Core Web Vitals for Nepali websites: a practical guide

The problem

Many Nepali users are on mid-tier Android phones and 3G-class connections. A page that's fast on a MacBook + fiber is often unusable in Dhangadhi.

The fixes that actually move the needle

• Image strategy: use next/image, responsive sizes, and AVIF where supported.
• Font strategy: font-display: swap, subset to Latin+Devanagari, preload only what's above the fold.
• JavaScript diet: audit /analyze and kill any dependency over 50 KB that isn't pulling its weight.
• Server components first: push interactivity to the leaves — keep the shell pure server-rendered.

Measuring what matters

Don't trust Lighthouse alone. Use real-user metrics (GA4 Web Vitals, Vercel Analytics) segmented by country and connection class. A P75 LCP of 2.1s is green on paper and red for 30% of your Nepali users.