Bot detection impact React sites
Performance impact by bot_detection provider.
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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
1,700
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.8s
Best LCP (p75)
reCAPTCHA
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React sites (9,570) · 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 | reCAPTCHA | 2.8s | 69.5% | 1,700 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React sites (9,570) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often
ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 17 2.0s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1% 14 1.8s
hCaptcha 0.2% 21 1.9s
reCAPTCHA 17.8% 1,700 2.8s
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
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React sites (9,570) · 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 17.8%
702.8s
9974ms
700.13
642.2s
371.9s
hCaptcha 0.2%
831.9s
8094ms
330.17
831.6s
401.4s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
902.0s
8879ms
800.07
701.8s
561.4s
Akamai Bot Manager 0.1%
861.8s
100132ms
930.06
791.6s
571.1s
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.
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · React sites (9,570) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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