Overview

LCP is an important, user-centric metric for measuring perceived load speed. It marks the point in the page load timeline when the page's main content has likely loaded.

What is Measured?

  • <img> elements.
  • <image> elements inside an <svg>.
  • Video poster images.
  • Elements with a background image loaded via url().
  • Block-level elements containing text nodes.

Targets

  • Good: Under 2.5 seconds.
  • Needs Improvement: Between 2.5 and 4.0 seconds.
  • Poor: Over 4.0 seconds.

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