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Score: 74 / 100
Based on 8 categories, 0 sections
Decent speed, but optimizing further could improve engagement.
Good foundation, but a few gaps could be exploited.
Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.
Solid SEO basics — a few optimizations could boost rankings.
Solid infrastructure — fast server responses across the board.
Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.
Missing metadata means poor previews on social media and search.
Reasonable footprint with room for optimization.
The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.
Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.
Content-Security-Policy header is missing
Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.
No Content-Security-Policy header found
Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.
No <main> landmark found
Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.
No favicon or icon links detected
Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.
129 HTTP requests — consider bundling or reducing
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
High impact, low effort — start here.
High impact, requires investment.
Small gains, minimal effort.
Nothing in this quadrant — good news.
Low impact, high effort — do last.
Nothing in this quadrant — good news.
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Your site performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Your LCP of 22.4s 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.
7 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~29%.
Page takes 22.4s to load
+12% bounceUsers abandon at ~3s — you're 19.9s over the 2.5s threshold
Fix: Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images
Page feels frozen for 1.5s
+5% bounceClicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs
Fix: Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration
No Content-Security-Policy header
+1% bounceHigher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form
Fix: Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean
No Open Graph tags
+2% bounceLinks shared on LinkedIn / Slack / Facebook show bare URLs — referral clicks drop
Fix: Add og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url to the page head
No structured data
+2% bounceNo 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, …)
Thin content
+3% bounceUnder 300 words — visitors bounce looking for substance, search engines rank competitors first
Fix: Add a substantive FAQ, product detail, or case-study section
No skip-to-content link
+1% bounceKeyboard and screen-reader users must tab through the entire header on every page
Fix: Add a visible-on-focus <a href="#main">Skip to content</a> as the first focusable element
Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.
CAD 570 investment → CAD 1.14/month returns + CAD 350,000 risk avoided
CAD 570
6h · 5 findings
CAD 1.14 /mo
~CAD 14 / year
CAD 350,000
if kept compliant
CAD 95 — 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.
6.0 developer hours at CA$95/hr
Based on Canada rates (CA$95/hr)
Start here for the best return on investment
CAD 29,168 / month at risk
~CAD 350,014 / year if left unfixed
CAD 350,000
+4 more
CAD 1.14 /mo
10530.0 MB/mo × 0.108 CAD/GB
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.
Unique monthly visitors from your analytics
Purchases, signups, or key actions
Optional — for revenue estimation
more engaged visitors from reduced bounce
Fix 4 critical issues to capture this value
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
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Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse.
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.
7.16 s
Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.
22.38 s
Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.
1.51 s
Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.
0.005
Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.
9.36 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.
22.64 s
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
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
Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.
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.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| use.typekit.net/ejd5rfc.css | 1.4 KiB | 1.0 s |
| /p.css?s=1&k=ejd5rfc&ht=tk&f=51395.51398.51401.51402.5140... | 172 B | 753 ms |
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
An office with employees Workington computers looking stressed. article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 113.4 KiB | 107.9 KiB |
Several taxi-like airplanes flying over a city skyline article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 118.9 KiB | 72.9 KiB |
An illustration of Fries R' Us article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 76.3 KiB | 71.7 KiB |
Mark Carney on the left and Pierre Poilievre right, in black and white standing… article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 72.7 KiB | 66.6 KiB |
A collage comprised of several images of a man overlayed with a blue and green … article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 72.6 KiB | 66.6 KiB |
A photograph of a winery's rolling green fields, with a blue sky in the backgro… article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 63.9 KiB | 58.5 KiB |
A black and white picture of a leg resting their cleat on a gold soccer ball. article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 44.0 KiB | 37.9 KiB |
An orange gas pump on the left and an electric charger on the right, with the w… article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 43.6 KiB | 37.5 KiB |
A group of people sitting in a Mexican restaurant wearing black t-shirts article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 40.6 KiB | 34.5 KiB |
A woman sitting on the floor laying against a couch atop a rug in an apartment article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 34.5 KiB | 28.5 KiB |
Black and white baby bottles decreasing in size from left to write, with a red … article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 27.2 KiB | 23.2 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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
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.
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.
Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.
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
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js | 361.8 KiB | 220.1 KiB |
| otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js | 279.3 KiB | 143.8 KiB |
| /pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604170101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31... | 187.4 KiB | 97.2 KiB |
| /gtm.js?id=GTM-PFZ4296X>m_auth=>m_preview=>m_cookie... | 130.6 KiB | 85.3 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mtg1pm/?id=G-PSNJJL83JG&cx=c>m=4e64k1h2 | 166.8 KiB | 71.8 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mac/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app-a5f80cb141fa010f.js | 153.9 KiB | 63.4 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mtg1pm/ | 135.5 KiB | 60.5 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mac/_next/static/chunks/228-dbc7d3df1918cd63.js | 42.0 KiB | 34.6 KiB |
| connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js | 96.5 KiB | 33.7 KiB |
| ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js | 47.7 KiB | 33.3 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.
