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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
7.59 s
Good Threshold
< 2.5 s
Correlation
Moderate
Sample Size
42,272

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 52 KB 5 KB 106 KB 481 KB
1-2.5s 556 KB 69 KB 649 KB 1,294 KB
2.5-4s 745 KB 93 KB 419 KB 1,521 KB
4-6s 1,200 KB 111 KB 341 KB 2,254 KB
> 6s 1,526 KB 131 KB 912 KB 3,449 KB

LCP by Page Type

Page Type Avg. LCP Pages Rating
Static Page 6.0 s 1,107 Poor
Article / Blog Post 6.5 s 9,363 Poor
FAQ Page 7.32 s 2,798 Poor
About Page 7.74 s 58 Poor
Service Page 7.85 s 729 Poor
Home Page 8.85 s 115 Poor
Category Page 9.14 s 739 Poor
Product Page 10.8 s 4,205 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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