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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 76

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 42% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

simplecast.com

Podcast Hosting, Distribution & Analytics - Simplecast

Page Load Speed

2 sec in total

First Response

81 ms

Resources Loaded

1.3 sec

Page Rendered

709 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Simplecast.com page load time and found that the first response time was 81 ms and then it took 2 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.

Performance Metrics

simplecast.com performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

28/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.3 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,300 ms

18/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.759

6/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.simplecast.com

81 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

54 ms

otSDKStub.js

68 ms

icon

52 ms

jquery-1.7.1.js

48 ms

Our browser made a total of 86 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Simplecast.com, 9% (8 requests) were made to 5139384.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net and 3% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.cookielaw.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (722 ms) belongs to the original domain Simplecast.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 111.1 kB (5%)

Content Size

2.4 MB

After Optimization

2.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Simplecast.com main page is 2.4 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 106.3 kB

  • Original 120.3 kB
  • After minification 107.9 kB
  • After compression 14.0 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. 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 106.3 kB or 88% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 3.9 kB

  • Original 2.2 MB
  • After minification 2.2 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. Simplecast images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 112 B

  • Original 54.3 kB
  • After minification 54.3 kB
  • After compression 54.2 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 745 B

  • Original 6.5 kB
  • After minification 6.5 kB
  • After compression 5.8 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. Simplecast.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 745 B or 11% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (25%)

Requests Now

77

After Optimization

58

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 77 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Simplecast. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.simplecast.com

www.simplecast.com

81 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

OtAutoBlock.js

54 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

68 ms

icon

icon

52 ms

jquery-1.7.1.js

jquery-1.7.1.js

48 ms

main.min.css

main.min.css

67 ms

theme-overrides.min.css

theme-overrides.min.css

64 ms

owl-carousel-min.min.css

owl-carousel-min.min.css

61 ms

homepage.min.css

homepage.min.css

61 ms

jquery-3.5.1.js

jquery-3.5.1.js

42 ms

embed.js

embed.js

51 ms

project.js

project.js

162 ms

owl-carousel-min.min.js

owl-carousel-min.min.js

164 ms

5139384.js

5139384.js

244 ms

index.js

index.js

175 ms

93af0542-64e9-452c-a906-f2d384524b21.json

93af0542-64e9-452c-a906-f2d384524b21.json

107 ms

header-background.png

header-background.png

144 ms

SimplecastByAdsWizz-Logo-Reverse-1.svg

SimplecastByAdsWizz-Logo-Reverse-1.svg

145 ms

simplecast-logo-small.svg

simplecast-logo-small.svg

152 ms

simplecast-logo-small-negative.svg

simplecast-logo-small-negative.svg

151 ms

apple_podcasts.svg

apple_podcasts.svg

154 ms

spotify.svg

spotify.svg

153 ms

home-header-decorative-2.png

home-header-decorative-2.png

156 ms

lady-2x.png

lady-2x.png

157 ms

waves-top-2x.png

waves-top-2x.png

181 ms

noise.gif

noise.gif

189 ms

meta-logo.jpeg

meta-logo.jpeg

191 ms

twitter.svg

twitter.svg

195 ms

showtime.svg

showtime.svg

193 ms

nike.svg

nike.svg

201 ms

politico.svg

politico.svg

216 ms

fast-company.svg

fast-company.svg

217 ms

bazaar.svg

bazaar.svg

219 ms

harvard-university.svg

harvard-university.svg

240 ms

mcafee.svg

mcafee.svg

276 ms

tc.svg

tc.svg

252 ms

shopify.svg

shopify.svg

250 ms

medium.svg

medium.svg

257 ms

us.svg

us.svg

283 ms

target.svg

target.svg

277 ms

kickstarter.svg

kickstarter.svg

279 ms

marriott.svg

marriott.svg

280 ms

dell.svg

dell.svg

302 ms

the-hollywod-reporter.svg

the-hollywod-reporter.svg

303 ms

food52.svg

food52.svg

317 ms

1password.svg

1password.svg

304 ms

slack.svg

slack.svg

318 ms

mozilla.svg

mozilla.svg

319 ms

strava.svg

strava.svg

312 ms

location

location

146 ms

product-hunt.svg

product-hunt.svg

325 ms

gartner.svg

gartner.svg

240 ms

sequel-sans-book-body-text.woff

sequel-sans-book-body-text.woff

112 ms

sequel-sans-medium-body-text.woff

sequel-sans-medium-body-text.woff

146 ms

sequel-sans-bold-body-text.woff

sequel-sans-bold-body-text.woff

167 ms

sequel-100-wide-75.woff

sequel-100-wide-75.woff

186 ms

sequel-100-wide-95.woff

sequel-100-wide-95.woff

188 ms

sequel-100-wide-65.woff

sequel-100-wide-65.woff

185 ms

sequel-100-wide-45.woff

sequel-100-wide-45.woff

164 ms

mit.svg

mit.svg

258 ms

hyperallergic.svg

hyperallergic.svg

204 ms

the-aspen-institute.svg

the-aspen-institute.svg

275 ms

wonder-media-network.svg

wonder-media-network.svg

216 ms

sap.svg

sap.svg

213 ms

glaad.svg

glaad.svg

220 ms

charles-schwab.svg

charles-schwab.svg

228 ms

nyu.svg

nyu.svg

230 ms

home-decorative-globe.png

home-decorative-globe.png

238 ms

text-section-with-image-1-img.png

text-section-with-image-1-img.png

215 ms

home-texture-2.png

home-texture-2.png

410 ms

homepage-section-decorator.png

homepage-section-decorator.png

517 ms

text-section-with-image-2-img.png

text-section-with-image-2-img.png

220 ms

homepage-chart.png

homepage-chart.png

722 ms

text-section-with-image-3-mobile.png

text-section-with-image-3-mobile.png

232 ms

homepage-charts-decorator.png

homepage-charts-decorator.png

716 ms

homepage-chart-2.png

homepage-chart-2.png

240 ms

homepage-calendar.png

homepage-calendar.png

646 ms

text-section-with-image-4-img.png

text-section-with-image-4-img.png

247 ms

LongDistance.jpeg

LongDistance.jpeg

330 ms

GoodCompany.jpeg

GoodCompany.jpeg

387 ms

sequel-sans-medium-body-text.ttf

sequel-sans-medium-body-text.ttf

48 ms

Longform.jpeg

Longform.jpeg

405 ms

OffCamera.jpeg

OffCamera.jpeg

429 ms

backed.png

backed.png

542 ms

support.png

support.png

465 ms

simplecast-logo-small-black.svg

simplecast-logo-small-black.svg

485 ms

Accessibility Review

simplecast.com accessibility score

76

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

[aria-*] attributes are not valid or misspelled

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

Best Practices

simplecast.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

simplecast.com SEO score

86

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

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

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 Simplecast.com 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 Simplecast.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.

Social Sharing Optimization

simplecast.com

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