
0 18705 37409
0 0.1–0.28 0.28–0.784 0.784–2.19 2.19–6.14 6.14–17.2 17.2–48.2 48.2–135 135–378 378–1057 1057–2959 >p98
Good (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Site count
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Passing LCP by scripts per page — size which level passes the LCP most often

Scripts per page — sizeSitesPassing LCPLCP
0 359 88% 1.3s
0.28–0.784 86 95% 824ms
0.784–2.19 193 84% 1.1s
2.19–6.14 281 88% 1.0s
6.14–17.2 766 94% 1.0s
17.2–48.2 1,768 93% 946ms
48.2–135 7,975 94% 995ms
135–378 22,157 91% 1.2s
378–1057 37,409 87% 1.4s
1057–2959 19,523 82% 1.6s
>p98 1,842 71% 1.8s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Faded rows: under 100 sites

Scripts per page — size 554 KB. p75 1,009 KB. p99 3.7 MB. At the low end (0 KB): LCP 1.3s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.8s. computed

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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it

Script weight is the most expensive weight. A kilobyte of JavaScript costs more than a kilobyte of image, because after the download it is parsed, compiled and executed on the main thread. That is the same thread that must answer every click and keystroke, which is why script totals track INP.

The count matters next to the bytes: every script is a potential long task and another spot for the main thread to stall. Most pages would lose nothing by deferring most of their scripts. The ones that truly must run early are rare.

How do scripts affect the Core Web Vitals?

Passing INP barely moves across the range: 97% at one end, 95% at the other. This signal does not separate passing sites from failing ones.

Go fix it 14 methods to defer JavaScript → Reduce unused JavaScript → JavaScript priority levels →
Related signals DOM size → Page weight & requests → Image source mix → Stylesheet loading mix → Chrome field data from 94,910 sites, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured