Website Speed Statistics Germany: 400 Websites Measured
By Christian Schreiber · Updated
PerfDelta measured the home pages of 400 websites from Germany. The largest groups are online retail, media and publishing, and finance and insurance. 70% of them pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 48% across all 5,748 websites measured and 67% across DACH.
Clearest advantage over all measured websites: Pass all three Core Web Vitals, 70% against 48%.
Core Web Vitals pass rate by metric
Share meeting each threshold at the 75th percentile.
Germany compared with all measured websites
| Metric | Germany | All websites | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass all three Core Web Vitals | 70% | 48% | better |
| Good LCP | 90% | 70% | better |
| Good INP | 84% | 73% | better |
| Good CLS | 84% | 74% | better |
| Lighthouse score (median) | 54 | 43 | better |
| Page weight (median) | 2.8 MB | 4.3 MB | better |
| JavaScript (median) | 947 KB | 1.5 MB | better |
| Third parties per page (median) | 4 | 5 | better |
| Time to First Byte (median) | 527 ms | 693 ms | better |
Market conditions in Germany
Websites in Germany need consent for non-essential cookies and tracking under Section 25 of the TDDDG and the GDPR. Larger sites therefore usually load a consent management platform before analytics and marketing scripts may start. Since a ruling by the Munich Regional Court in January 2022 on embedding Google Fonts, many operators serve their fonts from their own servers, which saves a connection to a third-party host.
What to check first on websites in Germany
Check first whether the consent banner itself becomes the largest contentful element or blocks rendering. The banner should load asynchronously and not shift the layout when it appears. Next, look at the scripts that start after consent: for visitors who agree, they run on the main thread and weigh on INP exactly when the page handles its first inputs.
Third-party code on 92% of home pages
Besides Google Tag Manager, the most common here are Usercentrics CMP on 22%, OneTrust (Optanon) on 10% and consentmanager.net on 8%.
| Provider | Share | Main thread (median) |
|---|---|---|
| Google Tag Manager | 33% | 158 ms |
| Usercentrics CMP | 22% | 124 ms |
| OneTrust (Optanon) | 10% | 115 ms |
| consentmanager.net | 8% | 172 ms |
| Shopify | 8% | 79 ms |
Most common lab findings
| Finding | Share | Saving (median) |
|---|---|---|
| Render-blocking resources | 92% | 4545 ms |
| Unused JavaScript | 83% | 1215 ms |
| Images not properly sized | 76% | 1247 ms |
| Unused CSS | 65% | 310 ms |
| Images not in next-gen formats | 36% | 1033 ms |
Platforms in the sample
The most frequently detected platform is Shopify with 47 websites.
- Shopify: 47
- WordPress: 46
- Next.js: 41
- Adobe Experience Manager: 30
- TYPO3: 27
- Other platforms: 78
- No platform detected: 131
Industries in the sample
- Online retail: 96
- Media and publishing: 49
- Finance and insurance: 29
- Public sector and non-profit: 19
- Automotive and mobility: 18
- Other industries: 189
Other countries
- Website speed statistics UK: 53% of 304 websites pass
- Website speed statistics USA: 52% of 2,031 websites pass
Sample, methodology and citation: Website Speed Statistics and methodology.
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