Video impact WordPress sites

Performance impact by video provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone 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.

4
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
30,292
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
0.01
Best CLS (p75)
Brightcove
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · 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 Brightcove 0.01 87.9%
224
2 YouTube 0.02 88.9%
26,784
3 Wistia 0.03 92.6%
55
4 Vimeo 0.03 87.0%
3,229
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing CLS per provider which group passes the CLS most often

ProviderSitesPassing CLSp75
Wistia 0.1% 55 93% 0.03
YouTube 42.3% 26,784 89% 0.02
Brightcove 0.4% 224 88% 0.01
Vimeo 5.1% 3,229 87% 0.03
JW Player 0% 28 86% 0.08
Google IMA SDK 0% 22 59% 0.33
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

No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 87% and 89%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · 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
YouTube 42.3%
662.8s
96127ms
890.02
542.4s
301.9s
Vimeo 5.1%
632.9s
97122ms
870.03
532.5s
281.9s
Brightcove 0.4%
662.8s
93135ms
880.01
592.4s
331.9s
Wistia 0.1%
443.5s
87145ms
930.03
413.0s
352.0s
JW Player 0%
822.2s
90145ms
860.08
681.9s
291.2s
Google IMA SDK 0%
712.6s
75177ms
590.33
941.4s
94662ms
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.

YouTube leads on CLS: 89% of its sites pass. Vimeo trails at 87%. computed

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