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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
57,339
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.0s
Best LCP (p75)
hCaptcha
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 212,308 crawled sites · all devices 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 | 85.7% | 1,092 | |
| 2 | Cloudflare Turnstile | 2.3s | 80.0% | 416 | |
| 3 | DataDome | 2.4s | 76.9% | 255 | |
| 4 | reCAPTCHA | 2.4s | 76.9% | 55,312 | |
| 5 | Akamai Bot Manager | 2.8s | 66.0% | 199 | |
| 6 | Imperva Bot Management | 3.0s | 66.2% | 65 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 212,308 crawled sites · all devices 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% 1,092 2.0s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 416 2.3s
reCAPTCHA 26.1% 55,312 2.4s
DataDome 0.1% 255 2.4s
Imperva Bot Management 0% 65 3.0s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 199 2.8s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 15 3.5s
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
86% of hCaptcha sites pass LCP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 20 points behind, leaving 34% of its sites failing. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 212,308 crawled sites · all devices 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 26.1%
772.4s
95115ms
860.05
712.0s
511.4s
hCaptcha 0.5%
862.0s
93130ms
900.04
801.6s
661.1s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
802.3s
85146ms
810.07
731.9s
531.3s
DataDome 0.1%
772.4s
87156ms
810.05
801.7s
641.1s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
662.8s
72205ms
710.13
612.1s
411.2s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
663.0s
90145ms
740.11
632.2s
511.1s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
533.5s
77198ms
800.06
403.3s
402.3s
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: 86% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 66%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 212,308 crawled sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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