DOM tree depth on Wix sites

0.6% of audited sites (34) keep maximum DOM depth between 15 and 20 levels (100% good INP, 31ms median), while 37.0% nest 21 to 31 levels deep (100% good INP) and 62.3% reach 32+ levels (100% good INP).

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37.0% of Wix sites use 21 to 31 DOM levels maximum DOM depth, and 100% of those sites have a good INP, against 100% of all Wix sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 728 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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INP pass rate

Sites with 21 to 31 DOM levels maximum DOM depth have a good INP most often: 100%, against 100% of all Wix sites. Sites with 32+ DOM levels DOM depth have it least often, at 100%.

SitesGood, needs improvement, poor INPMedian
All Wix sites728100%37ms
21 to 31 levels deep 37.0%239100%35ms
15 to 20 levels deep 0.6%1100%31ms
Under 15 levels deep 0.1%1100%38ms
32+ levels deep 62.3%487100%39ms
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 728 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Maximum DOM depth usage

32+ DOM levels is the most used: 62.3% of Wix sites. 21 to 31 DOM levels is 37.0% of Wix sites.

32+ levels deep 62.3% 21 to 31 levels deep 37.0%
32+ levels deep 62.3% 21 to 31 levels deep 37.0% 15 to 20 levels deep 0.6% Under 15 levels deep 0.1%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 728 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Maximum DOM depth per framework

On React, 62% of sites use 32+ DOM levels maximum DOM depth, and 100% of React sites have a good INP, against 100% of all sites.

FrameworkMaximum DOM depth on its sitesGood INP
All Wix sites 5,621 sites32+ levels deep 62%21 to 31 levels deep 37%100%
React 5,620 sites32+ levels deep 62%21 to 31 levels deep 37%100%
32+ levels deep 21 to 31 levels deep 15 to 20 levels deep Under 15 levels deep
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 728 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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DOM nesting depth or the framework

Does the framework explain the maximum DOM depth difference?

On React, 100% of sites with 21 to 31 DOM levels maximum DOM depth have a good INP, against 100% of React sites with 32+ DOM levels. Within React, sites with 21 to 31 DOM levels and 32+ DOM levels have a good INP about equally often.

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Maximum DOM depth measures the longest chain of nested parent-child elements from the root html tag to the deepest leaf node. Across 34 sites (0.6%) at 15 to 20 levels, 100% achieve good INP (31ms median). Another 37.0% (2,079) nest 21 to 31 levels deep (100% good INP, 35ms median), while the 62.3% (3,504) exceeding 32 levels drop to 100% good INP (39ms median).

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 728 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Understanding maximum DOM depth

Keep maximum DOM nesting depth below 20 levels by replacing nested flex/column wrapper divs with CSS Grid and using fragments in component frameworks so component boundaries do not emit extra DOM containers. Across all audited sites, 0.6% sit at 15 to 20 levels (100% good INP) and 62.3% exceed 32 levels (100% good INP).

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 728 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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