Image CDNs impact

Performance impact by image_cdn provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Image CDNs impact

Performance impact by image_cdn provider.

7
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
14,356
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
0.02
Best CLS (p75)
Fastly Image Optimizer
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone 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 Fastly Image Optimizer 0.02 88.4%
596
2 Akamai Image Manager 0.03 86.7%
3,876
3 Bunny Image Optimizer 0.03 87.5%
9,022
4 Imgix 0.04 86.6%
432
5 Uploadcare 0.08 82.9%
54
6 Thumbor 0.11 71.2%
96
7 Cloudinary 0.16 71.4%
280
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing CLS per provider which group passes the CLS most often

ProviderSitesPassing CLSp75
Fastly Image Optimizer 0.6% 596 88% 0.02
ImageKit 0% 40 88% 0.02
Bunny Image Optimizer 9.5% 9,022 88% 0.03
Akamai Image Manager 4.1% 3,876 87% 0.03
imgix 0.5% 432 87% 0.04
Uploadcare 0.1% 54 83% 0.08
Sirv 0% 30 83% 0.04
Cloudinary 0.3% 280 71% 0.16
Thumbor 0.1% 96 71% 0.11
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

88% of Fastly Image Optimizer sites pass CLS. Cloudinary trails 17 points behind, leaving 29% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 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 9.5%
822.2s
93132ms
880.03
761.8s
601.1s
Akamai Image Manager 4.1%
792.3s
93136ms
870.03
751.8s
561.2s
Fastly Image Optimizer 0.6%
871.8s
91135ms
880.02
871.4s
78758ms
imgix 0.5%
852.1s
88162ms
870.04
841.5s
75790ms
Cloudinary 0.3%
752.5s
75199ms
710.16
731.8s
571.1s
Thumbor 0.1%
832.2s
83156ms
710.11
831.5s
80680ms
Uploadcare 0.1%
882.1s
80191ms
830.08
861.5s
78736ms
ImageKit 0%
643.2s
81144ms
880.02
602.1s
541.4s
Sirv 0%
772.5s
94110ms
830.04
612.4s
371.6s
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.

Bunny Image Optimizer leads on CLS: 88% of its sites pass. Cloudinary trails at 71%. computed

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