Web Performance Statistics 2026
Original research from PageSpeed Matters, drawn from Chrome User Experience Report field data covering millions of real-world origins. Every figure below links to the full study behind it, with methodology, charts, and a downloadable dataset. Explore the six topic hubs, or jump straight to a headline stat.
Last updated July 2026 from the May 2026 CrUX release.
The headline numbers
49.1% of the Mobile Web Passes Core Web Vitals in 2026.
The Median Web Page Weighs 2.6MB and Makes 71 Requests.
84% of the Top 500 Sites Load Slower on Mobile.
WordPress Passes Core Web Vitals Least Often of Any Major CMS at 38.4%.
The Average Page Loads 375KB of Third-Party JavaScript.
Core Web Vitals
All Core Web Vitals statistics →Source: Chrome UX Report, May 2026 release, via BigQuery.
49.1% of the Mobile Web Passes Core Web Vitals in 2026.
Two-Thirds of Failing Sites Fail on Just One Metric - Usually LCP.
Desktop Passes INP 97.9% of the Time. Mobile Manages 82.5%.
The Top 1,000 Sites Pass 64.7% of the Time. The Long Tail Manages 39.2%.
84% of the Top 500 Sites Load Slower on Mobile.
Sweden Passes 70.8%. Nigeria Passes 7.8%.
AI-Overview-Cited Domains Pass Core Web Vitals 56.8% of the Time vs ~40% Web-Wide.
Frameworks & build tools
All framework statistics →Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of 3.5 million-plus origins with CrUX field data, May 2026. Web-wide mobile average is about 42% on the same basis.
The ranking sorts by runtime weight: the less JavaScript a framework runs before interactivity, the higher its field pass rate.
React 37.1%, Vue 33.7%, Angular 33.6% - Alpine.js Beats Them All at 56.3%.
Astro Passes Core Web Vitals on 48% of Sites. Next.js Manages 29.3%.
Hugo and Jekyll Hit ~90% Good LCP. The 'Static' Category Average Is 32.8%.
Bootstrap Passes Core Web Vitals on 45.7% of Mobile Sites. Tailwind Manages 36.8%.
64% of the Mobile Web Still Runs jQuery - and Those Sites Are Faster.
WordPress & CMS
All WordPress statistics →Source: PageSpeed Matters, 2.98M WordPress and 6.59M non-WordPress CrUX-covered origins, May 2026.
A 5.7-point gap, and all of it is load time. WordPress is behind in exactly one place and ahead in the other two.
Only 38.4% of WordPress Sites Pass Core Web Vitals.
WordPress Passes Core Web Vitals Least Often of Any Major CMS at 38.4%.
Elementor Passes Core Web Vitals on Just 30% of Mobile Sites.
No Headless CMS Beats Wix on Core Web Vitals.
Third-party scripts
All third-party script statistics →Source: HTTP Archive Web Almanac JavaScript chapters, 2020, 2022, and 2024 editions.
50th-percentile values across the HTTP Archive mobile crawl. CNAME-cloaked third parties are not included, so figures are a lower bound.
The Average Page Loads 375KB of Third-Party JavaScript.
Google Fonts Costs 9 Points of Good LCP.
A/B Testing Tools Cost 10.2 Points of Good LCP - the Worst of Any Third-Party Category.
Live Chat Costs 9.5 Points of Good LCP.
GTM Costs 5.3 Points of Good LCP - and Barely Moves Anything Else.
Cookie Banners Cost 3.7 Points of LCP - Yet Those Sites Pass Core Web Vitals More Often.
Social Embeds Cost 8.6 Points of Good LCP.
By industry
All industry statistics →Source: Chrome UX Report, May 2026 release, via BigQuery. ~20 leading brands per industry.
Government and Healthcare Pass 78.9%. Tech and SaaS Passes 10%.
The Biggest Online Stores Pass 36%. The Small Ones Pass 65%.
Only 48.4% of Local Law Firm Sites Pass Core Web Vitals.
Two in Three Nonprofit Websites Fail Core Web Vitals.
The World's Biggest News Sites Pass Core Web Vitals 80% of the Time.
Local Credit Unions Pass 57.4%. Big National Banks Pass 39%.
66.5% of Local Medical Practice Sites Pass Core Web Vitals.
Only 40.2% of Local Real Estate Sites Pass Core Web Vitals.
71.5% of Restaurant Sites Pass Core Web Vitals - Chains Manage Just 38%.
52.2% of Ranking Local Businesses Pass Core Web Vitals.
Fewer Than Half of University Websites Pass Core Web Vitals.
Hosting & servers
All hosting statistics →Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of roughly 11 million origins with CrUX field data, mobile, June 2026.
Managed WordPress hosts cluster at the top and budget shared hosts anchor the bottom.
Pantheon Passes Core Web Vitals Twice as Often as Bluehost.
The web overall
Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of 15.7M pages, HTTP Archive June 2026. Component medians are not additive.
Images are the single largest component of the typical page, ahead of all script, font, and HTML weight combined.
The Median Web Page Weighs 2.6MB and Makes 71 Requests.
The Median Website Loads in 2.0 Seconds - Down From 2.7 in 2020.
WebP Reached 16.6% of All Web Images. JPEG and PNG Still Hold 53%.
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Web Performance Statistics 2026. PageSpeed Matters. https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/statistics
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