Long Animation Frame work and the Core Web Vitals
19.8% of audited sites (36,117) record over 250ms of work inside Long Animation Frames, pushing median field INP to 53ms (98% good INP) versus 48ms (99% good INP) under 80ms.
30.2% of sites use 80 to 130ms of LoAF work Long Animation Frame work, and 99% of those sites have a good INP, against 99% of all sites.
INP pass rate
Sites with 80 to 130ms of LoAF work Long Animation Frame work have a good INP most often: 99%, against 99% of all sites. Sites with over 250ms of LoAF work LoAF duration have it least often, at 98%.
Long Animation Frame work usage
80 to 130ms of LoAF work is the most used: 30.2% of sites.
Long Animation Frame work per platform
On WordPress, 30% of sites use 130 to 250ms of LoAF work Long Animation Frame work, and 100% of WordPress sites have a good INP, against 99% of all sites. On Shopify, 29% of sites use 80 to 130ms of LoAF work, and 99% of Shopify sites have a good INP.
Long Animation Frame work or the platform
Does the platform explain the Long Animation Frame work difference?
On WordPress, 100% of sites with 80 to 130ms of LoAF work Long Animation Frame work have a good INP, against 100% of WordPress sites with 130 to 250ms of LoAF work. Within WordPress, sites with 80 to 130ms of LoAF work and 130 to 250ms of LoAF work have a good INP about equally often. On Shopify, 100% of sites with 80 to 130ms of LoAF work Long Animation Frame work have a good INP, against 100% of Shopify sites with 130 to 250ms of LoAF work. Within Shopify, sites with 80 to 130ms of LoAF work and 130 to 250ms of LoAF work have a good INP about equally often.
Why Long Animation Frames pinpoint real INP bottlenecks
Unlike classic Long Tasks, the Long Animation Frames API captures the full rendering update alongside script execution, exposing forced synchronous reflows and expensive style recalculations. Across 44,281 sites (24.3%) with under 80ms of LoAF work, 99% pass field INP at an 48ms median, compared with 98% (53ms median) on the 19.8% (36,117) exceeding 250ms.
Understanding Long Animation Frame work
Eliminate synchronous layout reads after DOM writes (forced reflows) and break long script evaluation tasks into smaller chunks. Across all audited sites, 24.3% stay under 80ms of LoAF work (99% good INP, 48ms median) versus 19.8% above 250ms (98% good INP, 53ms median).
By Arjen Karel · 210,902 crawled sites (69,745 with desktop Chrome field data, 182,326 sites with Long Animation Frame work, October 2026). How we measured.