Core Web
Vitals Scores
For Every Industry
Google’s new ‘page experience’ metrics — Core Web Vitals — became a ranking signal from mid-June 2021. We’re tracking 1,500 sites across 15 industries to find out who was ready, and who will miss out
Updates daily. Last updated: 16th October 2021
Whilst it has been 122 days since Google rolled out Core Web Vitals as a ranking factor, only 33% of sites stand to benefit from any ranking boost.
Across the 1,500 different sites tracked, Government sites are currently the most prepared for Core Web Vitals, with 60% of sites registering a score of 'Good'
Today, Fashion sites are the least prepared for the Core Web Vitals rollout, with only 19% of sites in the 'Good' category
What are Core Web Vitals?
Core Web Vitals are three new metrics Google uses to measure the page experience of your visitors. From mid-June this year Google began using these metrics as a ranking signal in mobile search. All things being equal, pages with better Core Web Vitals scores will outrank those with poorer scores.
The three metrics are related to speed (LCP), responsiveness (FID) and visual stability (CLS), and for each metric your pages will receive a label of either Good, Needs Improvement, or Poor. All three must be Good in order to benefit from a potential ranking boost.
A better page experience has always helped your visitors. Now it will help your SEO.
Largest Contentful Paint
Ever wondered if a page is actually loading?
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is the time it takes for your largest piece of content to become visible on the page – whether that’s text, an image, a banner, or a video.
To get a score of ‘Good’ for LCP, the largest visible piece of content needs to have fully loaded within 2.5 seconds.
First Input Delay
Ever clicked a button and waited for the page to catch up?
First Input Delay (FID) is the reaction time of your page, after a visitor tries to do something – whether that’s tapping a button, a link, or typing in a text box.
To get a score of ‘Good’ for FID, your pages should react to user events within 100 milliseconds.
Cumulative Layout Shift
Ever seen a page shuffle round as it loads?
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) measures the visual stability of a page as it renders on screen. It calculates the distance that all items on the page move – often that’s because of images, pop-ups, or ad banners.
To get a score of ‘Good’ for CLS, pages should maintain a CLS score of 0.1 or less.
Today's top
scoring sites
Explore the Core Web Vitals metrics of today’s top scoring sites. Each site’s overall score combines to make up the chart above.
Today's worst
scoring sites
Explore the Core Web Vitals metrics of today’s worst scoring sites. Each site’s overall score combines to make up the chart above.
Check your site’s Core Web Vitals
Enter your domain name to see if your site has benefited from a Google ranking boost. Your scores are based on the experience of your actual site visitors over the past 28 days.
Your overall metrics show that your site
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First Input Delay
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ABOUT THE DATA
- We’re tracking 1,500 unique sites in 15 industries (the top 100 per industry, by traffic)
- Domain name list and industry classification are courtesy of SimilarWeb, and based on their UK data set
- Metrics are collected daily from Google’s Chrome UX (CrUX) Report API
- Data collected for mobile devices only, and based on the ‘origin’ (an aggregation of Core Web Vitals metrics for all pages on a site)