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D69

Site Health

Score: 69 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Room to improve — your 26.8s load time is above Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.

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.

Good server performance with room for optimization.

Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.

Good content signals with minor gaps.

Heavier than average — reducing page weight saves energy and bandwidth.

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

Adobe Experience Manager · 74 peers
You 69
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Avg 72
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Apple · 539 peers
You 69
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Avg 73
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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

Page weighs 17.3 MB (9.5 MB transferred)

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Performance › Page Weight Budget
5

1 image(s) missing alt attribute

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 has several issues that may be affecting user experience and business outcomes. Your LCP of 26.8s exceeds Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold and the 1 performance issue below directly contributes to it. Accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology — an estimated 15% of your potential audience. 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.
Your LCP is 26.8s — fixing the 1 performance critical could bring it under Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.
1 accessibility issue excludes users who rely on assistive technology.
C
Could reach Estimate based on resolving critical issues

Conversion Barriers

3 critical 3 warning

6 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~29%.

Speed (2)

Page takes 26.8s to load

+12% bounce

Users abandon at ~3s — you're 24.3s over the 2.5s threshold

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

Page feels frozen for 3.5s

+5% bounce

Clicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs

Fix: Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration

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

Content (1)

No structured data

+2% bounce

No rich-result eligibility in Google — lower SERP CTR vs competitors with stars and prices

Fix: Add JSON-LD for your page type (Product, Article, FAQPage, LocalBusiness, …)

Navigation (1)

81 broken link(s) on the page

+5% 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

$500 investment → $2.40/month returns + USD 157,500 risk avoided

Payback period: > 2 years First-year ROI: -94%

Investment

$500

5h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

$2.40 /mo

~$29 / year

  • Bandwidth savings $2.40

Regulatory risk avoided

USD 157,500

if kept compliant

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

$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

$500

5.0 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

$13,127 / month at risk

~$157,529 / 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

+3 more

Bandwidth Waste

$2.40 /mo

29999.0 MB/mo × 0.080 USD/GB

  • Optimize transfer: save ~3.0 MB per page load
    Saves $2.40/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.

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Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
92
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
96
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
75
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.

2.88 s

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

26.77 s

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

3.53 s

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.

8.39 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.

27.10 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

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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.

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/about/news-publications/news/2026/april/cool-course--gam...900.0 s28.6 KiB
f.vimeocdn.com/p/4.46.41/js/player.module.js1209600.0 s210.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-site.css14400.0 s22.9 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js14400.0 s21.6 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-base.js14400.0 s15.6 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-base.js14400.0 s15.6 KiB
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www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js14400.0 s8.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-base.css14400.0 s8.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-base.css14400.0 s8.2 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js86400.0 s9.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/clientlibs/granite/jquery/granite/csrf.js0.0 ms3.0 KiB
f.vimeocdn.com/p/4.46.41/css/player.css1209600.0 s23.9 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ShowVideo.js14400.0 s3.1 KiB
/etc.clientlibs/core/wcm/components/commons/site/clientli...0.0 ms1.8 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/instagram.svg900.0 s1.7 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/linkedin.svg900.0 s1.5 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ajaxRequest.js14400.0 s1.9 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/youtube.svg900.0 s1.4 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Alerts.js14400.0 s1.7 KiB
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cdn.cookielaw.org/logos/static/powered_by_logo.svg86400.0 s2.6 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/facebook.svg900.0 s1.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Dropdown.js14400.0 s1.4 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/x.svg900.0 s1.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon2.svg900.0 s1.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-queryStringHandler.js14400.0 s1.3 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-FeedbackSubmit.js14400.0 s1.3 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon3.svg900.0 s978 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-AnimateHero.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-MainNavigation.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon4.svg900.0 s953 B
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon5.svg900.0 s949 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Breadcrumbs.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/icons/icon1.svg900.0 s944 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Spotlight.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-SearchToggle.js14400.0 s1.1 KiB
/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-getFocusab...14400.0 s1.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-dependencies.js14400.0 s497 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-nyucore.js14400.0 s497 B
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www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-nyucore.css14400.0 s450 B
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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:1.056 source:map[column:25 line:112 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ShowVideo.js 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:5.604 source:map[column:52 line:77 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:5.062 source:map[column:75 line:861 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:20.858 source:map[column:52 line:77 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:5.035 source:map[column:35 line:976 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:12.393 source:map[column:54 line:980 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:108.372 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:1.056 source:map[column:29 line:113 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ShowVideo.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.131 source:map[column:55 line:802 type:source-location url:https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S194DLZYBD&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1 urlProvider:network]]]

