⚡ Performance in Uruguay

Website performance can be improved through a variety of technologies that optimize resource loading, defer non-essential content, minify HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code, and delay script execution.

Uruguay is a South American country with a population of over 3.4 million people.

According to our data, performance technologies are used on 60% of websites from Uruguay.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top performance technologies in Uruguay in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is ⏳ Lazy loading with an impressive share of 64.5%, followed by DNS Prefetch with 58% and Preconnect with 42.2%.

⏳ Lazy loading 64.5%
DNS Prefetch 58%
Preconnect 42.2%
Preload 29.3%
Speculation Rules 26.7%
Lazysizes 4.1%
Prefetch 2.7%
Rocket Loader 1.7%
Autoptimize 1.6%
PageSpeed 1.2%
WP Fastest Cache 1.2%
WP-Optimize 1%
Instant.Page 0.5%
jQuery LazyLoad 0.5%
Critters 0.5%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top technologies that are more popular in Uruguay than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

7. Prefetch ^(-1)
8. Rocket Loader ^(-1)
10. PageSpeed ^(-2)
13. Instant.Page ^(-1)
15. Critters ^(-8)
16. Quicklink ^(-10)
17. Turbolinks ^(-2)
20. Performance Lab ^(-4)

✨ Best Performance Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 20 performance technologies used on sites from Uruguay, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	⏳ Lazy loading Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A technique to load non-critical images and iframes marked with the loading="lazy" attribute only when needed.	64.5%
2	DNS Prefetch Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="dns-prefetch" attribute on HTML elements.	58%
3	Preconnect Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="preconnect" attribute on HTML elements.	42.2%
4	Preload Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="preload" attribute on HTML elements.	29.3%
5	Speculation Rules Mountain View, California, United States API is used to improve navigation performance by prefetching or even prerendering future navigations.	26.7%
6	Lazysizes Berlin, Germany A fast lazy loader library for images, iframes, and scripts/widgets. FreeOpen source	4.1%
7	Prefetch Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="prefetch" attribute on HTML elements.	2.7%
8	Rocket Loader San Francisco, California, United States CloudFlare Rocket Loader prioritizes website content by delaying loading of all JavaScript until after rendering. Free$25+/month	1.7%
9	Autoptimize Lokeren, Belgium A WordPress plugin that aggregates, minifies and caches scripts and styles, and defers CSS and scripts. FreeOpen source$12.99/month	1.6%
10	PageSpeed Mountain View, California, United States An open-source web server module for rewriting web pages to reduce latency and bandwidth, available for Apache and Nginx.	1.2%
11	WP Fastest Cache Ankara, Turkey A caching plugin that speeds up WordPress sites and improves the PageSpeed Insights score. FreeOpen source$49	1.2%
12	WP-Optimize Newport, Wales, United Kingdom An all-in-one WordPress plugin that cleans your database, compresses your images, and minifies and caches your website. FreeOpen source$49/year	1%
13	Instant.Page Pau, France Uses just-in-time preloading - it preloads a page right before a user clicks on it. FreeOpen source	0.5%
14	jQuery LazyLoad A deprecated jQuery lazy loading plugin. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.5%
15	Critters San Francisco, California, United States A deprecated Webpack plugin that inlines your app's critical CSS and lazily loads the rest. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.5%
16	Quicklink Mountain View, California, United States Faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching or prerendering in-viewport links during idle time. FreeOpen source	0.09%
17	Turbolinks Chicago, Illinois, United States A JavaScript library that allows web apps to behave like a single page application. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.09%
18	Hummingbird Melbourne, Australia A WordPress optimization plugin with built-in caching and CDN integration. FreeOpen source$15+/month	0.09%
19	Vanilla LazyLoad A lightweight and flexible script that speeds up your web application by delaying the loading of your below-the-fold images, videos and iframes until they enter the viewport. FreeOpen source	0.09%
20	Performance Lab San Francisco, California, United States A WordPress plugin that allows you to test new performance features introduced by the official WordPress Performance Team. FreeOpen source	0.09%

👉 See Also

🌎 Performance in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 1,818 websites from Uruguay.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.