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
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Category | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| Script Evaluation | 4.7 s |
| Other | 792 ms |
| Script Parsing & Compilation | 564 ms |
| Style & Layout | 357 ms |
| Garbage Collection | 194 ms |
| Parse HTML & CSS | 127 ms |
| Rendering | 62 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
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failure reason | Failure type |
|---|---|
| An iframe on the page started a navigation that did not complete. | Not actionable |
Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
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.
Assistive technologies, like screen readers, can't interpret ARIA attributes with invalid values. Learn more about valid values for ARIA attributes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
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.
When a button doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it as "button", making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn how to make buttons more accessible.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
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.
Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
1 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button.active |
2 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
3 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
1 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button.active |
2 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
3 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
4 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
5 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
6 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
7 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
8 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
9 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
10 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
html html |
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Official Bilingualism Has Failed Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Air Travel Sucks. It Doesn’t Have To. article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
PHOTO ESSAY section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
A Tour of Canada’s Nostalgic Fry Trucks article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
The Welcome Return of Boring Politics article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Atlantic Canada Won’t Survive a Population Decline article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Official Bilingualism Has Failed Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Air Travel Sucks. It Doesn’t Have To. article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Will Outrageous Gas Prices Restart the EV Boom? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Good Luck Getting World Cup Tickets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Will Outrageous Gas Prices Restart the EV Boom? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Foreign Worker Clampdown Is Killing My Restaurant article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Free the Wine article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Office Wars article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
A Renter’s Nightmare article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Menace on the Streets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Justice for Stablecoins article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Canada’s Entrepreneur Opportunity article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
A Moon Hotel? Why Not? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Drone Highways Are Coming to Canada’s Skies article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Rich List article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
How AI Gave Me My Voice Back article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Canadian Immigration Has an AI Problem article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
An AI Became My Best Friend article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
AI Has Entered the Cubicle article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Doom Spenders article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS div.blaze-track > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Trump Wants the Western Hemisphere—Canada Included article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The American Hotel Chain Wooing Canadians Back article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Living With My Ex article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Reconciliation Panic article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
PHOTO ESSAY div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Inside B.C.’s Perilous Forestry Industry article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
How to Fight Loneliness article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
LEFT BRAIN div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Where Does the NDP Go From Here? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
THE INTERVIEW div.previews > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Can AI Do Good? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Little House in the County article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Home Prices Are Finally Dropping article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
THE BUILDINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
The Uglification of Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Second Life of a St. Lawrence Chalet article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
20 Reasons to Eat Canadian Right Now article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
EDUCATION div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Introducing the 2026 Maclean’s Ultimate Guide to Canadian Universities article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Best Comprehensive Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Best Primarily Undergraduate Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Best Medical Doctoral Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
READ MORE div.css-1kaaq5b-FormattedContentWrapper > section.previews > footer > a.btn |
Why Businesses Need to Ask Harder Questions About Recycling article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
More Than a Place to Live: How Student Residences Are Becoming Career Hubs article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Cancer Care Doesn’t End with Medical Treatment—Here’s Where Canadians Can Find … article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Closing the Gap: How Purpose-Driven Innovation Is Reshaping Canadian Health Care article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Faces of the Trade War article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Menace on the Streets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
A Renter’s Nightmare article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
AI Has Entered the Cubicle article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Office Wars article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
My Secret Addiction article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Battle for the Soul of the University article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Rich List article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Big Tech v. Me article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Doom Spenders article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
My Misadventures in Gentle Parenting article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
ABOUT MACLEAN’S footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
FAQS footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
THE MACLEAN’S TEAM footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
CONTACT US footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
PRIVACY POLICY footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-blh3w4 > li.e9gglj61 > a |
TERMS OF USE footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-blh3w4 > li.e9gglj61 > a |
Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Deprecation / Warning | Source |
|---|---|
| SharedStorage | |
| StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead. | |
| Fledge | |
| AttributionReporting | connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js line 279, col 769 |
Source maps translate minified code to the original source code. This helps developers debug in production. In addition, Lighthouse is able to provide further insights. Consider deploying source maps to take advantage of these benefits. Learn more about source maps.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
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.
Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop
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.
925 ms
Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.
1.43 s
Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.
137 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.
0.087
Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.
2.92 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.
6.24 s
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
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
Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.
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.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading
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.
