Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What is largest contentful paint (LCP)?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)**Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)** is a metric that shows when the largest visible element on the screen loads and renders: usually a heading, a large image, a block of text, or a video preview. **Key point:** LCP is the moment the user sees the main thing they came to the page for; the faster it happens, the better the perceived quality of the site.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)Image**Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)** is a metric that shows when the largest visible element on the screen loads and renders. Usually this is a heading, a large image, a block of text, a video preview, and so on. --- ## What counts toward LCP - `<img>` - `<video>` (poster) - background images via CSS (`background-image`) - large text blocks (`<h1>`, `<p>`, and so on) --- ## What does NOT count - elements outside the viewport - small icons, logos - elements that appear after scrolling --- ## Why it matters LCP shows when the main content becomes available and visible to the user. That matters more than just "something first appearing" (as with FCP). --- ## Example If LCP = 2.4 seconds on the homepage, the heading or main image fully rendered 2.4 sec after loading started. --- ## Norms (per Google) - < 2.5 sec: good - 2.5-4 sec: fair > 4 sec: poor --- ## Conclusion LCP is the moment the user sees the main thing they came to the page for. The faster it happens, the better the perceived quality of the site.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.