Video impact WordPress sites

Performance impact by video provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Desktop 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
0.06
Best CLS (p75)
Wistia
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop 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 Wistia 0.06 88.9%
55
2 Vimeo 0.10 76.7%
3,229
3 Brightcove 0.10 78.5%
224
4 YouTube 0.10 77.1%
26,784
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop 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 89% 0.06
JW Player 0% 28 88% 0.09
Google IMA SDK 0% 22 82% 0.09
Brightcove 0.4% 224 79% 0.10
YouTube 42.3% 26,784 77% 0.10
Vimeo 5.1% 3,229 77% 0.10
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 77% and 79%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop 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%
732.6s
10063ms
770.10
652.1s
331.8s
Vimeo 5.1%
712.7s
10063ms
770.10
642.1s
331.8s
Brightcove 0.4%
732.5s
9966ms
790.10
682.0s
501.7s
Wistia 0.1%
612.9s
10062ms
890.06
562.6s
531.9s
JW Player 0%
941.6s
10098ms
880.09
941.5s
471.0s
Google IMA SDK 0%
821.8s
100100ms
820.09
941.3s
75726ms
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 CLS: 79% of its sites pass. Vimeo trails at 77%. computed

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