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Google Analytics 4 Script Performance

Performance benchmark for Google Analytics 4. Recorded by AnalyticsVS under controlled test conditions.

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Google Analytics 4 Script Performance

2026-09-02 · Desktop (Chromium) · Slow 4G (Simulated) · Avg of 7 runs

Recorded by AnalyticsVS

Load time

Without analytics250 ms
With analytics1.41 s

+1.16 s

Loading method
Async · non-blocking

This script downloads in the background, so the browser can draw the page’s first visible content without pausing to load the tracking code.

Script filesize
170.5 KiB transfer507.6 KiB decoded

Transfer is the compressed download size, and decoded is what the browser parses afterward.

What this means for your site

On our empty test page, the load event finished +1.16 s later with the tag installed. On a real site, page load is likely to take at least that long — but usually not the full +1.16 s stacked on top of your other assets, because much of the work overlaps parallel downloads.

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