Shopify third-party provider count and the Core Web Vitals

How many distinct third-party services the page embeds.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · All devices field outcomes · Shopify sites only
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25.9% of Shopify sites use 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 96% of those sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 88% of all Shopify sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 8,062 with all devices field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Core Web Vitals pass rate

Sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count pass all three Core Web Vitals most often: 96%, against 88% of all Shopify sites. The biggest gap is LCP, 99% against 96%.

SitesAll three good · at least one needs improvement · at least one poor
All Shopify sites8,06288%
2 to 4 providers 25.9%2,06696%
5 to 8 providers 29.5%2,38690%
9+ providers 44.7%3,60982%
0 to 1 providersno field data
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 8,062 with all devices field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Third-party provider count usage

9+ third-party providers is the most used: 44.7% of Shopify sites. 2 to 4 third-party providers is 25.9% of Shopify sites.

9+ providers 44.7% 5 to 8 providers 29.5% 2 to 4 providers 25.9%
9+ providers 44.7% 5 to 8 providers 29.5% 2 to 4 providers 25.9% 0 to 1 providers <0.1%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 8,062 with all devices field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Third-party provider count per framework

On jQuery, 53% of sites use 9+ third-party providers third-party provider count, and 83% of jQuery sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 88% of all sites. On Vue, 55% of sites use 9+ third-party providers, and 83% of Vue sites pass all three.

FrameworkThird-party provider count on its sitesPass all three
All Shopify sites 8,246 sites9+ providers 45%5 to 8 providers 29%2 to 4 providers 26%88%
Vue 933 sites9+ providers 55%5 to 8 providers 28%2 to 4 providers 17%83%
jQuery 3,153 sites9+ providers 53%5 to 8 providers 30%2 to 4 providers 17%83%
9+ providers 5 to 8 providers 2 to 4 providers 0 to 1 providers
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 8,062 with all devices field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Third-party provider count or the framework

Does the framework explain the third-party provider count difference?

On jQuery, 94% of sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 77% of jQuery sites with 9+ third-party providers. Within jQuery, sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers pass all three more often. On Vue, 91% of sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 78% of Vue sites with 9+ third-party providers. Within Vue, sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers pass all three more often.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify: 8,246 crawled sites · 8,062 with all devices field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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