Each subpart has specific improvement strategies. Ideally, most of the LCP time should be spent on loading the resources, not within delays.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:label label:Subpart valueType:text] map[key:duration label:Duration valueType:ms]]
items: [map[duration:479.8529990234375 label:Time to first byte subpart:timeToFirstByte] map[duration:2540.9850009765623 label:Element render delay subpart:elementRenderDelay]]
lhId: page-0-P
nodeLabel: NYU is as dynamic and groundbreaking as the city we call home. We remove the bo…
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,MAIN,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,1,P
selector: div.nyu-hero > div.cmp-hero > div.cmp-hero__content > p
snippet: <p>

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
div.cmp-storytelling__image > div.cmp-teaser__image > div#nyu-storytelling-7b2c237681-image > img.cmp-image__image div.cmp-storytelling__image > div.cmp-teaser__image > div#nyu-storytelling-7b2c237681-image > img.cmp-image__image
/_jcr_content/root/container/nyu_storytelling.coreimg.82....107.4 KiB84.8 KiB
div#nyu-fullwidth-promo-0f6ea5c5ce > div.cmp-teaser__image > div#nyu-fullwidth-promo-0f6ea5c5ce-image > img.cmp-image__image div#nyu-fullwidth-promo-0f6ea5c5ce > div.cmp-teaser__image > div#nyu-fullwidth-promo-0f6ea5c5ce-image > img.cmp-image__image
/_jcr_content/root/container/nyu_fullwidth_promo.coreimg....68.0 KiB54.7 KiB
Shelby Liles posing in front of a couthouse li.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img
/about/news-publications/news/2026/april/2026-undergrad-r...48.8 KiB33.7 KiB
div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img
/about/news-publications/news/2025/december/brooklyn-is-n...34.5 KiB17.6 KiB
Students huddle around a computer screen with cards describing their resources li.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img
/about/news-publications/news/2026/april/cool-course--gam...28.2 KiB13.1 KiB

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

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

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: 1.1 s
URLTime Spent
nyu.edu/1.1 s
www.nyu.edu/0.0 ms

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 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 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

Estimated savings: 6.2 s 1.1 MiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5VD495202.1 KiB75.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-H4KKXQKFSM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1172.1 KiB69.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-9CWXCZX89G&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1153.2 KiB64.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-8Y5XM9YCFW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1153.2 KiB64.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VR2BFTJ92R&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1153.2 KiB64.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640816000&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16834589110&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YKLBDQJ61W&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1155.7 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640712836&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S194DLZYBD&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1155.0 KiB63.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640807666&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S4TP6272FF&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1150.2 KiB63.3 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202501.2.0/otBannerSdk.js114.3 KiB62.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4978807&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4097003&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4171739&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-9284618&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
cmp.osano.com/O0ob8QmY5Y/5d77d930-221b-4da2-b842-2f4fa04d53c2/osano.js71.6 KiB43.3 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-index.js41.9 KiB29.5 KiB

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.

