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First Contentful Paint (FCP): Impact on Search Performance

Measures perceived load speed. When the first content becomes visible.

Global Average
3.05 s
Good Threshold
< 1.8 s
Correlation
Weak
Sample Size
32,077

Search Impressions by FCP Range

How search visibility changes as FCP gets slower

Click-Through Rate by FCP Range

Average CTR for pages in each FCP bucket

Average Position by FCP Range

Where pages rank based on their FCP performance

Resource Budget by FCP Range

Average resource sizes for pages in each performance bucket

FCP Range JS CSS Images Total
< 1s 400 KB 47 KB 150 KB 505 KB
1-1.8s 992 KB 43 KB 425 KB 1,960 KB
1.8-3s 1,636 KB 120 KB 716 KB 3,505 KB
3-5s 1,414 KB 127 KB 818 KB 3,017 KB
> 5s 2,131 KB 164 KB 1,221 KB 4,926 KB

FCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. FCP Pages Rating
Static Page 2.01 s 668 Needs Work
FAQ Page 2.66 s 1,046 Needs Work
Article / Blog Post 2.77 s 3,778 Needs Work
Home Page 2.96 s 75 Needs Work
Category Page 3.17 s 428 Poor
Product Page 4.17 s 2,905 Poor
Service Page 7.35 s 204 Poor

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast should FCP be?

Google rates FCP under 1.8 seconds as 'Good'. FCP is often the first signal users get that the page is loading, making it critical for perceived performance.

Other Metrics

LCP CLS INP TTFB FID SI

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