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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
57,799
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
1.8s
Best LCP (p75)
hCaptcha
The State of Web Vitals · November 2026 · 213,971 crawled sites · desktop 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 | 1.8s | 90.3% | 1,106 | |
| 2 | Cloudflare Turnstile | 2.1s | 86.6% | 418 | |
| 3 | reCAPTCHA | 2.1s | 83.3% | 55,754 | |
| 4 | DataDome | 2.3s | 79.8% | 256 | |
| 5 | Akamai Bot Manager | 2.5s | 76.0% | 200 | |
| 6 | Imperva Bot Management | 2.8s | 72.0% | 65 |
The State of Web Vitals · November 2026 · 213,971 crawled sites · desktop 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% 1,106 1.8s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 418 2.1s
reCAPTCHA 26.1% 55,754 2.1s
DataDome 0.1% 256 2.3s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 200 2.5s
Imperva Bot Management 0% 65 2.8s
Kasada 0% 5 5.5s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0% 15 3.6s
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
90% of hCaptcha sites pass LCP. Akamai Bot Manager trails 14 points behind. computed
The State of Web Vitals · November 2026 · 213,971 crawled sites · desktop 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%
832.1s
9970ms
760.10
791.7s
561.3s
hCaptcha 0.5%
901.8s
9975ms
790.09
871.4s
71971ms
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
872.1s
9778ms
800.09
791.7s
551.3s
DataDome 0.1%
802.3s
99103ms
720.12
751.8s
591.3s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
762.5s
91124ms
660.15
731.8s
531.1s
Imperva Bot Management 0%
722.8s
9681ms
640.19
682.3s
541.3s
PerimeterX/HUMAN 0%
463.6s
92123ms
540.20
393.6s
393.1s
Kasada 0%
675.5s
100166ms
00.34
1001.5s
67786ms
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: 90% of its sites pass. Akamai Bot Manager trails at 76%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · November 2026 · 213,971 crawled sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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213,971 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.