URLTotal CPU TimeScript EvaluationScript Parse
www.nyu.edu/1.4 s11 ms2.8 ms
Unattributable1.0 s251 ms0.0 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YKLBDQJ61W&cx=c&gtm=4e64h11.0 s883 ms49 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5VD495947 ms845 ms69 ms
cmp.osano.com/O0ob8QmY5Y/5d77d930-221b-4da2-b842-2f4fa04d53c2/osano.js566 ms464 ms25 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-9CWXCZX89G&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1261 ms156 ms49 ms
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js258 ms33 ms0.2 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640807666&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1227 ms170 ms56 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-H4KKXQKFSM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1224 ms159 ms62 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S194DLZYBD&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1211 ms161 ms49 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VR2BFTJ92R&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1199 ms155 ms41 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-8Y5XM9YCFW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1195 ms151 ms42 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4978807&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1192 ms127 ms63 ms
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js170 ms161 ms3.5 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S4TP6272FF&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1169 ms129 ms39 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-9284618&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1161 ms119 ms40 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16834589110&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1147 ms112 ms34 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640816000&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1144 ms103 ms40 ms
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js138 ms72 ms0.5 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640712836&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129 ms99 ms30 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4171739&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1120 ms92 ms27 ms
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202501.2.0/otBannerSdk.js117 ms33 ms83 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4097003&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1108 ms80 ms27 ms
player.vimeo.com/api/player.js59 ms56 ms2.4 ms
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ajaxRequest.js52 ms26 ms0.1 ms

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 Evaluation4.7 s
Style & Layout1.2 s
Other1.2 s
Script Parsing & Compilation869 ms
Garbage Collection171 ms
Rendering116 ms
Parse HTML & CSS100 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
The page has an unload handler in a sub frame.Actionable

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.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 18.4 KiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
20.8 KiB18.4 KiB

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
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/facebook.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/linkedin.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/x.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/instagram.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/youtube.svg

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

Layout shift culprits
Optimize DOM size
Modern HTTP
Optimize viewport for mobile
Minify CSS
User Timing marks and measures 45 user timings
Avoid long main-thread tasks 20 long tasks found
Avoid non-composited animations 1 animated element found
Network Requests
Network Round Trip Times 100 ms
Server Backend Latencies 130 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
LCP request discovery
Avoid large layout shifts
92

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.

ARIA

Using ARIA attributes in roles where they are prohibited can mean that important information is not communicated to users of assistive technologies. Learn more about prohibited ARIA roles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
NYU Women's Swimming and Diving Team Wins Its First-Ever National Championship div.aem-Grid > div.nyu-storytelling > div#nyu-storytelling-7b2c237681 > a.cmp-storytelling__link

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.

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.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img

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.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Cookie Notice div.ot-sdk-eight > div#onetrust-policy > div#onetrust-policy-text > a.ot-cookie-policy-link
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
Buttons have an accessible name
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
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
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
Document has a `<title>` element
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
Links have a discernible name
Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Skip links are focusable.
Document has a main landmark.
Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
ARIA IDs are unique
`[accesskey]` values are unique
`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
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
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
No form fields have multiple labels
`<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.
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.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
`<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.
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.
96

Best Practices

General

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
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()
Refused to execute script from 'https://www.nyu.edu/etc/cloudsettings/default/contexthub.kernel.js' because its MIME type ('text/html') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled.
Uses HTTPS
Avoids deprecated APIs
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 DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
Page has valid source maps
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
Detected JavaScript libraries
75

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

Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Link destinationLink Text
www.nyu.edu/privacyMore information

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.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img

Canonical links suggest which URL to show in search results. Learn more about canonical links.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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 are crawlable
Document has a valid `hreflang`
robots.txt is valid

Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop

62
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
92
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
96
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
75
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.

913 ms

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

5.33 s

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

212 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.

2.67 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.

