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 · Desktop 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
1.4s
Best TTFB (p75)
Imperva/Incapsula
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by TTFB at p75, fastest first

# Provider TTFB p75 Passing Sites
1 Imperva/Incapsula 1.4s 48.0%
65
2 jsDelivr 1.7s 35.4%
3,345
3 Azure CDN 1.7s 38.8%
109
4 Vercel Edge 1.7s 36.0%
322
5 Akamai 1.7s 36.1%
2,240
6 Fastly 1.8s 34.4%
23,146
7 Cloudflare 1.8s 33.8%
26,661
8 Bunny CDN 1.8s 33.0%
5,227
9 cdnjs 1.8s 33.3%
4,956
10 Google Cloud CDN 1.8s 33.3%
4,408
11 CloudFront 1.8s 31.6%
13,885
12 KeyCDN 1.8s 16.9%
275
13 unpkg 2.0s 30.2%
1,999
14 Netlify Edge 2.1s 33.3%
165
15 Sucuri 2.2s 25.9%
96
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Passing TTFB per CDN which group passes the TTFB most often

CDNSitesPassing TTFBp75
Imperva/Incapsula 0.1% 65 48% 1.4s
Azure CDN 0.2% 109 39% 1.7s
Akamai 3.5% 2,240 36% 1.7s
Vercel Edge 0.5% 322 36% 1.7s
jsDelivr 5.3% 3,345 35% 1.7s
Fastly 36.6% 23,146 34% 1.8s
Cloudflare 42.1% 26,661 34% 1.8s
cdnjs 7.8% 4,956 33% 1.8s
Google Cloud CDN 7% 4,408 33% 1.8s
Netlify Edge 0.3% 165 33% 2.1s
Bunny CDN 8.3% 5,227 33% 1.8s
CloudFront 21.9% 13,885 32% 1.8s
unpkg 3.2% 1,999 30% 2.0s
Sucuri 0.2% 96 26% 2.2s
KeyCDN 0.4% 275 1.8s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good TTFB (800ms at p75) · one value per site

39% of Azure CDN sites pass TTFB. KeyCDN trails 22 points behind, leaving 83% 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%
742.5s
10063ms
770.10
652.1s
341.8s
Fastly 36.6%
742.6s
10065ms
760.10
662.1s
341.8s
CloudFront 21.9%
722.6s
10066ms
750.11
632.2s
321.8s
Bunny CDN 8.3%
732.6s
9965ms
750.10
642.2s
331.8s
cdnjs 7.8%
722.6s
10063ms
760.10
632.2s
331.8s
Google Cloud CDN 7%
722.6s
10068ms
750.11
632.2s
331.8s
jsDelivr 5.3%
762.5s
10063ms
800.09
672.0s
351.7s
Akamai 3.5%
772.4s
10062ms
810.08
691.9s
361.7s
unpkg 3.2%
682.8s
9966ms
760.10
572.4s
302.0s
Vercel Edge 0.5%
762.4s
10070ms
680.13
662.0s
361.7s
KeyCDN 0.4%
702.6s
10061ms
660.12
642.1s
171.8s
Netlify Edge 0.3%
662.8s
10071ms
770.10
572.5s
332.1s
Azure CDN 0.2%
822.3s
9883ms
780.09
682.0s
391.7s
Sucuri 0.2%
613.2s
10057ms
750.10
532.7s
262.2s
Imperva/Incapsula 0.1%
802.3s
10063ms
770.10
732.0s
481.4s
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.

Azure CDN leads on TTFB: 39% of its sites pass. KeyCDN trails at 17%. computed

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