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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 85

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    55% of websites

m.npr.org

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Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

12 ms

Resources Loaded

1.1 sec

Page Rendered

1.1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed M.npr.org page load time and found that the first response time was 12 ms and then it took 2.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

m.npr.org performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.6 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value22.3 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10,430 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.017

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value52.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

m.npr.org

12 ms

www.npr.org

518 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

67 ms

otSDKStub.js

97 ms

otCCPAiab.js

118 ms

Our browser made a total of 99 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original M.npr.org, 55% (54 requests) were made to Npr.brightspotcdn.com and 29% (29 requests) were made to Media.npr.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (518 ms) relates to the external source Npr.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 891.0 kB (20%)

Content Size

4.6 MB

After Optimization

3.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of M.npr.org main page is 4.6 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 440.2 kB

  • Original 497.2 kB
  • After minification 440.2 kB
  • After compression 57.0 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 57.0 kB, which is 11% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 440.2 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 2.8 kB

  • Original 3.4 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 NPR images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 7.9 kB

  • Original 55.5 kB
  • After minification 55.5 kB
  • After compression 47.6 kB

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 7.9 kB or 14% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 440.2 kB

  • Original 553.6 kB
  • After minification 553.0 kB
  • After compression 113.4 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.npr.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 440.2 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (11%)

Requests Now

97

After Optimization

86

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 97 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of M NPR. 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 from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

m.npr.org

m.npr.org

12 ms

www.npr.org

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518 ms

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OtAutoBlock.js

67 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

97 ms

otCCPAiab.js

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118 ms

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62 ms

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36 ms

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106 ms

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Accessibility Review

m.npr.org accessibility score

81

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[role] values are not valid

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

m.npr.org best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

m.npr.org SEO score

85

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise M.npr.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that M.npr.org 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.

Social Sharing Optimization

m.npr.org

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of M NPR. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: