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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
8.0 s
Good Threshold
< 2.5 s
Correlation
Weak
Sample Size
33,765

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 240 KB 4 KB 4 KB 72 KB
1-2.5s 520 KB 43 KB 251 KB 985 KB
2.5-4s 701 KB 67 KB 320 KB 1,412 KB
4-6s 1,027 KB 83 KB 346 KB 1,912 KB
> 6s 2,017 KB 142 KB 1,012 KB 4,461 KB

LCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. LCP Pages Rating
Static Page 4.9 s 667 Poor
FAQ Page 5.01 s 1,046 Poor
Article / Blog Post 6.43 s 3,764 Poor
Home Page 7.46 s 75 Poor
Category Page 9.02 s 428 Poor
Product Page 13.98 s 2,905 Poor
Service Page 14.87 s 188 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.

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