Chat & messaging impact WordPress sites
Performance impact by chat provider.
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At a glance the headline numbers for Chat & messaging impact
Performance impact by chat provider.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
1,542
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.8s
Best LCP (p75)
Zendesk Chat
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · all devices 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 | Zendesk Chat | 2.8s | 63.7% | 126 | |
| 2 | HubSpot Chat | 2.9s | 62.9% | 547 | |
| 3 | Crisp | 3.0s | 59.6% | 95 | |
| 4 | Smartsupp | 3.1s | 62.7% | 62 | |
| 5 | LiveChat | 3.1s | 56.7% | 122 | |
| 6 | Tawk.to | 3.3s | 53.9% | 384 | |
| 7 | Tidio | 3.4s | 51.5% | 206 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often
ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Drift 0% 7 1.7s
Help Scout Beacon 0% 8 2.3s
Chatwoot 0% 15 2.6s
Freshchat 0% 6 2.6s
Zendesk Chat 0.2% 126 2.8s
HubSpot Chat 0.9% 547 2.9s
Smartsupp 0.1% 62 3.1s
Olark 0% 10 3.7s
Crisp 0.2% 95 3.0s
LiveChat 0.2% 122 3.1s
Intercom 0% 26 3.8s
tawk.to 0.6% 384 3.3s
Tidio 0.3% 206 3.4s
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
64% of Zendesk Chat sites pass LCP. Tidio trails 12 points behind, leaving 48% of its sites failing. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · 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
HubSpot Chat 0.9%
632.9s
98112ms
800.08
532.4s
271.9s
tawk.to 0.6%
543.3s
97139ms
730.12
442.8s
202.2s
Tidio 0.3%
523.4s
99108ms
820.08
452.8s
262.1s
Zendesk Chat 0.2%
642.8s
97105ms
860.06
512.5s
361.9s
LiveChat 0.2%
573.1s
97119ms
600.19
482.7s
282.1s
Crisp 0.2%
603.0s
97113ms
930.04
512.5s
221.9s
Smartsupp 0.1%
633.1s
100111ms
930.06
472.6s
282.2s
Intercom 0%
543.8s
84124ms
920.06
543.0s
292.6s
Chatwoot 0%
672.6s
100123ms
930.04
732.0s
471.5s
Olark 0%
603.7s
100124ms
900.00
602.8s
332.4s
Help Scout Beacon 0%
752.3s
100121ms
880.06
502.1s
381.8s
Drift 0%
1001.7s
10094ms
1000.04
861.5s
171.2s
Freshchat 0%
672.6s
100114ms
670.11
672.2s
501.6s
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.
Zendesk Chat leads on LCP: 64% of its sites pass. Tidio trails at 52%. computed
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