5.53 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

62

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
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/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site/resourc...14400.0 s395.8 KiB
/_jcr_content/root/container/nyu_storytelling.coreimg.82....900.0 s107.9 KiB
webstatic.nyu.edu/fonts/NYUPerstare-VF.woff20.0 ms54.6 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202501.2.0/otBannerSdk.js86400.0 s114.5 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.css14400.0 s66.6 KiB
/about/news-publications/news/2026/april/2026-undergrad-r...900.0 s49.3 KiB
/_jcr_content/root/container/nyu_fullwidth_promo.coreimg....900.0 s37.8 KiB
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www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-index.js14400.0 s42.4 KiB
/about/news-publications/news/2026/april/cool-course--gam...900.0 s28.6 KiB
f.vimeocdn.com/p/4.46.41/js/player.module.js1209600.0 s210.5 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-site.css14400.0 s22.9 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js14400.0 s21.6 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-base.js14400.0 s15.6 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-base.js14400.0 s15.6 KiB
f.vimeocdn.com/p/4.46.41/js/vendor.module.js1209600.0 s93.3 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Modal.js14400.0 s12.7 KiB
player.vimeo.com/api/player.js1800.0 s9.0 KiB
/logos/8f75b951-5eef-476b-9db9-2a6ca681763d/01938d40-66a9...86400.0 s16.7 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js14400.0 s8.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-base.css14400.0 s8.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-base.css14400.0 s8.2 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js86400.0 s9.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/clientlibs/granite/jquery/granite/csrf.js0.0 ms3.0 KiB
f.vimeocdn.com/p/4.46.41/css/player.css1209600.0 s23.9 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ShowVideo.js14400.0 s3.1 KiB
/etc.clientlibs/core/wcm/components/commons/site/clientli...0.0 ms1.8 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/instagram.svg900.0 s1.7 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/linkedin.svg900.0 s1.5 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ajaxRequest.js14400.0 s1.9 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/youtube.svg900.0 s1.4 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Alerts.js14400.0 s1.7 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Accordion.js14400.0 s1.7 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/logos/static/powered_by_logo.svg86400.0 s2.6 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/facebook.svg900.0 s1.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Dropdown.js14400.0 s1.4 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/x.svg900.0 s1.1 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon2.svg900.0 s1.1 KiB
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www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-FeedbackSubmit.js14400.0 s1.3 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon3.svg900.0 s977 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-AnimateHero.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-MainNavigation.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon4.svg900.0 s952 B
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon5.svg900.0 s947 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Breadcrumbs.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/icons/icon1.svg900.0 s941 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Spotlight.js14400.0 s1.2 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-SearchToggle.js14400.0 s1.1 KiB
/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-getFocusab...14400.0 s1.1 KiB
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www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-dependencies.js14400.0 s495 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-dependencies.js14400.0 s457 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-dependencies.css14400.0 s448 B
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-dependencies.css14400.0 s447 B
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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:0.818 source:map[column:25 line:112 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ShowVideo.js 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:5.322 source:map[column:52 line:77 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:5.625 source:map[column:49 line:861 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:28.527 source:map[column:52 line:77 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:5.002 source:map[column:35 line:976 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:10.742 source:map[column:54 line:980 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-site.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:85.039 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:0.462 source:map[column:29 line:53 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-Alerts.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.818 source:map[column:29 line:113 type:source-location url:https://www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyucore/clientlibs/clientlib-js-ShowVideo.js urlProvider:network]]]

Each subpart has specific improvement strategies. Ideally, most of the LCP time should be spent on loading the resources, not within delays.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:label label:Subpart valueType:text] map[key:duration label:Duration valueType:ms]]
items: [map[duration:467.603 label:Time to first byte subpart:timeToFirstByte] map[duration:2279.865 label:Element render delay subpart:elementRenderDelay]]
lhId: page-0-H1
nodeLabel: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,MAIN,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,H1
selector: div.nyu-hero > div.cmp-hero > div.cmp-hero__content > h1.title-detail__text
snippet: <h1 class="title-detail__text">

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
div.cmp-spotlight-item__image > div.cmp-image > div#nyu-image-9f1395db59 > img.cmp-image__image div.cmp-spotlight-item__image > div.cmp-image > div#nyu-image-9f1395db59 > img.cmp-image__image
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/_jcr_content/root/container/nyu_storytelling.coreimg.82....107.4 KiB51.7 KiB
Shelby Liles posing in front of a couthouse li.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img
/about/news-publications/news/2026/april/2026-undergrad-r...48.8 KiB32.9 KiB
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/_jcr_content/root/container/nyu_fullwidth_promo.coreimg....37.3 KiB19.0 KiB
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/about/news-publications/news/2026/april/cool-course--gam...28.2 KiB12.3 KiB
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/about/news-publications/news/2025/december/brooklyn-is-n...34.5 KiB7.4 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: 482 ms
URLTime Spent
nyu.edu/482 ms
www.nyu.edu/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

