Does Reddit Pixel slow down a store?
In 7IT’s test of 367 US online stores, Reddit Pixel ran on 69 of them (18.8%). On the median store that loads it, it downloaded 26 KB and kept the phone busy for 0.03 s before the page could respond.
18.8%of 367 US stores run it
26 KBmedian download on stores that load it
0.03 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 Reddit Pixel | 69 | 29 | 12.9 s | 2323 ms | 33 |
| Without | 298 | 37 | 11.3 s | 1036 ms | 17 |
Stores that run Reddit Pixel had a median score of 29, against 37 for stores without it. They also run more apps overall (a median of 33 against 17), so that gap is not all Reddit Pixel’s doing. The size and phone time above are Reddit Pixel’s own. On this sample there is no score penalty that can be pinned on it.
One in four stores that load it download more than 26 KB of it, and spend more than 0.08 s running it. Median Google phone-lab results, home pages only, September 2026. Method and limits in the study.
If you run Reddit Pixel.
- Ad pixels count visits; they do not need to block the visit. Load them after the first interaction, or move them server-side (Conversions API, server-side tagging) so the phone does less.
- Check every pixel still feeds a campaign that is running. Pixels outlive campaigns.
- One container for all pixels, loaded late, beats many tags each loading early.