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At a glance the headline numbers for Image CDNs impact
Performance impact by image_cdn provider.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
30,346
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
1.9s
Best LCP (p75)
Fastly Image Optimizer
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · 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 | Fastly Image Optimizer | 1.9s | 85.4% | 1,282 | |
| 2 | Imgix | 2.1s | 84.4% | 866 | |
| 3 | Uploadcare | 2.1s | 88.9% | 102 | |
| 4 | Bunny Image Optimizer | 2.2s | 81.3% | 19,121 | |
| 5 | Thumbor | 2.3s | 82.0% | 219 | |
| 6 | Akamai Image Manager | 2.3s | 78.7% | 8,026 | |
| 7 | Sirv | 2.4s | 82.0% | 65 | |
| 8 | Cloudinary | 2.4s | 76.8% | 577 | |
| 9 | ImageKit | 2.7s | 66.7% | 88 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often
ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Uploadcare 0% 102 2.1s
Fastly Image Optimizer 0.6% 1,282 1.9s
imgix 0.4% 866 2.1s
Thumbor 0.1% 219 2.3s
Sirv 0% 65 2.4s
Bunny Image Optimizer 9.1% 19,121 2.2s
Akamai Image Manager 3.8% 8,026 2.3s
Cloudinary 0.3% 577 2.4s
ImageKit 0% 88 2.7s
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
89% of Uploadcare sites pass LCP. Cloudinary trails 12 points behind. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled 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
Bunny Image Optimizer 9.1%
812.2s
93133ms
880.03
751.8s
591.2s
Akamai Image Manager 3.8%
792.3s
92137ms
870.03
741.8s
551.2s
Fastly Image Optimizer 0.6%
851.9s
90137ms
870.02
871.4s
77780ms
imgix 0.4%
842.1s
86161ms
850.05
841.5s
74830ms
Cloudinary 0.3%
772.4s
72216ms
700.16
741.8s
551.1s
Thumbor 0.1%
822.3s
87155ms
720.11
781.7s
72872ms
Uploadcare 0%
892.1s
85183ms
840.08
841.5s
82714ms
ImageKit 0%
672.7s
81160ms
870.03
612.1s
551.3s
Sirv 0%
822.4s
95123ms
880.02
652.1s
511.3s
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.
Uploadcare leads on LCP: 89% of its sites pass. Cloudinary trails at 77%. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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