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Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): Impact on Search Performance

Measures loading performance. How long until the largest element is visible.

Global Average
7.89 s
Good Threshold
< 2.5 s
Correlation
Moderate
Sample Size
36,663

Search Impressions by LCP Range

How search visibility changes as LCP gets slower

Click-Through Rate by LCP Range

Average CTR for pages in each LCP bucket

Average Position by LCP Range

Where pages rank based on their LCP performance

Resource Budget by LCP Range

Average resource sizes for pages in each performance bucket

LCP Range JS CSS Images Total
< 1s 394 KB 4 KB 4 KB 56 KB
1-2.5s 528 KB 46 KB 338 KB 1,042 KB
2.5-4s 710 KB 73 KB 344 KB 1,450 KB
4-6s 1,040 KB 90 KB 347 KB 1,960 KB
> 6s 1,993 KB 145 KB 1,020 KB 4,339 KB

LCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. LCP Pages Rating
Static Page 5.73 s 919 Poor
FAQ Page 5.99 s 1,760 Poor
Article / Blog Post 6.97 s 5,978 Poor
Home Page 8.04 s 95 Poor
Category Page 8.73 s 556 Poor
Product Page 13.33 s 3,405 Poor
Service Page 13.73 s 278 Poor

Frequently Asked Questions

What LCP should my site target?

Google considers LCP under 2.5 seconds as 'Good'. Between 2.5-4s needs improvement, and over 4s is poor. Our data shows pages with sub-2.5s LCP get significantly more search impressions.

Other Metrics

CLS INP FCP TTFB FID SI

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