Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · Desktop field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

10
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
2,586
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
0.08
Best CLS (p75)
HubSpot Chat
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by CLS at p75, fastest first

# Provider CLS p75 Passing Sites
1 HubSpot Chat 0.08 80.6%
742
2 Re:amaze 0.09 88.9%
73
3 Gorgias 0.09 79.1%
115
4 Smartsupp 0.09 75.8%
137
5 Intercom 0.09 77.8%
103
6 Crisp 0.10 78.3%
128
7 Zendesk Chat 0.10 76.3%
372
8 Tidio 0.11 70.5%
218
9 Tawk.to 0.11 74.2%
528
10 LiveChat 0.17 62.3%
170
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing CLS per provider which group passes the CLS most often

ProviderSitesPassing CLSp75
LiveAgent 0% 17 100% 0.06
Drift 0% 5 100% 0.05
Re:amaze 0.1% 73 89% 0.09
HubSpot Chat 0.8% 742 81% 0.08
Gorgias 0.1% 115 79% 0.09
Crisp 0.1% 128 78% 0.10
Intercom 0.1% 103 78% 0.09
Zendesk Chat 0.4% 372 76% 0.10
Smartsupp 0.1% 137 76% 0.09
tawk.to 0.6% 528 74% 0.11
Tidio 0.2% 218 71% 0.11
Olark 0% 24 64% 0.18
Help Scout Beacon 0% 28 64% 0.14
Freshchat 0% 46 63% 0.13
LiveChat 0.2% 170 62% 0.17
Chatwoot 0% 27 60% 0.18
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good CLS (0.1 at p75) · one value per site

81% of HubSpot Chat sites pass CLS. LiveChat trails 19 points behind, leaving 38% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · 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
HubSpot Chat 0.8%
862.1s
9973ms
810.08
821.6s
591.2s
tawk.to 0.6%
772.4s
99125ms
740.11
721.9s
431.6s
Zendesk Chat 0.4%
812.1s
9874ms
760.10
811.6s
64984ms
Tidio 0.2%
822.2s
9968ms
710.11
741.8s
611.2s
LiveChat 0.2%
832.1s
9884ms
620.17
821.6s
601.2s
Smartsupp 0.1%
842.2s
10066ms
760.09
781.7s
461.3s
Crisp 0.1%
802.4s
9778ms
780.10
751.8s
611.1s
Gorgias 0.1%
932.0s
99103ms
790.09
911.3s
90559ms
Intercom 0.1%
752.5s
9988ms
780.09
781.7s
601.0s
Re:amaze 0.1%
941.8s
10093ms
890.09
891.2s
94483ms
Freshchat 0%
921.9s
95100ms
630.13
871.6s
82689ms
Help Scout Beacon 0%
961.7s
10074ms
640.14
961.3s
77608ms
Chatwoot 0%
802.2s
88171ms
600.18
801.6s
67888ms
Olark 0%
712.6s
9257ms
640.18
861.6s
50944ms
LiveAgent 0%
931.5s
10057ms
1000.06
861.2s
64825ms
Drift 0%
1001.5s
10068ms
1000.05
1001.3s
67854ms
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.

HubSpot Chat leads on CLS: 81% of its sites pass. LiveChat trails at 62%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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