Performance Lab
WordPress Foundation, San Francisco, California, United StatesThe Performance Lab is a WordPress plugin that allows you to test new performance features introduced by the official WordPress Performance Team.
According to our data, Performance Lab ranks 26th among the performance optimization technologies we track.
It has 0.1% of the performance optimization market share and is present on 0.06% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
Performance Lab is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Performance Optimization
- Rank: 26
- Market share: 0.1%
- WordPress Plugins
- Rank: 102
- Market share: 0.2%
🏆 Performance Lab Awards
- ⬆️ 23rd most popular in Spain in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in Italy in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in the United States in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in India in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in Australia in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 26th most popular in France in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 77th most popular in India in the WordPress Plugins category.
- ⬆️ 94th most popular in Australia in the WordPress Plugins category.
- ⬆️ 95th most popular in the United States in the WordPress Plugins category.
⚡ Sites Using Performance Lab
We have data on 1,983 websites that use Performance Lab technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Performance Lab is broccoli.co.jp.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #16,510 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 2 | #23,377 | Turkey | Arabic | |
| 3 | #23,391 | English | ||
| 4 | #23,805 | American English | ||
| 5 | #31,889 | France | American English | |
| 6 | #33,826 | Spain | European Spanish | |
| 7 | #42,492 | United States | American English | |
| 8 | #50,769 | Nigeria | American English | |
| 9 | #54,950 | American English | ||
| 10 | #56,300 | American English | ||
| 11 | #59,915 | American English | ||
| 12 | #67,345 | American English | ||
| 13 | #80,429 | Italy | Italian | |
| 14 | #104,665 | United States | American English | |
| 15 | #105,157 | United States | American English | |
| 16 | #107,727 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 17 | #108,383 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 18 | #112,981 | India | American English | |
| 19 | #116,939 | American English | ||
| 20 | #117,977 | United States | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Performance Lab:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Performance Lab are from the United States and the United Kingdom.
- United States 25.1%
- United Kingdom 6.9%
- Spain 4.2%
- France 4.1%
- Germany 3.6%
- India 3.6%
- Australia 3.5%
- Italy 3.4%
- Brazil 2.8%
- Other 42.8%
Most Performance Lab users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 59.4%
- Spanish 6.2%
- German 4.1%
- French 3.5%
- Portuguese 3.1%
- Russian 2.5%
- Italian 2.5%
- Japanese 2.3%
- Polish 1.6%
- Other 14.8%
Performance Lab technology is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 51%
- .org 4.9%
- .net 3.2%
- .co.uk 2.7%
- .it 1.9%
- .de 1.9%
- .com.au 1.9%
- .ru 1.7%
- .com.br 1.7%
- Other 29.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Performance Lab include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.
- Business 21.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.1%
- Blogs/Wiki 9.3%
- Entertainment 7.1%
- Education/Reference 6.3%
- Internet Services 5.5%
- General News 3.8%
- Sports 3.6%
- Travel 3.3%
- Other 29.1%
🔢 Performance Lab Versions
The most popular version of Performance Lab is 2.8, used by 24.3% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 21.5% of sites use Performance Lab 2.9, and 18% use Performance Lab 2.7.
- 2.8 24.3%
- 2.9 21.5%
- 2.7 18%
- 2.6 9.5%
- 1.9 9.1%
- 2.2 4.6%
- 2.5 3.7%
- 2.4 2.6%
- 2.1 1.3%
- Other 5.4%
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Contact Form 7💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Performance Lab?
Performance Lab is owned by the WordPress Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Can I use Performance Lab for free?
Yes, it is a free performance optimization technology.
Which country uses Performance Lab the most?
The majority of Performance Lab users are from the United States.
Who uses Performance Lab?
According to our data, Performance Lab is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as broccoli.co.jp,
arabicpost.net, and
tarotoo.com.
Do academic institutions use Performance Lab?
Yes. The most notable of these is unn.edu.ng. In total, we know of 2 academic websites in the United States that use Performance Lab.
What are the alternatives to Performance Lab?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Performance Lab may include 
Autoptimize, Perfmatters, and
WP Fastest Cache.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from WordPress Foundation
🗃️ 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 3,603,958 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.