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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
7.84 s
Good Threshold
< 2.5 s
Correlation
Weak
Sample Size
31,796

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 309 KB 4 KB 4 KB 75 KB
1-2.5s 421 KB 48 KB 308 KB 771 KB
2.5-4s 647 KB 73 KB 410 KB 1,422 KB
4-6s 1,059 KB 88 KB 328 KB 1,788 KB
> 6s 1,810 KB 132 KB 921 KB 3,929 KB

LCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. LCP Pages Rating
Static Page 5.28 s 478 Poor
FAQ Page 5.67 s 829 Poor
Article / Blog Post 6.19 s 2,685 Poor
Home Page 7.88 s 60 Poor
Category Page 8.16 s 343 Poor
Service Page 9.41 s 166 Poor
Product Page 13.51 s 2,129 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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