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First Contentful Paint (FCP): Impact on Search Performance

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

Global Average
3.12 s
Good Threshold
< 1.8 s
Correlation
Weak
Sample Size
34,885

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 494 KB 40 KB 157 KB 605 KB
1-1.8s 953 KB 44 KB 397 KB 1,785 KB
1.8-3s 1,630 KB 120 KB 735 KB 3,448 KB
3-5s 1,424 KB 134 KB 769 KB 2,980 KB
> 5s 2,021 KB 162 KB 1,194 KB 4,814 KB

FCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. FCP Pages Rating
Static Page 2.47 s 913 Needs Work
FAQ Page 2.8 s 1,760 Needs Work
Category Page 3.16 s 557 Poor
Home Page 3.21 s 93 Poor
Article / Blog Post 3.22 s 5,980 Poor
Product Page 3.99 s 3,407 Poor
Service Page 6.35 s 286 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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