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At a glance the headline numbers for Bot detection impact
Performance impact by bot_detection provider.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
56,949
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.0s
Best LCP (p75)
hCaptcha
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 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 | hCaptcha | 2.0s | 84.5% | 1,089 | |
| 2 | Cloudflare Turnstile | 2.2s | 81.7% | 415 | |
| 3 | reCAPTCHA | 2.5s | 76.1% | 54,929 | |
| 4 | Imperva Bot Management | 2.7s | 68.6% | 64 | |
| 5 | DataDome | 2.8s | 67.1% | 254 | |
| 6 | Akamai Bot Manager | 2.9s | 65.2% | 198 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often
ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
hCaptcha 0.5% 1,089 2.0s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 415 2.2s
reCAPTCHA 26% 54,929 2.5s
Imperva Bot Management 0% 64 2.7s
DataDome 0.1% 254 2.8s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 198 2.9s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 15 4.0s
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
85% of hCaptcha sites pass LCP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 20 points behind, leaving 35% of its sites failing. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 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
reCAPTCHA 26%
762.5s
92137ms
870.03
702.0s
521.3s
hCaptcha 0.5%
852.0s
86155ms
910.02
801.6s
681.0s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
822.2s
80177ms
790.07
741.8s
571.2s
DataDome 0.1%
672.8s
76198ms
810.06
701.9s
571.3s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
652.9s
63242ms
710.13
562.1s
401.2s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
692.7s
80193ms
780.09
632.2s
531.1s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
464.0s
50277ms
770.07
393.5s
312.1s
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.
hCaptcha leads on LCP: 85% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 65%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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210,902 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.