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m.chron.com

164 ms

www.chron.com

82 ms

captcha.js

23 ms

Our browser made a total of 3 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 33% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original M.chron.com, 33% (1 request) were made to Chron.com and 33% (1 request) were made to Captcha.perimeterx.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (164 ms) belongs to the original domain M.chron.com.

Content Size

7.4 MB

After Optimization

4.7 MB

In fact, the total size of M.chron.com main page is 7.4 MB. This result falls within a big category (top 100 000) of medium weight web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 2.5 kB

Original 4.2 kB
After minification 4.1 kB
After compression 1.7 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 2.5 kB or 59% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 119.2 kB

Original 3.5 MB
After minification 3.4 MB

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. M Chron images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-64%

Potential reduce by 2.1 MB

Original 3.3 MB
After minification 3.3 MB
After compression 1.2 MB

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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 2.1 MB or 64% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 447.0 kB

Original 519.2 kB
After minification 471.4 kB
After compression 72.2 kB

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. M.chron.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 447.0 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 1 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of M Chron. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.