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First Contentful Paint (FCP): Impact on Search Performance

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

Global Average
2.86 s
Good Threshold
< 1.8 s
Correlation
Weak
Sample Size
30,062

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 728 KB 48 KB 130 KB 756 KB
1-1.8s 1,151 KB 77 KB 529 KB 2,297 KB
1.8-3s 1,341 KB 96 KB 759 KB 2,857 KB
3-5s 1,315 KB 135 KB 714 KB 2,788 KB
> 5s 2,187 KB 166 KB 764 KB 4,287 KB

FCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. FCP Pages Rating
Static Page 1.83 s 479 Needs Work
Article / Blog Post 2.51 s 2,689 Needs Work
Category Page 2.77 s 343 Needs Work
FAQ Page 2.84 s 829 Needs Work
Home Page 2.96 s 60 Needs Work
Product Page 4.14 s 2,130 Poor
Service Page 4.14 s 169 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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