First Contentful Paint (FCP): Impact on Search Performance

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

Global Average
2.73 s
Good Threshold
< 1.8 s
Correlation
Weak
Sample Size
23,721

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 694 KB 196 KB 521 KB 1,429 KB
1-1.8s 878 KB 107 KB 358 KB 1,565 KB
1.8-3s 1,485 KB 98 KB 772 KB 3,036 KB
3-5s 1,313 KB 136 KB 762 KB 2,760 KB
> 5s 1,728 KB 143 KB 596 KB 2,950 KB

FCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. FCP Pages Rating
Service Page 2.24 s 140 Needs Work
Category Page 2.28 s 299 Needs Work
Static Page 2.44 s 212 Needs Work
Article / Blog Post 2.61 s 1,556 Needs Work
Product Page 2.63 s 1,701 Needs Work
FAQ Page 3.42 s 434 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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