Does Elevar slow down a store?
In 7IT’s test of 367 US online stores, Elevar ran on 20 of them (5.4%). On the median store that loads it, it downloaded 26 KB and kept the phone busy for 0.00 s before the page could respond.
5.4%of 367 US stores run it
26 KBmedian download on stores that load it
0.00 smedian time the phone spends running it
Stores with it and without it.
| Stores | Median score | Main content | Blocking time | Apps on the page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With Elevar | 20 | 36 | 10.9 s | 2342 ms | 28 |
| Without | 347 | 34 | 11.7 s | 1241 ms | 20 |
Stores that run Elevar had a median score of 36, against 34 for stores without it. They also run more apps overall (a median of 28 against 20), so that gap is not all Elevar’s doing. The size and phone time above are Elevar’s own.
One in four stores that load it download more than 27 KB of it, and spend more than 0.00 s running it. Median Google phone-lab results, home pages only, September 2026. Method and limits in the study.
If you run Elevar.
- Analytics should be the lightest thing on the page. Load it with async or defer and keep one tool, not three overlapping ones.
- If several analytics tools answer the same question, keep the one the team actually opens.