Third-party provider categories on Shopify and the Core Web Vitals
Frameworks (68.5%), CDNs (100.0%), analytics (71.6%), tag managers (61.8%), font services (43.3%), video embeds (53.5%), and ad networks (8.0%) across 8,246 sites.
100.0% of Shopify sites use CDN third-party technology categories, and 85% of those sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 85% of all Shopify sites.
100.0% of Shopify sites use CDN third-party technology categories, and 95% of those sites have a good LCP, against 95% of all Shopify sites.
100.0% of Shopify sites use CDN third-party technology categories, and 93% of those sites have a good INP, against 93% of all Shopify sites.
100.0% of Shopify sites use CDN third-party technology categories, and 94% of those sites have a good CLS, against 94% of all Shopify sites.
Core Web Vitals pass rate
Sites with CDN third-party technology categories pass all three Core Web Vitals most often: 85%, against 85% of all Shopify sites.
Sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good LCP most often: 95%, against 95% of all Shopify sites. Sites with A/B testing third-party categories have it least often, at 85%.
Sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good INP most often: 93%, against 93% of all Shopify sites. Sites with A/B testing third-party categories have it least often, at 83%.
Sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good CLS most often: 94%, against 94% of all Shopify sites. Sites with CMS third-party categories have it least often, at 85%.
Third-party technology categories usage
CDN is the most used: 100.0% of Shopify 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 CDN and A/B testing sits in resource load delay: 590 ms median for CDN against 776 ms for A/B testing. Overall median field LCP is 1.4s for CDN (TTFB 402 ms, load delay 590 ms, load duration 206 ms, render delay 312 ms) versus 1.7s for A/B testing.
Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between CDN and A/B testing sits in resource load delay: 590 ms median for CDN against 776 ms for A/B testing. Overall median field LCP is 1.4s for CDN (TTFB 402 ms, load delay 590 ms, load duration 206 ms, render delay 312 ms) versus 1.7s for A/B testing.
Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between CDN and A/B testing sits in resource load delay: 590 ms median for CDN against 776 ms for A/B testing. Overall median field LCP is 1.4s for CDN (TTFB 402 ms, load delay 590 ms, load duration 206 ms, render delay 312 ms) versus 1.7s for A/B testing.
Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between CDN and A/B testing sits in resource load delay: 590 ms median for CDN against 776 ms for A/B testing. Overall median field LCP is 1.4s for CDN (TTFB 402 ms, load delay 590 ms, load duration 206 ms, render delay 312 ms) versus 1.7s for A/B testing.
Third-party technology categories per framework
jQuery sets the third-party technology categories to CDN on 100% of its sites, and 80% of jQuery sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 85% of all sites. Vue sets the third-party technology categories to ecommerce runtime on 100% of its sites, and 79% of Vue sites pass all three.
jQuery sets the third-party technology categories to CDN on 100% of its sites, and 93% of jQuery sites have a good LCP, against 95% of all sites. Vue sets the third-party technology categories to ecommerce runtime on 100% of its sites, and 94% of Vue sites have a good LCP.
jQuery sets the third-party technology categories to CDN on 100% of its sites, and 92% of jQuery sites have a good INP, against 93% of all sites. Vue sets the third-party technology categories to ecommerce runtime on 100% of its sites, and 91% of Vue sites have a good INP.
jQuery sets the third-party technology categories to CDN on 100% of its sites, and 91% of jQuery sites have a good CLS, against 94% of all sites. Vue sets the third-party technology categories to ecommerce runtime on 100% of its sites, and 90% of Vue sites have a good CLS.
Third-party technology categories or the framework
Does the framework explain the third-party technology categories difference?
On jQuery, 80% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 80% of jQuery sites with ecommerce runtime. Within jQuery, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime pass all three about equally often. On Vue, 79% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 79% of Vue sites with ecommerce runtime. Within Vue, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime pass all three about equally often.
On jQuery, 93% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good LCP, against 93% of jQuery sites with ecommerce runtime. Within jQuery, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime have a good LCP about equally often. On Vue, 94% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good LCP, against 94% of Vue sites with ecommerce runtime. Within Vue, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime have a good LCP about equally often.
On jQuery, 92% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good INP, against 92% of jQuery sites with ecommerce runtime. Within jQuery, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime have a good INP about equally often. On Vue, 91% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good INP, against 91% of Vue sites with ecommerce runtime. Within Vue, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime have a good INP about equally often.
On jQuery, 91% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good CLS, against 91% of jQuery sites with ecommerce runtime. Within jQuery, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime have a good CLS about equally often. On Vue, 90% of sites with CDN third-party technology categories have a good CLS, against 90% of Vue sites with ecommerce runtime. Within Vue, sites with CDN and ecommerce runtime have a good CLS about equally often.
By Arjen Karel · 8,246 crawled Shopify sites (5,825 with phone Chrome field data, October 2026). How we measured.