Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

5
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
26,874
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
0.02
Best CLS (p75)
hCaptcha
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by CLS at p75, fastest first

# Provider CLS p75 Passing Sites
1 hCaptcha 0.02 91.6%
525
2 reCAPTCHA 0.03 87.3%
25,928
3 DataDome 0.06 82.6%
121
4 Cloudflare Turnstile 0.09 75.8%
190
5 Akamai Bot Manager 0.13 71.2%
110
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing CLS per provider which group passes the CLS most often

ProviderSitesPassing CLSp75
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 8 100% 0.04
hCaptcha 0.6% 525 92% 0.02
reCAPTCHA 27.3% 25,928 87% 0.03
Imperva Bot Management 0% 38 87% 0.07
DataDome 0.1% 121 83% 0.06
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 190 76% 0.09
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 110 71% 0.13
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good CLS (0.1 at p75) · one value per site

92% of hCaptcha sites pass CLS. Akamai Bot Manager trails 21 points behind, leaving 29% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 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 27.3%
762.5s
92137ms
870.03
702.0s
521.3s
hCaptcha 0.6%
862.0s
85159ms
920.02
801.6s
661.1s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
832.3s
80179ms
760.09
771.7s
611.1s
DataDome 0.1%
682.5s
73214ms
830.06
741.8s
561.2s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
662.8s
62243ms
710.13
582.2s
401.2s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
673.1s
79194ms
870.07
532.6s
501.7s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
672.6s
80129ms
1000.04
502.6s
501.9s
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 CLS: 92% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 71%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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