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title: "Social Embeds Cost 8.6 Points of Good LCP - PageSpeed Matters"
description: "Sites running embedded third-party widgets pass Core Web Vitals on 38.7% of mobile origins versus 42.7% without, with an 8.6-point loading penalty."
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[Social Embeds Cost 8.6 Points of Good LCP](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/social-embeds-widgets-core-web-vitals)

Sites running embedded third-party widgets pass Core Web Vitals on 38.7% of mobile origins versus 42.7% without, with an 8.6-point loading penalty.

Core Web Vitals pass rate, with and without embedded widgets (mobile)

Without widgets

42.7% 

With widgets

38.7% 

Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of 9.5 million origins with CrUX field data, mobile 75th percentile, mid-2026.

A 4-point gap in overall pass, driven almost entirely by an 8.6-point drop in good loading.

Good loading versus good responsiveness, with and without widgets (mobile)

Good LCP with widgets

60.5% 

Good LCP without

69.1% 

Good INP with widgets

91.4% 

Good INP without

84.1% 

Source: PageSpeed Matters, mobile 75th-percentile field data, mid-2026.

LCP takes the 8.6-point hit while INP runs higher on widget sites. The cost is a loading cost, and the higher INP is the site-type confound.

Source: [Social Embeds Cost 8.6 Points of Good LCP - PageSpeed Matters](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/social-embeds-widgets-core-web-vitals)