Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): Impact on Search Performance

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

Global Average
7.96 s
Good Threshold
< 2.5 s
Correlation
Weak
Sample Size
26,603

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 477 KB 1 KB 126 KB 491 KB
1-2.5s 547 KB 73 KB 429 KB 997 KB
2.5-4s 691 KB 77 KB 369 KB 1,406 KB
4-6s 1,045 KB 110 KB 335 KB 1,826 KB
> 6s 1,686 KB 127 KB 843 KB 3,431 KB

LCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. LCP Pages Rating
Static Page 6.02 s 211 Poor
Article / Blog Post 6.2 s 1,552 Poor
Service Page 6.7 s 137 Poor
FAQ Page 7.0 s 434 Poor
Category Page 7.15 s 299 Poor
Product Page 11.56 s 1,701 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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