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.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Est Savings |
|---|---|
| /af/1511b3/000000000000000077372258/30/l?primer=7cdcb44be... | 5.0 ms |
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
Small coins orbiting around a loonie like moons around a planet article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 6.0 MiB | 6.0 MiB |
Drones flying over a busy street article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 2.1 MiB | 2.1 MiB |
Article image article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 475.2 KiB | 277.5 KiB |
div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > amp-img.img_ad > img.i-amphtml-fill-content div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > amp-img.img_ad > img.i-amphtml-fill-content | tpc.googlesyndication.com/daca_images/simgad/17563055546771946862 | 143.7 KiB | 107.7 KiB |
An office with employees Workington computers looking stressed. article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 53.5 KiB | 37.5 KiB |
The cover of the Maclean's March 2026 issue div.blaze-track > article.preview > div.img > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 50.7 KiB | 37.0 KiB |
An illustration of a delivery worker riding an E-Bike through a crowd of pedest… article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 29.9 KiB | 20.6 KiB |
The cover of the April issue of Maclean's magazine, featuring the headline "Ten… div.blaze-track > article.preview > div.img > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 21.7 KiB | 12.6 KiB |
Several taxi-like airplanes flying over a city skyline article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 24.4 KiB | 8.4 KiB |
An illustration of Fries R' Us article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 23.3 KiB | 7.2 KiB |
A photograph of a winery's rolling green fields, with a blue sky in the backgro… article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 23.0 KiB | 7.0 KiB |
A collage comprised of several images of a man overlayed with a blue and green … article.preview > div.img > a > img | /_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup... | 20.3 KiB | 4.3 KiB |
Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| /p.css?s=1&k=ejd5rfc&ht=tk&f=51395.51398.51401.51402.5140... | 172 B | 203 ms |
| use.typekit.net/ejd5rfc.css | 1.4 KiB | 204 ms |
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.
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.
Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.
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
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js | 361.8 KiB | 220.1 KiB |
| otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js | 279.1 KiB | 99.0 KiB |
| /pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js | 187.7 KiB | 92.8 KiB |
| /gtm.js?id=GTM-PFZ4296X>m_auth=>m_preview=>m_cookie... | 130.6 KiB | 85.3 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mtg1pm/?id=G-PSNJJL83JG&cx=c>m=4e64k0 | 166.9 KiB | 70.9 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mac/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app-a5f80cb141fa010f.js | 153.9 KiB | 63.2 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mtg1pm/ | 135.4 KiB | 60.6 KiB |
| connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js | 96.5 KiB | 44.4 KiB |
| macleans.ca/mac/_next/static/chunks/228-dbc7d3df1918cd63.js | 42.0 KiB | 34.6 KiB |
| ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js | 47.7 KiB | 33.3 KiB |
| cdn.ampproject.org/rtv/012603032146000/amp4ads-v0.mjs | 54.9 KiB | 30.1 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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Total CPU Time | Script Evaluation | Script Parse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unattributable | 346 ms | 70 ms | 0.0 ms |
| macleans.ca/mac/_next/static/chunks/framework-5757d75364ce2279.js | 285 ms | 260 ms | 3.2 ms |
| otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js | 254 ms | 207 ms | 25 ms |
| macleans.ca/ | 224 ms | 14 ms | 1.1 ms |
| cdn-cookieyes.com/client_data/13b63a368a54920da8ed174d/banner.js | 204 ms | 179 ms | 3.1 ms |
| www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js | 160 ms | 130 ms | 20 ms |
| /pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js | 128 ms | 98 ms | 18 ms |
| rumcdn.geoedge.be/d3a9ffb8-fe00-4841-8c1e-a701489572a4/grumi.js | 97 ms | 64 ms | 18 ms |
| macleans.ca/mac/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app-a5f80cb141fa010f.js | 85 ms | 64 ms | 12 ms |
| cdn.ampproject.org/rtv/012603032146000/amp4ads-v0.mjs | 84 ms | 41 ms | 5.8 ms |
| macleans.ca/mtg1pm/ | 70 ms | 59 ms | 11 ms |
| macleans.ca/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js | 53 ms | 51 ms | 0.5 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
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Category | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| Script Evaluation | 1.6 s |
| Other | 359 ms |
| Script Parsing & Compilation | 167 ms |
| Style & Layout | 150 ms |
| Rendering | 53 ms |
| Parse HTML & CSS | 48 ms |
| Garbage Collection | 45 ms |
Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
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.
Assistive technologies, like screen readers, can't interpret ARIA attributes with invalid values. Learn more about valid values for ARIA attributes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
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.
When a button doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it as "button", making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn how to make buttons more accessible.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 |
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.
Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
1 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button.active |
2 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
3 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
4 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
5 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
6 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
7 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button |
One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
html html |
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
THE LATEST nav > ul.css-ct9it > li.e9gglj61 > a |
EDUCATION nav > ul.css-ct9it > li.e9gglj61 > a |
NEWSLETTER nav > ul.css-1ttcd1 > li.e9gglj61 > a |
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Official Bilingualism Has Failed Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Air Travel Sucks. It Doesn’t Have To. article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
PHOTO ESSAY section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
A Tour of Canada’s Nostalgic Fry Trucks article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
The Welcome Return of Boring Politics article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Atlantic Canada Won’t Survive a Population Decline article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Official Bilingualism Has Failed Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Air Travel Sucks. It Doesn’t Have To. article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Will Outrageous Gas Prices Restart the EV Boom? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Welcome Return of Boring Politics article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Atlantic Canada Won’t Survive a Population Decline article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Where Does the NDP Go From Here? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Free the Wine article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Good Luck Getting World Cup Tickets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Mark Carney’s Middle-Power Gambit Can’t Save Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
A Tour of Canada’s Nostalgic Fry Trucks article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Menace on the Streets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Good Luck Getting World Cup Tickets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Will Outrageous Gas Prices Restart the EV Boom? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Foreign Worker Clampdown Is Killing My Restaurant article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Free the Wine article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Office Wars article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
A Renter’s Nightmare article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Menace on the Streets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Justice for Stablecoins article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Canada’s Entrepreneur Opportunity article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
A Moon Hotel? Why Not? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Drone Highways Are Coming to Canada’s Skies article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Rich List article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
How AI Gave Me My Voice Back article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Canadian Immigration Has an AI Problem article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
An AI Became My Best Friend article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
AI Has Entered the Cubicle article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Doom Spenders article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS div.blaze-track > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Trump Wants the Western Hemisphere—Canada Included article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The American Hotel Chain Wooing Canadians Back article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS div.blaze-track > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Lumber Tariffs Are Killing My Logging Town article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS div.blaze-track > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
America’s Rule of Law Is Alive and Well article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Living With My Ex article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
POLITICS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Reconciliation Panic article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
PHOTO ESSAY div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Inside B.C.’s Perilous Forestry Industry article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
How to Fight Loneliness article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
LEFT BRAIN div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Where Does the NDP Go From Here? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
THE INTERVIEW div.previews > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Can AI Do Good? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Little House in the County article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Home Prices Are Finally Dropping article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
THE BUILDINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
The Uglification of Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Second Life of a St. Lawrence Chalet article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
20 Reasons to Eat Canadian Right Now article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
EDUCATION div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Introducing the 2026 Maclean’s Ultimate Guide to Canadian Universities article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Best Comprehensive Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Best Primarily Undergraduate Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat |
Canada’s Best Medical Doctoral Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
READ MORE div.css-1kaaq5b-FormattedContentWrapper > section.previews > footer > a.btn |
Why Businesses Need to Ask Harder Questions About Recycling article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
More Than a Place to Live: How Student Residences Are Becoming Career Hubs article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Cancer Care Doesn’t End with Medical Treatment—Here’s Where Canadians Can Find … article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Closing the Gap: How Purpose-Driven Innovation Is Reshaping Canadian Health Care article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Faces of the Trade War article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Menace on the Streets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
A Renter’s Nightmare article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
AI Has Entered the Cubicle article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Office Wars article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
My Secret Addiction article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Battle for the Soul of the University article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Rich List article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
Big Tech v. Me article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
The Doom Spenders article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
My Misadventures in Gentle Parenting article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a |
ABOUT MACLEAN’S footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
FAQS footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
THE MACLEAN’S TEAM footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
CONTACT US footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a |
PRIVACY POLICY footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-blh3w4 > li.e9gglj61 > a |
TERMS OF USE footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-blh3w4 > li.e9gglj61 > a |
Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Deprecation / Warning | Source |
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| SharedStorage | |
| StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead. | |
| Fledge | |
| Topics | otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js line 29, col 80541 |
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
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
Failed to load resource: net::ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED | |
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 () | |
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 () | |
Manifest fetch from https://macleans.ca/site.webmanifest failed, code 403 | |
Manifest fetch from https://macleans.ca/site.webmanifest failed, code 403 | |
otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js line 84, col 62893 | RAP-CT: LayoutShift: error creating event for layout shift Error: Can't select any node with this selector: ::after
at Ui (https://otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js:85:114389)
at Di (https://otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js:85:114040)
at vt (https://otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js:85:113884)
at Ti (https://otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js:85:113221)
at Ts (https://otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js:85:117089)
at PerformanceObserver.observerCallback (https://otg.mblycdn.com/pub_macleans.js:85:117423) |
Source maps translate minified code to the original source code. This helps developers debug in production. In addition, Lighthouse is able to provide further insights. Consider deploying source maps to take advantage of these benefits. Learn more about source maps.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
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.
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