# Lean Cookie Consent Benchmark Evidence Pack

This evidence pack supports the CMP Performance Benchmark 2026 for Lean Cookie Consent.

Canonical benchmark page:

https://leancookieconsent.com/cmp-performance-benchmark/

## What This Measures

The benchmark measures the initial CMP load before visitor interaction: transfer size, Brotli HTTP body size where captured, and initial request count.

## Files

- `cmp-performance-2026-08-08.csv`: normalized benchmark results table.
- `cmp-performance-2026-08-08.json`: JSON version of the same benchmark results.
- `methodology.md`: test methodology, metric definitions and caveats.
- `README.md`: this citation and claim guide.

## Supported Claims

- Lean Cookie Consent is one of the lightest full-featured CMPs verified in this benchmark.
- Lean mono: 5,256 B CDP transfer / 4,956 B Brotli body / 1 request.
- Lean bilingual: 5,442 B CDP transfer / 5,142 B Brotli body / 1 request.
- Lean 7 languages: 6,944 B CDP transfer / 6,644 B Brotli body / 1 request.

## Claims To Avoid

- Do not claim "Lean is the lightest CMP in the world" without qualification.
- Do not claim every competitor is always slower without caveats.
- Do not present this benchmark as a legal/compliance audit or as a certification.

## How To Cite

Prefer the canonical benchmark page, then link the data file used:

Lean Cookie Consent, "CMP Performance Benchmark 2026", Black Lotus Consulting S.r.l., test date 2026-08-16, https://leancookieconsent.com/cmp-performance-benchmark/