Analytics impact Shopify sites

Sites running each analytics provider, ranked by their CWV.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes · Shopify sites only
Metric LCP INP CLS
Shopify Scoped to 8,248 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →
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At a glance the headline numbers for Analytics impact

Sites running each analytics provider, ranked by their CWV.

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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
10,569
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
1.8s
Best LCP (p75)
Universal Analytics
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first

# Provider LCP p75 Passing Sites
1 Universal Analytics 1.8s 94.1%
5,030
2 Google Analytics 4 1.8s 93.9%
5,485
3 Matomo 1.9s 85.1%
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The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often

ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
StatCounter 0.1% 8 100% 2.1s
Fathom 0.1% 5 100% 1.4s
Universal Analytics 61% 5,030 94% 1.8s
Google Analytics 4 66.5% 5,485 94% 1.8s
PostHog 0.4% 29 89% 2.1s
Plausible 0.2% 16 89% 1.4s
Amplitude 0.1% 11 89% 2.1s
Umami 0.1% 11 88% 1.9s
Matomo 0.7% 54 85% 1.9s
Snowplow 0.5% 44 84% 2.2s
Mixpanel 0.1% 5 25% 3.3s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good LCP (2.5s at p75) · one value per site

No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 94% and 94%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75

LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
Google Analytics 4 66.5%
941.8s
92148ms
930.02
941.2s
95536ms
Universal Analytics 61%
941.8s
92147ms
930.02
941.2s
95533ms
Matomo 0.7%
851.9s
85179ms
890.05
891.4s
89557ms
Snowplow 0.5%
842.2s
83155ms
920.03
871.5s
94477ms
PostHog 0.4%
892.1s
79171ms
1000.03
891.5s
93630ms
Plausible 0.2%
891.4s
10099ms
890.01
89887ms
100471ms
Umami 0.1%
881.9s
86184ms
1000.01
1001.2s
100562ms
Amplitude 0.1%
892.1s
67227ms
1000.01
1001.5s
89420ms
StatCounter 0.1%
1002.1s
67190ms
750.03
1001.2s
100512ms
Mixpanel 0.1%
253.3s
100176ms
750.10
751.6s
501.3s
Fathom 0.1%
1001.4s
10091ms
1000.07
100952ms
100410ms
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites

One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.

Google Analytics 4 leads on LCP: 94% of its sites pass. Universal Analytics trails at 94%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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