The State of Web Vitals

Ad networks on Shopify stores and the Core Web Vitals

Ad networks present on the page.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes · Shopify sites only
Shopify Scoped to 8,248 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →
All three LCP, INP and CLS LCP Loading INP Interaction CLS Visual stability

85.5% of Shopify sites use Google AdSense ad networks, and 71% of those sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 85% of all Shopify sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 5,825 with phone field data · 657 sites with ad networksBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Core Web Vitals pass rate

Sites with Google AdSense ad networks pass all three Core Web Vitals most often: 71%, against 85% of all Shopify sites.

SitesAll three good · at least one needs improvement · at least one poor
All Shopify sites5,82585%
Google Publisher Tag (GPT) 2.9%1780%
Taboola 11.4%6574%
Google AdSense 85.5%46871%
Criteo 3.7%1769%
Amazon Publisher Services (TAM/UAM) 0.8%525%
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 5,825 with phone field data · 657 sites with ad networksBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Ad networks usage

Google AdSense is the most used: 85.5% of Shopify sites.

Sites using each option (sites can use more than one) 657 sites
Google AdSense 85.5% Taboola 11.4%
Google AdSense 85.5% Taboola 11.4% Criteo 3.7% Google Publisher Tag (GPT) 2.9% Amazon Publisher Services (TAM/UAM) 0.8%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 5,825 with phone field data · 657 sites with ad networksBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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How ad networks affect the four LCP phases

Median LCP phase breakdown (Chrome field p75) Load delay Median LCP
Shopify sites with ad networks 502452 ms701 ms397 ms701 mslab 711 ms1.7s
Google AdSense 427452 ms695 ms397 ms695 mslab 707 ms1.6s
Taboola 61463 ms799 ms378 ms799 mslab 800 ms1.8s
TTFB Resource load delay Resource load time Element render delay
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 5,825 with phone field data · 657 sites with ad networksBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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