a3 Lazy Load vs EWWW Image Optimizer

EWWW Image Optimizer is used by more websites in our catalog: 1,174 use a3 Lazy Load and 7,197 use EWWW Image Optimizer.

EWWW Image Optimizer sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (a3 Lazy Load: 24, EWWW Image Optimizer: 32).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, a3 Lazy Load went from 0.16% to 0.13% of all tracked sites, while EWWW Image Optimizer went from 0.93% to 0.82%. a3 Lazy Load is gaining ground faster in our index.

25 websites in our catalog use both a3 Lazy Load and EWWW Image Optimizer.

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.