---
title: "Google Fonts Costs 9 Points of Good LCP - PageSpeed Matters"
description: "We checked web fonts across 9.5 million sites. Those loading Google Fonts are good on LCP just 63% of the time on mobile versus 72% without, a 9-point loading penalty. Web fonts are a real loading cost, and here is how to keep it small."
lang: en
json-ld:
---

[Google Fonts Costs 9 Points of Good LCP](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/web-fonts-core-web-vitals)

We checked web fonts across 9.5 million sites. Those loading Google Fonts are good on LCP just 63% of the time on mobile versus 72% without, a 9-point loading penalty. Web fonts are a real loading cost, and here is how to keep it small.

Good loading (LCP) with vs without web fonts (mobile)

Without Google Fonts

72.3% 

With Google Fonts

63% 

Any font loader (with)

64.4% 

Any font loader (without)

73.4% 

Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of 9.5 million origins with CrUX field data, May 2026.

Whether you count only Google Fonts or any web-font loader, the loading penalty is about 9 points.

Source: [Google Fonts Costs 9 Points of Good LCP - PageSpeed Matters](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/web-fonts-core-web-vitals)