Video impact WordPress sites

Performance impact by video provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · All devices field outcomes · WordPress sites only
Metric LCP INP CLS
WordPress Scoped to 63,295 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →
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At a glance the headline numbers for Video impact

Performance impact by video provider.

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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
30,292
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.8s
Best LCP (p75)
Brightcove
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first

# Provider LCP p75 Passing Sites
1 Brightcove 2.8s 70.4%
224
2 YouTube 2.8s 66.5%
26,784
3 Vimeo 2.9s 65.2%
3,229
4 Wistia 3.2s 58.5%
55
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
JW Player 0% 28 75% 2.1s
Google IMA SDK 0% 22 73% 2.6s
Brightcove 0.4% 224 70% 2.8s
YouTube 42.3% 26,784 67% 2.8s
Vimeo 5.1% 3,229 65% 2.9s
Wistia 0.1% 55 59% 3.2s
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

70% of Brightcove sites pass LCP. Vimeo trails 5 points behind, leaving 35% 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
YouTube 42.3%
672.8s
98107ms
870.04
552.4s
281.9s
Vimeo 5.1%
652.9s
99106ms
870.05
562.4s
281.9s
Brightcove 0.4%
702.8s
97115ms
890.04
622.3s
331.8s
Wistia 0.1%
593.2s
86136ms
940.04
552.8s
372.0s
JW Player 0%
752.1s
92131ms
790.08
791.7s
361.1s
Google IMA SDK 0%
732.6s
90156ms
680.13
771.5s
71826ms
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.

Brightcove leads on LCP: 70% of its sites pass. Vimeo trails at 65%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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