The State of Web Vitals

Synthetic paint milestones on React sites

45.9% of audited sites (4,385) paint their hero element in under 300ms in the lab and pass field LCP at 90% (1.2s median), while the 26.1% exceeding 1,500ms in the lab pass field LCP at just 62% (2.1s median).

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45.9% of React sites use under 300ms lab LCP synthetic paint milestones, and 90% of those sites have a good LCP, against 79% of all React sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React: 9,570 crawled sites · 1,979 with desktop field data · 9,561 sites with synthetic paint milestonesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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LCP pass rate

Sites with under 300ms lab LCP synthetic paint milestones have a good LCP most often: 90%, against 79% of all React sites. Sites with over 1,500ms lab LCP lab paint time have it least often, at 62%.

SitesGood, needs improvement, poor LCPMedian
All React sites1,97979%1.5s
Under 300ms lab LCP 45.9%64490%1.2s
300 to 600ms lab LCP 14.7%38083%1.5s
600 to 1,500ms lab LCP 13.3%39881%1.7s
Over 1,500ms lab LCP 26.1%55462%2.1s
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React: 9,570 crawled sites · 1,979 with desktop field data · 9,561 sites with synthetic paint milestonesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Synthetic paint milestones usage

Under 300ms lab LCP is the most used: 45.9% of React sites.

Under 300ms lab LCP 45.9% Over 1,500ms lab LCP 26.1% 300 to 600ms lab LCP 14.7% 600 to 1,500ms lab LCP 13.3%
Under 300ms lab LCP 45.9% Over 1,500ms lab LCP 26.1% 300 to 600ms lab LCP 14.7% 600 to 1,500ms lab LCP 13.3%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React: 9,570 crawled sites · 1,979 with desktop field data · 9,561 sites with synthetic paint milestonesBy 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 300ms lab LCP and over 1,500ms lab LCP sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 379 ms median for under 300ms lab LCP against 1157 ms for over 1,500ms lab LCP. Overall median field LCP is 1.2s for under 300ms lab LCP (TTFB 379 ms, load delay 396 ms, load duration 198 ms, render delay 156 ms) versus 2.2s for over 1,500ms lab LCP.

Median LCP phase breakdown (Chrome field p75) Load delay Median LCP
React sites with synthetic paint milestones 1,322702 ms413 ms413 mslab 429 ms1.6s
Under 300ms lab LCP 385379 ms396 ms396 mslab 383 ms1.2s
Over 1,500ms lab LCP 3821157 ms421 ms232 ms421 mslab 453 ms2.2s
300 to 600ms lab LCP 262605 ms424 ms424 mslab 443 ms1.5s
600 to 1,500ms lab LCP 293873 ms435 ms435 mslab 497 ms1.8s
TTFB Resource load delay Resource load time Element render delay
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React: 9,570 crawled sites · 1,979 with desktop field data · 9,561 sites with synthetic paint milestonesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Synthetic paint milestones per platform

Wix sets the synthetic paint milestones to under 300ms lab LCP on 63% of its sites, and 92% of Wix sites have a good LCP, against 79% of all sites.

PlatformSynthetic paint milestones on its sitesGood LCP
React sites with synthetic paint milestones 9,561 sitesUnder 300ms lab LCP 46%Over 1,500ms lab LCP 26%300 to 600ms lab LCP 15%600 to 1,500ms lab LCP 13%79%
Wix 5,823 sitesUnder 300ms lab LCP 63%Over 1,500ms lab LCP 21%300 to 600ms lab LCP 11%92%
WordPress 2,336 sitesOver 1,500ms lab LCP 39%600 to 1,500ms lab LCP 29%300 to 600ms lab LCP 19%Under 300ms lab LCP 13%66%
Under 300ms lab LCP Over 1,500ms lab LCP 300 to 600ms lab LCP 600 to 1,500ms lab LCP
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React: 9,570 crawled sites · 1,979 with desktop field data · 9,561 sites with synthetic paint milestonesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Synthetic paint milestones or the platform

Does the platform explain the synthetic paint milestones difference?

On Wix, 95% of sites with under 300ms lab LCP synthetic paint milestones have a good LCP, against 88% of Wix sites with over 1,500ms lab LCP. Within Wix, sites with under 300ms lab LCP have a good LCP more often. On WordPress, 79% of sites with under 300ms lab LCP synthetic paint milestones have a good LCP, against 45% of WordPress sites with over 1,500ms lab LCP. Within WordPress, sites with under 300ms lab LCP have a good LCP more often.

How clean lab paint timings translate to real-user field LCP

Synthetic paint milestones measure your page without real-user cellular latency or cold device caches. A page that already takes over 1.5 seconds in a fast lab environment rarely survives real-world mobile networks. Across 4,385 sites (45.9%) painting under 300ms in the lab, 90% pass field LCP (1.2s median), dropping to 62% (2.1s median) on the 26.1% (2,495) over 1,500ms.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React: 9,570 crawled sites · 1,979 with desktop field data · 9,561 sites with synthetic paint milestonesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Understanding synthetic paint milestones

Optimize unthrottled server TTFB and eliminate render-blocking head resources so the baseline paint path finishes in under 600ms in clean lab conditions. Across all audited sites, 45.9% finish lab LCP under 300ms (90% good LCP, 1.2s median) versus 26.1% above 1,500ms (62% good LCP, 2.1s median).

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The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React: 9,570 crawled sites · 1,979 with desktop field data · 9,561 sites with synthetic paint milestonesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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