Core Web Vitals in Google Search Console

The Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console shows how your pages perform on Google's key user experience metrics. These metrics are a Google ranking factor.

The Three Core Web Vitals

• LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) - How quickly the largest content element loads. Good: under 2.5s. Needs improvement: 2.5–4s. Poor: over 4s.
• INP (Interaction to Next Paint) - How quickly the page responds to user interactions. Replaced FID in 2024. Good: under 200ms.
• CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) - How much the page layout shifts unexpectedly during loading. Good: under 0.1.

How to Use the Report

1. Go to Experience > Core Web Vitals in the left sidebar
2. View separate reports for Mobile and Desktop
3. Click on any failing metric to see which URLs are affected
4. Use PageSpeed Insights for detailed diagnostics on individual URLs

Note: The report uses real-world field data from Chrome users (not lab data), so it requires sufficient traffic to populate.