Third-party provider categories and the Core Web Vitals
Frameworks (88.2%), CDNs (67.3%), analytics (60.8%), tag managers (51.0%), font services (47.8%), video embeds (35.9%), and ad networks (8.3%) across 196,900 sites.
3.8% of sites use reviews third-party technology categories, and 69% of those sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 68% of all sites.
3.8% of sites use reviews third-party technology categories, and 88% of those sites have a good LCP, against 86% of all sites.
9.5% of sites use performance plugin third-party technology categories, and 99% of those sites have a good INP, against 99% of all sites.
17.0% of sites use ecommerce runtime third-party technology categories, and 79% of those sites have a good CLS, against 78% of all sites.
Core Web Vitals pass rate
Sites with reviews third-party technology categories pass all three Core Web Vitals most often: 69%, against 68% of all sites. The biggest gap is LCP, 88% against 86%.
Sites with reviews third-party technology categories have a good LCP most often: 88%, against 86% of all sites. Sites with performance plugin third-party categories have it least often, at 79%.
Sites with performance plugin third-party technology categories have a good INP most often: 99%, against 99% of all sites. Sites with RUM third-party categories have it least often, at 97%.
Sites with ecommerce runtime third-party technology categories have a good CLS most often: 79%, against 78% of all sites. Sites with cdp third-party categories have it least often, at 74%.
Third-party technology categories usage
Framework is the most used: 88.2% of sites. Reviews is 3.8% of sites.
How third-party categories affect the four LCP phases
Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between reviews and performance plugin sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 506 ms median for reviews against 891 ms for performance plugin. Overall median field LCP is 1.5s for reviews (TTFB 506 ms, load delay 452 ms, load duration 115 ms, render delay 251 ms) versus 1.6s for performance plugin.
Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between reviews and performance plugin sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 506 ms median for reviews against 891 ms for performance plugin. Overall median field LCP is 1.5s for reviews (TTFB 506 ms, load delay 452 ms, load duration 115 ms, render delay 251 ms) versus 1.6s for performance plugin.
Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between reviews and performance plugin sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 506 ms median for reviews against 891 ms for performance plugin. Overall median field LCP is 1.5s for reviews (TTFB 506 ms, load delay 452 ms, load duration 115 ms, render delay 251 ms) versus 1.6s for performance plugin.
Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between reviews and performance plugin sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 506 ms median for reviews against 891 ms for performance plugin. Overall median field LCP is 1.5s for reviews (TTFB 506 ms, load delay 452 ms, load duration 115 ms, render delay 251 ms) versus 1.6s for performance plugin.
How third-party technology categories plays out per platform
What the field data shows when you isolate a single CMS or framework.
WordPress 65,938 sites WordPress sites load external analytics on 60.9% and third-party font services on 58.7% (57% CWV pass).
Across 65,938 WordPress sites, 96.5% load a JS library, 60.9% load analytics (59% passing all three CWV), 58.7% load external font services (57%), and 57.7% use a CDN (59%).
Shopify 8,634 stores 100% of Shopify stores use a CDN, 71.4% load analytics, and 61.6% load tag managers.
Across 8,634 Shopify storefronts, 100.0% use a CDN (83% passing all three CWV), 71.4% load external analytics (82% CWV pass), and 61.6% load tag managers (81% CWV pass).
React & Next.js 9,656 sites React sites with RUM (63.8%) pass all three CWV at 81% vs 57% on sites with tag managers (39.5%).
Across 9,656 React sites, 89.6% use a CDN (64% passing all three CWV), 63.8% include Real User Monitoring (81% CWV pass), and 39.5% load tag managers (57% CWV pass).
Wix 5,873 sites Wix sites include CDN and RUM on 100% (88% CWV pass) and external analytics on 30.9%.
Across Wix sites (100%), 100% include RUM telemetry (88% passing all three CWV), 30.9% load external analytics (87% CWV pass), and 27.3% load tag managers (85% CWV pass).
By Arjen Karel · 212,308 crawled sites (70,213 with desktop Chrome field data, 196,900 sites with third-party technology categories, October 2026). How we measured.