CDN performance: 85.4% best: Cloudflare | The State of Web Vitals 2026

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At a glance the headline numbers for CDN performance

Performance breakdown by cdn.

85.4%

Best: Cloudflare

good LCP

81.1%

Most used: No CDN (origin)

good LCP

73.7%

Worst: Netlify

good LCP

Cloudflare passes LCP most often of any CDN. 85.4% of its sites pass. Netlify passes least at 73.7%. No CDN (origin) (the most-used CDN) sits at 81.1%. The gap is 12 percentage points.

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

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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first

#	CDN	LCP p75	Passing	Sites
1	Cloudflare	2.0s	85.4%	23,785
2	Fastly	2.0s	84.3%	6,437
3	Akamai	2.2s	81.3%	4,955
4	No CDN (origin)	2.2s	81.1%	142,621
5	CloudFront	2.3s	79.4%	6,141
6	Vercel	2.4s	79.4%	980
7	Netlify	2.6s	73.7%	343

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

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Passing LCP per CDN which group passes the LCP most often

CDNSitesPassing LCPp75

Cloudflare 12.5% 23,785 85% 2.0s

Fastly 3.4% 6,437 84% 2.0s

Akamai 2.6% 4,955 81% 2.2s

No CDN (origin) 75.1% 142,621 81% 2.2s

CloudFront 3.2% 6,141 79% 2.3s

Vercel 0.5% 980 79% 2.4s

Netlify 0.2% 343 74% 2.6s

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

85% of Cloudflare sites pass LCP. Netlify trails 11 points behind, leaving 26% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone 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

No CDN (origin) 75.1%

812.2s

92125ms

900.01

741.8s

561.2s

Cloudflare 12.5%

852.0s

91137ms

890.02

811.6s

69937ms

Fastly 3.4%

842.0s

91122ms

880.01

811.6s

73843ms

CloudFront 3.2%

792.3s

87154ms

790.08

751.8s

611.1s

Akamai 2.6%

812.2s

94129ms

880.02

771.7s

581.1s

Vercel 0.5%

792.4s

84169ms

840.05

761.8s

86599ms

Netlify 0.2%

742.6s

64354ms

650.25

731.9s

471.1s

60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites

One row per CDN, 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.

Cloudflare leads on LCP: 85% of its sites pass. Netlify trails at 74%. computed

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

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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it

A CDN sits between your server and your visitors, serving content from a location near each of them instead of from a single origin. That shortens the trip every request makes, which shows up first in Time to First Byte and then in how quickly the main content can paint. A good CDN also handles caching, compression and modern protocols, so the gains reach well beyond raw distance.

Start by making sure the CDN is actually caching your pages and assets rather than passing everything through to the origin. Turn on compression and HTTP/2 or HTTP/3, set sensible cache headers, and check that your largest image is served from the edge. A CDN that passes every request through to the origin gives you almost none of this.

How does your CDN affect Core Web Vitals?

Among the most-used CDNs, Cloudflare reaches a good LCP on 85.4% of sites; Netlify on 73.7%.

Go fix it Configure Cloudflare for Core Web Vitals → Resource prioritization guide → 103 Early Hints →