Bot detection impact

Performance impact by bot_detection provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · All devices 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
0.03
Best CLS (p75)
hCaptcha
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices 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 0.03 90.7%
525
2 DataDome 0.05 81.4%
121
3 reCAPTCHA 0.05 86.2%
25,928
4 Cloudflare Turnstile 0.09 77.3%
190
5 Akamai Bot Manager 0.12 70.9%
110
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices 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 91% 0.03
reCAPTCHA 27.3% 25,928 86% 0.05
Imperva Bot Management 0% 38 82% 0.05
DataDome 0.1% 121 81% 0.05
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 190 77% 0.09
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 110 71% 0.12
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

91% of hCaptcha sites pass CLS. Akamai Bot Manager trails 20 points behind, leaving 29% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 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 27.3%
772.4s
96114ms
860.05
711.9s
511.4s
hCaptcha 0.6%
862.0s
94128ms
910.03
781.7s
631.2s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
822.2s
83151ms
770.09
751.8s
571.3s
DataDome 0.1%
812.3s
85154ms
810.05
821.7s
641.1s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
682.7s
71208ms
710.12
652.1s
421.2s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
633.4s
94142ms
820.05
532.6s
451.8s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
752.6s
100131ms
1000.04
502.6s
502.0s
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: 91% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 71%. computed

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