Session recording impact Shopify sites

Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes · Shopify sites only
Metric LCP INP CLS
Shopify Scoped to 8,248 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →
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At a glance the headline numbers for Session recording impact

Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.

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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
1,892
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
1.9s
Best LCP (p75)
Microsoft Clarity
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · 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 Microsoft Clarity 1.9s 92.4%
1,302
2 Hotjar 2.0s 89.5%
497
3 Contentsquare 2.2s 85.0%
93
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often

ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Smartlook 0.1% 12 100% 2.1s
Inspectlet 0.1% 7 100% 1.7s
Microsoft Clarity 15.8% 1,302 92% 1.9s
Mouseflow 0.4% 30 91% 2.2s
Hotjar 6% 497 90% 2.0s
Lucky Orange 0.3% 26 89% 2.2s
PostHog Replay 0.3% 25 88% 1.9s
Contentsquare 1.1% 93 85% 2.2s
Crazy Egg 0.2% 18 79% 2.4s
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

No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 90% and 92%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · 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
Microsoft Clarity 15.8%
921.9s
86170ms
920.03
921.3s
94564ms
Hotjar 6%
902.0s
88164ms
900.04
911.3s
96521ms
Contentsquare 1.1%
852.2s
85177ms
900.03
891.5s
90576ms
Mouseflow 0.4%
912.2s
79188ms
780.07
961.4s
96605ms
Lucky Orange 0.3%
892.2s
100141ms
720.10
891.4s
100528ms
PostHog Replay 0.3%
881.9s
83157ms
1000.03
881.5s
92630ms
Crazy Egg 0.2%
792.4s
86163ms
790.06
931.4s
93545ms
Smartlook 0.1%
1002.1s
100136ms
900.01
901.1s
100531ms
Inspectlet 0.1%
1001.7s
100151ms
1000.00
1001.1s
100520ms
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.

Microsoft Clarity leads on LCP: 92% of its sites pass. Hotjar trails at 90%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Shopify sites (8,248) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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