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

Estimated savings: 730 ms 1.1 MiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5VD495202.1 KiB75.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-H4KKXQKFSM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1172.1 KiB68.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-VR2BFTJ92R&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1153.2 KiB64.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-9CWXCZX89G&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1153.2 KiB64.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-8Y5XM9YCFW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1153.2 KiB64.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YKLBDQJ61W&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1155.7 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640816000&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640807666&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16640712836&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S194DLZYBD&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1155.0 KiB63.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-16834589110&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1136.6 KiB63.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S4TP6272FF&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1150.2 KiB63.1 KiB
cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202501.2.0/otBannerSdk.js114.3 KiB62.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4978807&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4171739&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-4097003&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-9284618&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1129.4 KiB62.6 KiB
cmp.osano.com/O0ob8QmY5Y/5d77d930-221b-4da2-b842-2f4fa04d53c2/osano.js71.6 KiB43.3 KiB
www.nyu.edu/etc.clientlibs/nyuwww/clientlibs/clientlib-js-index.js41.9 KiB29.5 KiB

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 Evaluation1.3 s
Other317 ms
Style & Layout286 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation203 ms
Garbage Collection52 ms
Parse HTML & CSS22 ms
Rendering21 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
The page has an unload handler in a sub frame.Actionable

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.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 18.2 KiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
20.8 KiB18.2 KiB

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
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/facebook.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/linkedin.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/x.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/instagram.svg
ul > li > a > img ul > li > a > img
www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/youtube.svg
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www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/icons/icon1.svg
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www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon2.svg
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www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon3.svg
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www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon4.svg
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www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyuwww/icons/icon5.svg

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

Layout shift culprits
Optimize DOM size
Modern HTTP
Optimize viewport for mobile
Minify CSS
User Timing marks and measures 45 user timings
JavaScript execution time 1.0 s
Avoid long main-thread tasks 10 long tasks found
Avoid non-composited animations 1 animated element found
Network Requests
Network Round Trip Times 90 ms
Server Backend Latencies 130 ms
Tasks
Diagnostics
Metrics
Screenshot Thumbnails
Final Screenshot
Script Treemap Data
Resources Summary
Initial server response time was short Root document took 30 ms
Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found
INP breakdown
LCP request discovery
92

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.

ARIA

Using ARIA attributes in roles where they are prohibited can mean that important information is not communicated to users of assistive technologies. Learn more about prohibited ARIA roles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
NYU Women's Swimming and Diving Team Wins Its First-Ever National Championship div.aem-Grid > div.nyu-storytelling > div#nyu-storytelling-7b2c237681 > a.cmp-storytelling__link

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.

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.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img

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.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Cookie Notice div.ot-sdk-eight > div#onetrust-policy > div#onetrust-policy-text > a.ot-cookie-policy-link
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
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
`[role]` values are valid
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
Buttons have an accessible name
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
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
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
Document has a `<title>` element
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
Links have a discernible name
Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Skip links are focusable.
Document has a main landmark.
Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
ARIA IDs are unique
`[accesskey]` values are unique
`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
ARIA input fields have accessible names
ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
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
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
No form fields have multiple labels
`<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.
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.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
`<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.
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.
96

Best Practices

General

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
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()
Refused to execute script from 'https://www.nyu.edu/etc/cloudsettings/default/contexthub.kernel.js' because its MIME type ('text/html') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled.
Uses HTTPS
Avoids deprecated APIs
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 DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
Page has valid source maps
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
Detected JavaScript libraries
75

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

Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Link destinationLink Text
www.nyu.edu/privacyMore information

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.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__story-inner > div.cmp-publication-featured-stories__image > img

Canonical links suggest which URL to show in search results. Learn more about canonical links.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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 are crawlable
Document has a valid `hreflang`
robots.txt is valid

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