The State of Web Vitals

Stylesheets per page

How many stylesheets the page loads 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 Stylesheets per page

How many stylesheets the page loads and their over-the-wire weight.

15
stylesheet count
on the typical page
77 KB
CSS weight
on the typical page
153 KB
1 in 4 pages exceed this
CSS weight
94,910
sites measured
desktop field data

The typical page loads 15 stylesheets weighing 77 KB.

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

0ms 750ms 1500ms 2250ms 3000ms
2.5s
0 7504 15007
0 1–2 3–4 5–6 7–10 11–15 16–24 25–38 39–60 61–95 >p98
Good (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Site count
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Passing LCP by stylesheets per page — n which level passes the LCP most often

Stylesheets per page — nSitesPassing LCPLCP
0 1,271 86% 1.3s
1–2 7,456 90% 1.1s
3–4 8,639 92% 1.2s
5–6 7,476 91% 1.2s
7–10 12,220 90% 1.3s
11–15 11,954 90% 1.3s
16–24 15,007 87% 1.4s
25–38 14,109 82% 1.6s
39–60 10,383 77% 1.7s
61–95 4,549 72% 1.9s
>p98 1,846 75% 1.7s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Faded rows: under 100 sites

Stylesheets per page — n 15. p75 31. p99 119. At the low end (0): LCP 1.3s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.7s. computed

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

0ms 750ms 1500ms 2250ms 3000ms
2.5s
0 15153 30306
0 0.1–0.247 0.247–0.609 0.609–1.5 1.5–3.71 3.71–9.15 9.15–22.6 22.6–55.8 55.8–138 138–340 340–838 >p98
Good (≤2.5s) Needs improvement Poor (>4s) Site count
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Passing LCP by stylesheets per page — size which level passes the LCP most often

Stylesheets per page — sizeSitesPassing LCPLCP
0 505 84% 1.3s
0.1–0.247 203 96% 1.0s
0.247–0.609 508 85% 1.2s
0.609–1.5 1,003 87% 1.2s
1.5–3.71 1,458 88% 1.1s
3.71–9.15 2,780 89% 1.1s
9.15–22.6 7,041 90% 1.2s
22.6–55.8 20,948 92% 1.2s
55.8–138 30,306 88% 1.4s
138–340 19,282 79% 1.6s
340–838 4,679 77% 1.6s
>p98 1,801 77% 1.7s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Faded rows: under 100 sites

Stylesheets per page — size 77 KB. p75 153 KB. p99 1.2 MB. At the low end (0 KB): LCP 1.3s. At the high end (>p98): LCP 1.7s. computed

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

Every blocking stylesheet is a render gate. The browser paints nothing until the last one arrives, so the count multiplies the risk: more requests on the critical path, more chances that one of them is the slow one.

Few files beat many here. The request side costs more than the byte side: one round trip on a cold connection outweighs a lot of kilobytes on a warm one. Bundle the critical CSS into as few files as the architecture allows.

How does CSS affect the Core Web Vitals?

Stylesheets per page correlates with the LCP. Stylesheet count separates passing sites from failing sites more than CSS weight does. Where the stylesheet count is low, 86% of sites pass the LCP. Where it is high, 75% do. The decline is gradual. There is no point where sites suddenly start failing.

Go fix it Eliminate render-blocking resources → Remove unused CSS →
Related signals Script loading mix → Font source → Image format mix → Iframe loading → Chrome field data from 94,910 sites, representing millions of real page loads · How we measured