CDN impact
Time to first byte by CDN provider, measured in real-user Chrome data.
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At a glance the headline numbers for CDN impact
Time to first byte by CDN provider, measured in real-user Chrome data.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
185,477
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
1.6s
Best FCP (p75)
Fastly
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by FCP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | FCP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fastly | 1.6s | 80.5% | 6,447 | |
| 2 | Cloudflare | 1.6s | 80.8% | 23,815 | |
| 3 | Akamai | 1.7s | 76.8% | 4,958 | |
| 4 | Vercel | 1.8s | 75.8% | 981 | |
| 5 | CloudFront | 1.8s | 74.7% | 6,145 | |
| 6 | Origin | 1.8s | 74.3% | 142,788 | |
| 7 | Netlify | 1.9s | 72.5% | 343 |
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing FCP per CDN which group passes the FCP most often
CDNSitesPassing FCPp75
Cloudflare 12.5% 23,815 1.6s
Fastly 3.4% 6,447 1.6s
Akamai 2.6% 4,958 1.7s
Vercel 0.5% 981 1.8s
Cloudfront 3.2% 6,145 1.8s
Origin 75.1% 142,788 1.8s
Netlify 0.2% 343 1.9s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good FCP (1.8s at p75) · one value per site
81% of Cloudflare sites pass FCP. Netlify trails 9 points behind, leaving 28% of its sites failing. computed
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 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
Akamai 2.6%
812.2s
94129ms
880.02
771.7s
581.1s
Cloudflare 12.5%
852.0s
91137ms
890.02
811.6s
69937ms
Netlify 0.2%
742.5s
64361ms
650.25
721.9s
471.1s
Origin 75.1%
812.2s
92125ms
900.01
741.8s
561.2s
Fastly 3.4%
842.0s
91123ms
880.01
801.6s
73844ms
Cloudfront 3.2%
792.3s
87154ms
790.08
751.8s
611.1s
Vercel 0.5%
792.4s
84169ms
840.05
761.8s
86599ms
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites
One row per CDN, 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.
Cloudflare leads on FCP: 81% of its sites pass. Netlify trails at 72%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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