Bot detection impact Shopify 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
3,915
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
136ms
Best INP (p75)
reCAPTCHA
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by INP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | INP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reCAPTCHA | 136ms | 94.3% | 3,621 | |
| 2 | hCaptcha | 137ms | 93.8% | 294 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often
ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
reCAPTCHA 43.9% 3,621 136ms
hCaptcha 3.6% 294 137ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site
No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 94% and 94%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · 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 43.9%
941.8s
94136ms
930.03
941.2s
95538ms
hCaptcha 3.6%
991.6s
94137ms
930.02
961.2s
96520ms
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.
reCAPTCHA leads on INP: 94% of its sites pass. hCaptcha trails at 94%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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203,892 crawled sites with Chrome field data, representing millions of real page loads. How we measured.