⚡ Performance Optimization in Uruguay

Performance optimization technologies allow websites to load faster and respond more efficiently by improving how content and resources are handled and displayed to users.

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

According to our data, performance optimization technologies are used on 60.9% of websites from Uruguay.

Statistics based on 2K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is ⏳ Lazy loading with an impressive share of 64.3%, followed by DNS Prefetch with 57.8% and Preconnect with 41.8%.

⏳ Lazy loading 64.3%
DNS Prefetch 57.8%
Preconnect 41.8%
Speculation Rules 30.1%
Preload 29.1%
Lazysizes 4.2%
Prefetch 2.4%
Rocket Loader 1.7%
Autoptimize 1.4%
PageSpeed 1.4%
WP Fastest Cache 1.3%
WP-Optimize 1.1%
Instant.Page 0.6%
jQuery LazyLoad 0.5%
Critters 0.4%

🚀 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.

4. Speculation Rules ^(-1)
8. Rocket Loader ^(-1)
10. PageSpeed ^(-2)
13. Instant.Page ^(-1)
15. Critters ^(-8)
16. Hummingbird ^(-1)
17. Turbolinks ^(-3)
18. FlyingPress ^(-6)
19. Quicklink ^(-8)
20. Flying Pages ^(-8)

✨ Best Performance Optimization Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 23 performance optimization 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.	64.3%
2	DNS Prefetch Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="dns-prefetch" attribute on HTML elements instructs web browsers to resolve domain names for external resources before those resources are requested.	57.8%
3	Preconnect Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="preconnect" attribute on HTML elements instructs browsers to establish early connections to external origins before resources are requested.	41.8%
4	Speculation Rules Mountain View, California, United States A browser API that improves navigation performance by prefetching or prerendering pages that users are likely to visit next.	30.1%
5	Preload Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="preload" attribute on HTML elements instructs web browsers to fetch important resources early before they are requested during page rendering.	29.1%
6	Lazysizes Berlin, Germany A fast lazy loader library for images, iframes, and scripts/widgets. FreeOpen source	4.2%
7	Prefetch Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States The rel="prefetch" attribute on HTML elements tells the browser to download resources that are likely to be needed for future navigation when the current page is idle.	2.4%
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	1.4%
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.	1.4%
11	WP Fastest Cache Ankara, Turkey A caching plugin that speeds up WordPress sites and improves the PageSpeed Insights score. FreeOpen source$49	1.3%
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	1.1%
13	Instant.Page Pau, France Uses just-in-time preloading - it preloads a page right before a user clicks on it. FreeOpen source	0.6%
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	0.4%
16	Hummingbird Melbourne, Australia A WordPress optimization plugin with built-in caching and CDN integration. FreeOpen source$15+/month	0.2%
17	Turbolinks Chicago, Illinois, United States A JavaScript library that allows web apps to behave like a single page application. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.2%
18	FlyingPress Middletown, Delaware, United States A WordPress performance optimization plugin that improves page speed and Core Web Vitals through automated caching and frontend optimization. $59/year	0.08%
19	Quicklink Mountain View, California, United States Faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching or prerendering in-viewport links during idle time. FreeOpen source	0.08%
20	Flying Pages Middletown, Delaware, United States A WordPress performance plugin that preloads pages in the browser before navigation to deliver near-instant page transitions. FreeOpen source	0.08%
21	Beasties Edinburgh, United Kingdom A plugin that inlines your app's critical CSS and lazy-loads the rest. FreeOpen source	0.08%
22	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	0.08%
23	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	0.08%

👉 See Also

🌎 Performance Optimization in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 2,025 websites from Uruguay.
We currently track the presence of 34 performance optimization technologies across the web.
Of these, 23 were detected on websites from Uruguay.
Statistics were last calculated on June 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.