The State of Web Vitals

Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q2 2026 edition · All devices field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

6
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
51,242
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.0s
Best LCP (p75)
hCaptcha
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first

# Provider LCP p75 Passing Sites
1 hCaptcha 2.0s 85.8%
975
2 Cloudflare Turnstile 2.2s 81.7%
386
3 DataDome 2.3s 78.5%
227
4 reCAPTCHA 2.4s 76.8%
49,427
5 Akamai Bot Manager 2.7s 68.4%
173
6 Imperva Bot Management 3.2s 64.8%
54
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often

ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
hCaptcha 0.5% 975 86% 2.0s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 386 82% 2.2s
DataDome 0.1% 227 79% 2.3s
reCAPTCHA 26% 49,427 77% 2.4s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 173 68% 2.7s
Imperva Bot Management 0% 54 65% 3.2s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 13 62% 3.5s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good LCP (2.5s at p75) · one value per site

86% of hCaptcha sites pass LCP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 18 points behind, leaving 32% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75

LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
reCAPTCHA 26%
772.4s
96114ms
860.05
712.0s
511.4s
hCaptcha 0.5%
862.0s
93130ms
900.04
801.6s
671.1s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
822.2s
84149ms
810.08
751.8s
541.3s
DataDome 0.1%
792.3s
87156ms
820.05
821.6s
651.0s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
682.7s
74205ms
740.12
622.0s
391.2s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
653.2s
90147ms
740.11
572.3s
461.4s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
623.5s
73209ms
850.05
463.3s
462.8s
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites

One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.

hCaptcha leads on LCP: 86% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 68%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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