🆚 Lazy loading vs. Performance Lab

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Performance technology
Performance technology

About

Native lazy loading is a technique to load non-critical images and iframes marked with the loading="lazy" attribute only when needed.

The Performance Lab is a WordPress plugin that allows you to test new performance features introduced by the official WordPress Performance Team.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Performance › Rank #1
Performance › Rank #24
WordPress Plugins › Rank #99

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Lazy loading performance technology is 532 times more popular than Performance Lab.
Total websites

Market share

Performance

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Lazy loading is more popular than Performance Lab in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Lazy loading is more popular than Performance Lab in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Travel
Entertainment
Health
General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
xhamster.com
#24
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Name
Rank
#23,391
#23,805
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See also

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