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
114ms
Best INP (p75)
reCAPTCHA
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 INP at p75, fastest first

# Provider INP p75 Passing Sites
1 reCAPTCHA 114ms 95.5%
49,427
2 hCaptcha 130ms 93.4%
975
3 Imperva Bot Management 147ms 90.2%
54
4 Cloudflare Turnstile 149ms 83.9%
386
5 DataDome 156ms 86.5%
227
6 Akamai Bot Manager 205ms 73.5%
173
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often

ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
reCAPTCHA 26% 49,427 96% 114ms
hCaptcha 0.5% 975 93% 130ms
Imperva Bot Management 0% 54 90% 147ms
DataDome 0.1% 227 87% 156ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 386 84% 149ms
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 173 74% 205ms
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 13 73% 209ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site

96% of reCAPTCHA sites pass INP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 22 points behind, leaving 26% 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.

reCAPTCHA leads on INP: 96% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 74%. computed

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