Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q2 2026 edition · Desktop 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
70ms
Best INP (p75)
reCAPTCHA
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · desktop 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 70ms 99.0%
49,427
2 hCaptcha 75ms 98.3%
975
3 Cloudflare Turnstile 77ms 97.6%
386
4 Imperva Bot Management 81ms 95.2%
54
5 DataDome 103ms 98.8%
227
6 Akamai Bot Manager 119ms 91.8%
173
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · desktop 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 99% 70ms
DataDome 0.1% 227 99% 103ms
hCaptcha 0.5% 975 98% 75ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 386 98% 77ms
Imperva Bot Management 0% 54 95% 81ms
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 173 92% 119ms
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 13 90% 144ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site

99% of reCAPTCHA sites pass INP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 7 points behind. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · desktop 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%
832.1s
9970ms
760.10
791.7s
561.3s
hCaptcha 0.5%
901.8s
9875ms
800.08
861.4s
71963ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
872.0s
9877ms
810.09
801.6s
561.2s
DataDome 0.1%
812.2s
99103ms
730.12
761.7s
601.3s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
782.4s
92119ms
690.13
731.8s
501.1s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
693.0s
9581ms
620.21
622.3s
481.5s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
554.2s
90144ms
550.22
463.8s
463.5s
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: 99% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 92%. computed

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