Image CDNs impact

Performance impact by image_cdn provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 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.

9
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
30,346
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
123ms
Best INP (p75)
Sirv
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 INP at p75, fastest first

# Provider INP p75 Passing Sites
1 Sirv 123ms 95.2%
65
2 Bunny Image Optimizer 133ms 92.9%
19,121
3 Akamai Image Manager 137ms 92.2%
8,026
4 Fastly Image Optimizer 137ms 89.9%
1,282
5 Thumbor 155ms 87.2%
219
6 ImageKit 160ms 81.1%
88
7 Imgix 161ms 86.2%
866
8 Uploadcare 183ms 84.5%
102
9 Cloudinary 216ms 71.6%
577
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often

ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
Sirv 0% 65 95% 123ms
Bunny Image Optimizer 9.1% 19,121 93% 133ms
Akamai Image Manager 3.8% 8,026 92% 137ms
Fastly Image Optimizer 0.6% 1,282 90% 137ms
Thumbor 0.1% 219 87% 155ms
imgix 0.4% 866 86% 161ms
Uploadcare 0% 102 85% 183ms
ImageKit 0% 88 81% 160ms
Cloudinary 0.3% 577 72% 216ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site

93% of Bunny Image Optimizer sites pass INP. Cloudinary trails 21 points behind, leaving 28% of its sites failing. 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.

Bunny Image Optimizer leads on INP: 93% of its sites pass. Cloudinary trails at 72%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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