CDN impact WordPress sites

Time to first byte by CDN provider, measured in real-user Chrome data.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes · WordPress sites only
Metric TTFB LCP FCP
WordPress Scoped to 63,295 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →
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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.

15
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
86,899
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.3s
Best LCP (p75)
Imperva/Incapsula
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone 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 Imperva/Incapsula 2.3s 80.0%
65
2 jsDelivr 2.7s 68.8%
3,345
3 Azure CDN 2.8s 65.8%
109
4 Akamai 2.8s 66.3%
2,240
5 Fastly 2.8s 67.3%
23,146
6 Cloudflare 2.8s 66.8%
26,661
7 Bunny CDN 2.9s 66.0%
5,227
8 CloudFront 2.9s 64.7%
13,885
9 cdnjs 2.9s 64.1%
4,956
10 Google Cloud CDN 2.9s 65.0%
4,408
11 Netlify Edge 2.9s 62.0%
165
12 unpkg 2.9s 63.2%
1,999
13 Vercel Edge 3.0s 64.4%
322
14 Sucuri 3.1s 61.9%
96
15 KeyCDN 3.2s 53.7%
275
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per CDN which group passes the LCP most often

CDNSitesPassing LCPp75
Imperva/Incapsula 0.1% 65 80% 2.3s
jsDelivr 5.3% 3,345 69% 2.7s
Fastly 36.6% 23,146 67% 2.8s
Cloudflare 42.1% 26,661 67% 2.8s
Akamai 3.5% 2,240 66% 2.8s
Bunny CDN 8.3% 5,227 66% 2.9s
Azure CDN 0.2% 109 66% 2.8s
Google Cloud CDN 7% 4,408 65% 2.9s
CloudFront 21.9% 13,885 65% 2.9s
Vercel Edge 0.5% 322 64% 3.0s
cdnjs 7.8% 4,956 64% 2.9s
unpkg 3.2% 1,999 63% 2.9s
Netlify Edge 0.3% 165 62% 2.9s
Sucuri 0.2% 96 62% 3.1s
KeyCDN 0.4% 275 54% 3.2s
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

69% of jsDelivr sites pass LCP. KeyCDN trails 15 points behind, leaving 46% of its sites failing. computed

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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
Cloudflare 42.1%
672.8s
96127ms
890.02
552.4s
311.9s
Fastly 36.6%
672.8s
95129ms
870.03
562.4s
311.8s
CloudFront 21.9%
652.9s
95134ms
860.04
532.4s
301.9s
Bunny CDN 8.3%
662.9s
96125ms
890.02
552.4s
301.9s
cdnjs 7.8%
642.9s
97127ms
880.02
532.5s
301.9s
Google Cloud CDN 7%
652.9s
94138ms
860.04
552.5s
321.9s
jsDelivr 5.3%
692.7s
96128ms
890.02
582.3s
301.8s
Akamai 3.5%
662.8s
97126ms
880.02
562.3s
311.8s
unpkg 3.2%
632.9s
94134ms
880.02
492.6s
242.0s
Vercel Edge 0.5%
643.0s
94141ms
780.07
552.5s
342.0s
KeyCDN 0.4%
543.2s
100116ms
890.02
422.8s
192.3s
Netlify Edge 0.3%
622.9s
94137ms
780.10
512.6s
252.2s
Azure CDN 0.2%
662.8s
87157ms
960.01
522.6s
312.0s
Sucuri 0.2%
623.1s
100122ms
890.03
442.8s
192.1s
Imperva/Incapsula 0.1%
802.3s
97129ms
900.06
701.9s
441.5s
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.

jsDelivr leads on LCP: 69% of its sites pass. KeyCDN trails at 54%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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