Core Web Vitals in healthcare: 210 domains measured
By Christian Schreiber · Updated
Practice and clinic sites answer very concrete questions: hours, directions, appointments. These pages are often opened on a phone and under time pressure.
For Core Web Vitals, health and medical ranks seventh of 18 industries, behind trades and local services, ahead of software and SaaS. All medians stay within Google's thresholds, closest to the limit is LCP at 1910 ms against 2500 ms.
Core Web Vitals in health and medical
54 percent of the 210 domains measured in this industry pass all three Core Web Vitals with real user data.
| Metric | Industry median | Middle half of the industry | Google threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1910 ms | 1512 ms – 2564 ms | 2500 ms |
| INP | 101 ms | 81 ms – 144 ms | 200 ms |
| CLS | 0.03 | 0.01 – 0.10 | 0.10 |
Thresholds, sample sizes and anonymisation are explained under Core Web Vitals by industry.
Health and medical against every measured domain
| Group | LCP | INP | CLS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health and medical | 2110 ms | 121 ms | 0.08 |
| PerfDelta average (4189 domains tested) | 1961 ms | 144 ms | 0.04 |
Platforms in health and medical
Share passing all three Core Web Vitals, by platform.
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Drupal 64%
33 domains on this platform · median 1691 ms, middle half 1511 ms to 2030 ms
Three measurements from health and medical
Faster quarter, median and slowest quarter, anonymised and rounded.
| Position | LCP | INP | CLS | Mobile score | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best quarter | 1500 ms | 50 ms | 0.03 | 50 | Drupal |
| Typical | 1900 ms | 100 ms | 0.03 | 30 | – |
| Slowest quarter | 2550 ms | 200 ms | 0.08 | 50 | – |
What usually slows health and medical down
Many practice sites run on a website builder or an older theme that loads far more than the page needs. Appointment systems are embedded as third-party widgets and block rendering. A leaner theme and an appointment flow that loads on click produce the most visible gain.
Which health and medical pages to test first
Test the page with opening hours and contact details and the appointment page first, because they answer the questions patients arrive with. Service pages for individual treatments come next. If online booking runs through an external provider, test the page with the embedded booking step, since waiting hurts most there.
Which metric is at risk in health and medical
LCP is the main risk on practice sites: a large team photo or building image sits at the top, often in a slider that delays it. INP suffers when the appointment widget loads its whole calendar on page load. Layout shifts come from cookie banners and opening-hour boxes that push the content down after it is visible.
Step-by-step fixes: Website Speed Optimization.
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