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Visit descript.comWe analyzed Descript.com page load time and found that the first response time was 42 ms and then it took 2.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.
descript.com performance score
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Our browser made a total of 59 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Descript.com, 75% (44 requests) were made to Assets-global.website-files.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to D3e54v103j8qbb.cloudfront.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (696 ms) relates to the external source Assets-global.website-files.com.
Page size can be reduced by 179.2 kB (45%)
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In fact, the total size of Descript.com main page is 400.9 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 185.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 99.5 kB
HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 99.5 kB or 84% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 79.2 kB
Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Descript needs image optimization as it can save up to 79.2 kB or 43% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.
Potential reduce by 453 B
It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.
Potential reduce by 0 B
CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Descript.com has all CSS files already compressed.
Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (27%)
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The browser has sent 55 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Descript. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.
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descript.com accessibility score
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Impact
Issue
Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
Impact
Issue
[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique
Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
Internationalization and localization
These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.
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Issue
<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute
Names and labels
These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.
Impact
Issue
Links do not have a discernible name
descript.com best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Does not use HTTPS
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
Page has valid source maps
descript.com SEO score
Mobile Friendly
Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).
Impact
Issue
Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
EN
N/A
UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Descript.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Descript.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.
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Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Descript. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: