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Spain Spain · Madrid Completed: Apr 22, 2026 20:19 UTC
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C78

Site Health

Score: 78 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Decent speed, but optimizing further could improve engagement.

Several missing protections leave your users and data exposed.

Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.

Well-optimized for search — your content is discoverable.

Solid infrastructure — fast server responses across the board.

Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.

Rich content metadata — your pages look great everywhere.

Lean and efficient — low environmental impact per visit.

How is this calculated?

The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.

Performance 25%Security 25%Accessibility 15%SEO 10%Infrastructure 10%Compliance 8%Content 5%Sustainability 2%

Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.

How the composite score is calculated

How you compare

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Top Priorities (5)

1

Content-Security-Policy header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers
2

HSTS header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers
3

No Content-Security-Policy header found

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Content Security Policy
4

1 image(s) missing alt attribute

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Alt Text Quality
5

1 image-in-link without alt text

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Alt Text Quality
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Fix Priority Matrix

5 findings

Quick Wins

3

High impact, low effort — start here.

Strategic

2

High impact, requires investment.

Easy Improvements

0

Small gains, minimal effort.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

Deprioritize

0

Low impact, high effort — do last.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

← Low effort High effort →
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What fixing these means

Your site performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Addressing the critical issues below would have the most immediate impact on your user trust.

3 security gaps detected — browsers may warn visitors about your site.
2 accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology.
B
Could reach Estimate based on resolving critical issues

Conversion Barriers

1 critical 5 warning

6 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~23%.

Speed (2)

Page takes 10.6s to load

+12% bounce

Users abandon at ~3s — you're 8.1s over the 2.5s threshold

Fix: Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images

High main-thread blocking time

+2% bounce

Page is non-interactive for 470ms after first paint

Fix: Defer third-party scripts and split large bundles

Trust (2)

No HSTS header

+1% bounce

Returning visitors are briefly exposed to downgrade attacks on first request

Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains

No Content-Security-Policy header

+1% bounce

Higher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form

Fix: Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean

Navigation (2)

5 link(s) with generic text ("click here", "read more")

+1% bounce

Screen-reader users navigating by link list see no context — and search engines can't infer relevance

Fix: Rewrite with descriptive phrases that identify the destination

1 broken link(s) on the page

+2% bounce

Clicks land on 404s — trust drops and the session often ends

Fix: Fix or remove the broken destinations surfaced on the Content tab

Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.

Return on Investment

$450 investment → $4,797/month returns + USD 157,500 risk avoided

Payback period: < 1 month First-year ROI: +12692%

Investment

$450

4h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

$4,797 /mo

~$57,565 / year

  • Conversions recovered $4,797
  • Bandwidth savings $0.27

Regulatory risk avoided

USD 157,500

if kept compliant

  • ADA Title III USD 150,000
  • CCPA/CPRA USD 7,500

Payback period

0 12mo 24mo

$150 — in quick wins — start here for the fastest payback

Figures combine localized regulatory fine ceilings, search/conversion value priced against local CPC, and bandwidth waste estimates. Results depend on implementation quality and audience composition. Not legal or financial advice.

Full methodology & sources

Estimated Remediation Cost

$450

4.5 developer hours at $100/hr

Based on United States rates ($100/hr)

Quick wins
$150 3 fixes in ~90 minutes

Start here for the best return on investment

Cost by category

Cost by effort level

Adjust assumptions
$ /hr

Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead

How developer rates are sourced

What Inaction Is Costing You

$13,125 / month at risk

~$157,503 / year if left unfixed

Compliance Risk

$157,500

ADA Title IIICCPA/CPRA
  • No privacy policy link detected
    CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
  • Trackers detected but no cookie policy found
    CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
  • Trackers detected but no privacy policy found
    CCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500

+2 more

Bandwidth Waste

$0.27 /mo

3341.0 MB/mo × 0.080 USD/GB

  • Optimize transfer: save ~334 KB per page load
    Saves $0.27/mo

Compliance figures represent the statutory maximum fine for the most severe triggered category, capped per regulation — not the sum of per-finding penalties. Based on published regulatory fine ranges. This is not legal advice.

Compliance methodology · SEO assumptions · Bandwidth model

Your performance is already good — improvements may show diminishing returns

Unique monthly visitors from your analytics

Purchases, signups, or key actions

Optional — for revenue estimation

additional conversions/month

more engaged visitors from reduced bounce

potential monthly revenue
Current bounce (est.)
After fixes (est.)
Estimated bounce reduction

Fix 5 critical issues to capture this value

How this is calculated

Based on Google/Deloitte research ("Milliseconds Make Millions") showing a ~7% bounce rate increase per additional second of LCP above the 2.5s "Good" threshold.

Your site's LCP: → estimated after fixes.

These are estimates based on industry research — actual results vary

Bounce-rate model & assumptions

Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers

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Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse.

49
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
86
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
73
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
100
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

4.26 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

10.64 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

470 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

6.71 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

11.00 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

49

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more

Most users today run browsers that natively support ES6+, async/await, optional chaining, and the rest of modern JavaScript. Transpiling to ES5 'just in case' adds 20-40% to your bundle for no benefit. Configure your build to target a modern browserslist, or ship a differential bundle pair (modern + legacy) with the module/nomodule pattern.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

RequestCache TTLTransfer Size
www.avclub.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=3.7.143200.0 s82.0 KiB
eu-us-cdn.consentmanager.net/delivery/js/cmp_final.min.js?t=2026-4-2286400.0 s101.0 KiB
/delivery/customdata/bV8xLndfMTM0MzQ5LnJfR0RQUi5sX2VuLmRf...3600.0 s26.5 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/css/inline-39.2022.10209...43200.0 s41.2 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/css/stylesheet-39.2022.1...43200.0 s38.5 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20154801/madoka-magica-lead...595.0 s16.7 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20165314/survivor50-feature...595.0 s16.1 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22160220/clayface-film-lead...593.0 s13.0 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js7200.0 s15.9 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/21163032/MixCollage-21-Apr-...595.0 s11.9 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/js/pm_custom.js?ver=69e9...43200.0 s19.9 KiB
www.avclub.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/scripts/jsd/0b8fb825cb67/main.js?14400.0 s13.3 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/css/frontend/bas...43200.0 s16.5 KiB
img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20174322/trumbo-squared.jpg595.0 s8.3 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js7200.0 s10.1 KiB
img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20092558/network-squared.jpg595.0 s7.9 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20091202/leaving-neverland-...595.0 s7.2 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20093720/animal-farm-square...593.0 s6.9 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22100211/mother-mary-coel-s...593.0 s5.0 KiB
/beacon.min.js/v8c78df7c7c0f484497ecbca7046644da177152312...86400.0 s10.7 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-premium/assets/js/fr...43200.0 s6.5 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/load-we...43200.0 s6.0 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysiz...43200.0 s5.9 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysiz...43200.0 s5.6 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/style.css?ver=0.93388900...43200.0 s4.7 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/css/frontend/var...43200.0 s4.4 KiB
avclub.disqus.com/count.js300.0 s1.5 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/js/jquery.sticky.js?ver=...43200.0 s2.6 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/ls.unve...43200.0 s1.8 KiB
www.avclub.com/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/js/loglevel.min.js43200.0 s1.5 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysiz...43200.0 s983 B
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/check-w...43200.0 s892 B
/wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/public/js/comme...43200.0 s846 B
/wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/public/js/comme...43200.0 s525 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.
title: Preconnected origins
value: no origins were preconnected
description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.
title: Preconnect candidates

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
Clayface is very much a body horror blob man in first teaser trailer li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22160220/clayface-film-lead...12.1 KiB8.4 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 829 ms
URLTime Spent
avclub.com/829 ms
www.avclub.com/0.0 ms

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more

This is the Lighthouse audit fired when too much JS is shipped relative to what executes. The fix isn't a config flag — it requires bundle analysis (webpack-bundle-analyzer, rollup-plugin-visualizer), splitting routes into chunks, lazy-loading off-screen components, and removing unused dependencies. Fundamentally different from minification: minifying reduces byte count, this reduces what's downloaded at all.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

CategoryTime Spent
Script Evaluation1.5 s
Other409 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation239 ms
Style & Layout217 ms
Parse HTML & CSS76 ms
Rendering25 ms
Garbage Collection14 ms

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reasonFailure type
Pages with cache-control:no-store header cannot enter back/forward cache.Actionable
Pages whose main resource has cache-control:no-store cannot enter back/forward cache.Not actionable
Back/forward cache is disabled because some JavaScript network request received resource with Cache-Control: no-store header.Not actionable

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL
Do Network and A Christmas Story share a common inspiration? ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20092558/network-squared.jpg
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/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20154801/madoka-magica-lead...
Revisit day 2 of The Best A.V. Club Stage Ever at SXSW 2026, including our scre… ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Survivor 50 has an ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20165314/survivor50-feature...
The blacklist is back, baby: Paramount's retributions should worry the industry ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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The Jackson estate can't hide Leaving Neverland from those who've already seen … ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Animal Farm's creative bankruptcy is summed in a single song li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
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A pair of supporting turns make the case for Michaela Coel, movie star li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
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Clayface is very much a body horror blob man in first teaser trailer li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
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Rooster keeps falling just short of its potential li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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The Audacity pours on the metaphors li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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Euphoria gets nostalgic in an occasionally exhausting hour li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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Netflix's Hulk Hogan doc glosses over Gawker trial, but features new interview … li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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Coyote Vs. Acme is out of Warner Bros.' grave and into the courtroom in first t… li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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Are the New York Mets cursed by “Kokomo”? li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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Obsession director Curry Barker to chew on A24's Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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The Boys pits Soldier Boy against Homelander in a transitional hour ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Titanium Court is a most rare video game vision ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Invincible season 4 saves the best for last ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Jessica Jones saves this week's Daredevil: Born Again ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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The combination bomb/heist thriller Fuze works best without all the chatter ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Michael drowns audiences in nostalgia to avoid thinking about the artist ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Clayface is very much a body horror blob man in first teaser trailer ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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The Vampire Lestat lives fast, dies never as a rockstar in new trailer ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Julian Casablancas criticizes “privilege of Zionists living in the United State… ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Mormon Wives ready to share Secret Lives with Hulu again ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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10 new albums to stream this week ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

Layout shift culprits
Optimize DOM size
Forced reflow
LCP breakdown
Modern HTTP
Optimize viewport for mobile
Avoids enormous network payloads Total size was 1,035 KiB
User Timing marks and measures 9 user timings
Avoid long main-thread tasks 11 long tasks found
Network Requests
Network Round Trip Times 100 ms
Server Backend Latencies 50 ms
Tasks
Diagnostics
Metrics
Screenshot Thumbnails
Final Screenshot
Script Treemap Data
Resources Summary
Initial server response time was short Root document took 40 ms
INP breakdown
LCP request discovery
Avoid non-composited animations
Avoid large layout shifts
86

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Accept all div.cmpboxbtns > span#cmpwelcomebtnyes > a.cmpboxbtn > span#cmpbntyestxt
Settings div.cmpboxbtns > span#cmpwelcomebtncustom > a.cmpboxbtn > span#cmpbntcustomtxt
Privacy notice div.cmpboxinner > div.cmpboxbtns > div.cmpmore > a.cmpmorelink

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
header#master-header > div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.account header#master-header > div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.account
div#landing-more-featured > ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 div#landing-more-featured > ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3

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.

Tables and lists

Screen readers have a specific way of announcing lists. Ensuring proper list structure aids screen reader output. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Paste | A.V. Club | Jezebel | Splinter | Daytrotter div.grid-container > header#master-header > div#site-bar > ul

Screen readers require list items (`<li>`) to be contained within a parent `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` to be announced properly. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Recommended for You 1Invincible season 4 saves the best for last 2Jessica Jones… div.large-12 > div.grid-x > aside#sidebar > li#block-17
  div.large-12 > div.grid-x > aside#sidebar > li#block-18

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
The page has a logical tab order
Visual order on the page follows DOM order
User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
Custom controls have associated labels
Custom controls have ARIA roles
`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
`[role]` values are valid
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
Document has a `<title>` element
`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Document has a main landmark.
Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
`[accesskey]` values are unique
ARIA input fields have accessible names
ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
Buttons have an accessible name
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
ARIA IDs are unique
No form fields have multiple labels
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
Input buttons have discernible text.
`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
Form elements have associated labels
The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
`<object>` elements have alternate text
Select elements have associated label elements.
Skip links are focusable.
Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
All heading elements contain content.
Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
Identical links have the same purpose.
Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.
Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
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Best Practices

User Experience

Image natural dimensions should be proportional to the display size and the pixel ratio to maximize image clarity. Learn how to provide responsive images.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLDisplayed sizeActual sizeExpected size
Language: en div#cmpbox > div#cmplanguage > img.cmplangicon
eu-us-cdn.consentmanager.net/delivery/flags/en.gif16 x 1116 x 1124 x 17

General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / WarningSource
SharedStorage
StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead.
Fledge

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

SourceDescription
Could not find 'disqus_thread' container to load DISQUS. This is usually the result of a WordPress theme conflicting with the DISQUS plugin. Try switching your site to a Classic Theme, or contact DISQUS support for help.
Uses HTTPS
Avoids third-party cookies
Allows users to paste into input fields
Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
Displays images with correct aspect ratio
Page has the HTML doctype
Properly defines charset
No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
Use a strong HSTS policy
Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
Detected JavaScript libraries
Page has valid source maps
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
100

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Structured data is valid
Page isn’t blocked from indexing
Document has a `<title>` element
Document has a meta description
Page has successful HTTP status code
Links have descriptive text
Links are crawlable
robots.txt is valid
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop

87
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
81
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
77
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
92
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience. — Desktop

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

1.16 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

2.02 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

0 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

1.48 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

2.03 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

87

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more

Most users today run browsers that natively support ES6+, async/await, optional chaining, and the rest of modern JavaScript. Transpiling to ES5 'just in case' adds 20-40% to your bundle for no benefit. Configure your build to target a modern browserslist, or ship a differential bundle pair (modern + legacy) with the module/nomodule pattern.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

RequestCache TTLTransfer Size
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20093724/animal-farm-header...593.0 s125.8 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22100215/mother-mary-coel-h...593.0 s86.4 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22160224/clayface-film-main...593.0 s71.1 KiB
www.avclub.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=3.7.143200.0 s82.2 KiB
eu-us-cdn.consentmanager.net/delivery/js/cmp_final.min.js?t=2026-4-2286400.0 s101.0 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/css/inline-39.2022.10209...43200.0 s42.5 KiB
/delivery/customdata/bV8xLndfMTM0MzQ5LnJfR0RQUi5sX2VuLmRf...3600.0 s26.4 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/css/stylesheet-39.2022.1...43200.0 s38.7 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20154801/madoka-magica-lead...594.0 s16.7 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20165314/survivor50-feature...594.0 s16.1 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js7200.0 s16.1 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/21163032/MixCollage-21-Apr-...594.0 s11.9 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/js/pm_custom.js?ver=69e9...43200.0 s20.2 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/css/frontend/bas...43200.0 s16.8 KiB
www.avclub.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/scripts/jsd/0b8fb825cb67/main.js?14400.0 s12.3 KiB
img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20174322/trumbo-squared.jpg594.0 s8.3 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js7200.0 s10.1 KiB
img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20092558/network-squared.jpg594.0 s7.9 KiB
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20091202/leaving-neverland-...595.0 s7.2 KiB
/beacon.min.js/v8c78df7c7c0f484497ecbca7046644da177152312...86400.0 s10.7 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-premium/assets/js/fr...43200.0 s6.5 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/load-we...43200.0 s6.0 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysiz...43200.0 s5.9 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysiz...43200.0 s5.6 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/style.css?ver=0.93388900...43200.0 s5.0 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/css/frontend/var...43200.0 s4.6 KiB
avclub.disqus.com/count.js300.0 s1.5 KiB
/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/js/jquery.sticky.js?ver=...43200.0 s2.9 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/ls.unve...43200.0 s1.8 KiB
www.avclub.com/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/js/loglevel.min.js43200.0 s1.8 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/public/js/comme...43200.0 s1.1 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysiz...43200.0 s983 B
/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/check-w...43200.0 s856 B
/wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/public/js/comme...43200.0 s812 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:0.206 source:map[column:24 line:43 type:source-location url:https://www.avclub.com/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/js/jquery.sticky.js?ver=69e92d04e4030 urlProvider:network]]]
headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:44.059 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:0.132 source:map[column:29 line:398 type:source-location url:https://www.avclub.com/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/includes/lazysizes.js?ver=850 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.206 source:map[column:20 line:10437 type:source-location url:https://www.avclub.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=3.7.1 urlProvider:network]]]

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-IMG
nodeLabel: Animal Farm's creative bankruptcy is summed in a single song
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,2,MAIN,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,UL,0,LI,0,A,0,PICTURE,2,IMG
selector: li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
snippet: <img class="no-lazy lazyloaded" alt="Animal Farm's creative bankruptcy is summed in a single song" src="https://img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20093724/animal…" data-src="https://img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20093720/animal…" decoding="async">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.
title: Preconnected origins
value: no origins were preconnected
description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.
title: Preconnect candidates

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
Animal Farm's creative bankruptcy is summed in a single song li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20093724/animal-farm-header...124.9 KiB83.2 KiB
A pair of supporting turns make the case for Michaela Coel, movie star li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22100215/mother-mary-coel-h...85.5 KiB66.8 KiB
Clayface is very much a body horror blob man in first teaser trailer li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22160224/clayface-film-main...70.2 KiB54.9 KiB
ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20154801/madoka-magica-lead...15.8 KiB12.1 KiB
Survivor 50 has an ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20165314/survivor50-feature...15.2 KiB11.5 KiB
Revisit day 2 of The Best A.V. Club Stage Ever at SXSW 2026, including our scre… ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/21163032/MixCollage-21-Apr-...11.0 KiB7.3 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Diagnostics

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more

This is the Lighthouse audit fired when too much JS is shipped relative to what executes. The fix isn't a config flag — it requires bundle analysis (webpack-bundle-analyzer, rollup-plugin-visualizer), splitting routes into chunks, lazy-loading off-screen components, and removing unused dependencies. Fundamentally different from minification: minifying reduces byte count, this reduces what's downloaded at all.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reasonFailure type
Pages with cache-control:no-store header cannot enter back/forward cache.Actionable
Pages whose main resource has cache-control:no-store cannot enter back/forward cache.Not actionable
Back/forward cache is disabled because some JavaScript network request received resource with Cache-Control: no-store header.Not actionable

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL
Animal Farm's creative bankruptcy is summed in a single song li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20093724/animal-farm-header...
A pair of supporting turns make the case for Michaela Coel, movie star li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22100215/mother-mary-coel-h...
Clayface is very much a body horror blob man in first teaser trailer li > a.image > picture.main > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/22160224/clayface-film-main...
Do Network and A Christmas Story share a common inspiration? ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20092558/network-squared.jpg
ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20154801/madoka-magica-lead...
Revisit day 2 of The Best A.V. Club Stage Ever at SXSW 2026, including our scre… ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/21163032/MixCollage-21-Apr-...
Survivor 50 has an ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20165314/survivor50-feature...
The blacklist is back, baby: Paramount's retributions should worry the industry ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20174322/trumbo-squared.jpg
The Jackson estate can't hide Leaving Neverland from those who've already seen … ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
/wp-content/avuploads/2026/04/20091202/leaving-neverland-...
Netflix's Hulk Hogan doc glosses over Gawker trial, but features new interview … li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Coyote Vs. Acme is out of Warner Bros.' grave and into the courtroom in first t… li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Are the New York Mets cursed by “Kokomo”? li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Obsession director Curry Barker to chew on A24's Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.search > img.search-small div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.search > img.search-small
www.avclub.com/wp-content/themes/pastemagazine/img/search-cropped.svg
The Boys pits Soldier Boy against Homelander in a transitional hour ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Titanium Court is a most rare video game vision ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Invincible season 4 saves the best for last ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Jessica Jones saves this week's Daredevil: Born Again ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
The combination bomb/heist thriller Fuze works best without all the chatter ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Michael drowns audiences in nostalgia to avoid thinking about the artist ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Valerie burns her tranquility candle at both ends in The Comeback li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Rooster keeps falling just short of its potential li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
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The Audacity pours on the metaphors li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Euphoria gets nostalgic in an occasionally exhausting hour li.grid-x > a.large-3 > picture.lazyload > img.lazyload
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Clayface is very much a body horror blob man in first teaser trailer ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
The Vampire Lestat lives fast, dies never as a rockstar in new trailer ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Julian Casablancas criticizes “privilege of Zionists living in the United State… ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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FCC frets that children may learn trans people exist without parental permission ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Mormon Wives ready to share Secret Lives with Hulu again ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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Netflix reportedly quietly interfering with Warner Bros.-Paramount merger ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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The 5 best anime premieres of spring 2026 ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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10 new albums to stream this week ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 > img.no-lazy
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More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 379 ms
URLTime Spent
avclub.com/379 ms
www.avclub.com/0.0 ms
Time to Interactive 2.0 s
Layout shift culprits
Optimize DOM size
LCP breakdown
Modern HTTP
Optimize viewport for mobile
Max Potential First Input Delay 40 ms
Avoids enormous network payloads Total size was 1,298 KiB
User Timing marks and measures 9 user timings
JavaScript execution time 0.2 s
Minimizes main-thread work 0.7 s
Network Requests
Network Round Trip Times 100 ms
Server Backend Latencies 140 ms
Tasks
Diagnostics
Metrics
Screenshot Thumbnails
Final Screenshot
Script Treemap Data
Resources Summary
Initial server response time was short Root document took 30 ms
INP breakdown
Avoid long main-thread tasks
Avoid non-composited animations
Avoid large layout shifts
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Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
300 partners div#cmpboxcontent > div.cmpboxtxtdiv > div.cmpboxtxt > a.cmplink
Settings div.cmpboxbtns > span#cmpwelcomebtncustom > a.cmpboxbtn > span#cmpbntcustomtxt
Accept all div.cmpboxbtns > span#cmpwelcomebtnyes > a.cmpboxbtn > span#cmpbntyestxt
Privacy notice div.cmpboxinner > div.cmpboxbtns > div.cmpmore > a.cmpmorelink
APRIL 22, 2026 | 9:01AM ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.auto > b.time
APRIL 21, 2026 | 9:00AM ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.auto > b.time
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APRIL 21, 2026 | 3:10PM ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.auto > b.time
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APRIL 22, 2026 | 1:00PM ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.auto > b.time
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APRIL 22, 2026 | 12:37PM ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.auto > b.time
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These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Names and labels

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.search > img.search-small div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.search > img.search-small

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
header#master-header > div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.account header#master-header > div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.account
div#landing-more-featured > ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3 div#landing-more-featured > ul.articles > li.grid-x > a.large-3

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.

Tables and lists

Screen readers have a specific way of announcing lists. Ensuring proper list structure aids screen reader output. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Paste | A.V. Club | Jezebel | Splinter | Daytrotter div.grid-container > header#master-header > div#site-bar > ul

Screen readers require list items (`<li>`) to be contained within a parent `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` to be announced properly. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Recommended for You 1Invincible season 4 saves the best for last 2Jessica Jones… div.large-12 > div.grid-x > aside#sidebar > li#block-17
  div.large-12 > div.grid-x > aside#sidebar > li#block-18

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
The page has a logical tab order
Visual order on the page follows DOM order
User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
Custom controls have associated labels
Custom controls have ARIA roles
`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
`[role]` values are valid
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
Document has a `<title>` element
`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Document has a main landmark.
Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
Identical links have the same purpose.
`[accesskey]` values are unique
ARIA input fields have accessible names
ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
Buttons have an accessible name
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
ARIA IDs are unique
No form fields have multiple labels
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
Input buttons have discernible text.
`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
Form elements have associated labels
The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
`<object>` elements have alternate text
Select elements have associated label elements.
Skip links are focusable.
Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
All heading elements contain content.
Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.
Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
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Best Practices

General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / WarningSource
SharedStorage
StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead.
Fledge

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

SourceDescription
Could not find 'disqus_thread' container to load DISQUS. This is usually the result of a WordPress theme conflicting with the DISQUS plugin. Try switching your site to a Classic Theme, or contact DISQUS support for help.
Uses HTTPS
Avoids third-party cookies
Allows users to paste into input fields
Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
Displays images with correct aspect ratio
Serves images with appropriate resolution
Page has the HTML doctype
Properly defines charset
No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
Use a strong HSTS policy
Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
Detected JavaScript libraries
Page has valid source maps
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
92

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Content Best Practices

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.search > img.search-small div.top-bar-container > div.bottom-link-row > a.search > img.search-small

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

Structured data is valid
Page isn’t blocked from indexing
Document has a `<title>` element
Document has a meta description
Page has successful HTTP status code
Links have descriptive text
Links are crawlable
robots.txt is valid
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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