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Performance

· 17 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
87
GRADE
B
FIX
1
REVIEW
4
PASS
10
INFO
2

Performance-focused optimization plan with CWV assessment, top offenders, and time estimates

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

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

1.36 s

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

6.25 s

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

610 ms

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

0.000

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

1.64 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.

7.94 s

Page Load Progression

375 ms
750 ms
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.2 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Checks
17
10 PASS 4 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
JS Execution Cost
Action
2671ms total JS execution
FIX
2671ms total JS execution
Warning::
https://theintercept.com/: 816ms CPU time
Warning::
https://cdn.parsely.com/keys/theintercept.com/p.js...: 543ms CPU time
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-94T1...: 456ms CPU time
Warning::
Unattributable: 452ms CPU time
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K3F...: 283ms CPU time
Warning::
Third-party scripts: 1734ms (65% of total)

Main Thread Breakdown

Script Evaluation 44% Other 30% Style & Layout 14% Script Parsing & Compilation 5%
ScriptTotalScriptingParse/CompileParty
https://theintercept.com/816ms12ms4ms1st
https://cdn.parsely.com/keys/theintercept.com/p.js?ver=3.16.3543ms448ms8ms3rd
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-94T13D50WM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1456ms395ms57ms3rd
Unattributable452ms3ms0ms3rd
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K3FG883283ms227ms54ms3rd
https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/js/app.js?ver=4d80bda04cc15ed6f0873a2de9c9768c121ms89ms9ms1st
B
Page Weight Budget
1.3 MB transferred, 34 requests
REVIEW
1.3 MB transferred, 34 requests
Info::
Page weighs 2.3 MB (1.3 MB transferred)
Info::
34 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 0.27 g CO2 per page load
1.3 MB / 2.4 MB budget
1.3 MB transferred
34 requests
0.27 g CO2 per page load
Images 808.1 KiB 60%
JavaScript 351.7 KiB 26%
Fonts 115.0 KiB 9%
CSS 35.7 KiB 3%
HTML 26.6 KiB 2%
Other 2.3 KiB 0%
Other 1.6 KiB 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Under budget
B
JS Bundles
9 scripts, 123 KB unused
REVIEW
9 scripts, 123 KB unused
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-94T1...: 63 KB unused (39%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K3F...: 60 KB unused (46%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Info::
Total unused JavaScript: 123 KB
123 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-94T13D50WM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1162 KB63 KB (39%)✓3rd
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K3FG883131 KB60 KB (46%)✓3rd
https://theintercept.com/wp-includes/js/dist/hooks.min.js?ver=dd5603f07f9220ed27f12 KB—✓1st
https://theintercept.com/wp-includes/js/dist/i18n.min.js?ver=c26c3dc7bed3667933752 KB—✓1st
https://theintercept.com/wp-content/client-mu-plugins/wp-parsely/build/loader.js?ver=71d37502d12f3838b80d2 KB—✓1st
https://cdn.parsely.com/keys/theintercept.com/p.js?ver=3.16.326 KB—✓3rd
https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/js/app.js?ver=4d80bda04cc15ed6f0873a2de9c9768c22 KB—✓1st
https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/69d3d230ac/e143fa96.js?ver=17767744972 KB—✓1st
https://stats.wp.com/e-202617.js2 KB—✓3rd

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

B
Page Weight Inventory
34 resources · 1.3 MB · 123 KB savings available
REVIEW
34 resources · 1.3 MB · 123 KB savings available
Warning::
Page weight 317 KB over 1MB target
Got: 1.3 MB Expected: ≤ 1 MB
Info::
~123 KB of savings available
Info::
9 third-party resources (24% of weight)
Info::
2 resources over 200KB
34 resources · 1.3 MiB · 9 third-party 317.1 KiB over 1MB target
Image 60% · 810.5 KiB
JavaScript 26% · 351.7 KiB
Font 9% · 115.0 KiB
CSS 3% · 35.7 KiB
Document 2% · 26.6 KiB
Other 0% · 1.6 KiB

~123.4 KiB of savings available

Remove unused JavaScript: 123.4 KiB
C
Green Hosting
Action
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
REVIEW

Green Hosting

No green hosting detected

A
Third-Party Impact
24% third-party, 0 ms blocking
PASS
24% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Info::
Third-party code accounts for 24% of page weight (322.7 KiB of 1.3 MiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
76%
24%
First-party Third-party
A+
Text Compression
All text resources are compressed
PASS
All text resources are compressed
Info::
All text resources are compressed
All text resources are properly compressed.
A
Image Optimization
11 images, 0 KB saveable
PASS
11 images, 0 KB saveable
Info::
All images are well-optimized
11 images 808 KB
0 oversized -0 KB
2 legacy format
0 missing dimensions CLS risk
A+
Font Loading
6 fonts (115 KB)
PASS
6 fonts (115 KB)
Info::
6 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

Web fonts

6

115 KB total

Render-blocking

0

of 6

Dominant font-display

swap

Most common across fonts

Font loading timeline
Transfer FOIT (block) FOUT (swap)
0 ms 1.0 s 2.0 s 3.0 s 4.0 s 5.0 s 6.0 s FCP 1.4 s LCP 6.2 shttps://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2 https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2 — 20.2 KiB — 15 ms — font-display: swaphttps://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaBold.woff2TIActuBetaBold.woff2 https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaBold.woff2 — 23.1 KiB — 17 ms — font-display: swaphttps://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaMonoRegular.woff2TIActuBetaMonoRegular.w... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaMonoRegular.woff2 — 21.4 KiB — 33 ms — font-display: swaphttps://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TI-Icons-2.woff2TI-Icons-2.woff2 https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TI-Icons-2.woff2 — 7.1 KiB — 33 ms — font-display: swaphttps://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/SwiftNeueRegular.woff2SwiftNeueRegular.woff2 https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/SwiftNeueRegular.woff2 — 20.2 KiB — 22 ms — font-display: swaphttps://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaRegular.woff2TIActuBetaRegular.woff2 https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaRegular.woff2 — 22.9 KiB — 26 ms — font-display: swap
TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 20 KB
Load time 15 ms
Start 33 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
TIActuBetaBold.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 23 KB
Load time 17 ms
Start 34 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
TIActuBetaMonoRegular.w... woff2 swap
Size 21 KB
Load time 33 ms
Start 34 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
TI-Icons-2.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 7 KB
Load time 33 ms
Start 34 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
SwiftNeueRegular.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 20 KB
Load time 22 ms
Start 154 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
TIActuBetaRegular.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 23 KB
Load time 26 ms
Start 154 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
Optimization checklist
  • Preload critical fonts (priority=high)
  • Use woff2 format for all fonts
  • Set font-display to swap, optional, or fallback
  • Subset large fonts (≤100 KB each)
A+
Resource Caching
All resources properly cached
PASS
All resources properly cached
Info::
No caching issues found
All static resources have appropriate caching headers.
A+
Critical Rendering Path
No render-blocking resources
PASS
No render-blocking resources
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected
A+
Resource Hints
7 hints, 0 missing preconnects
PASS
7 hints, 0 missing preconnects
Info::
Page uses 7 resource hint(s)

Current Resource Hints

preconnect
—
preload
4
dns-prefetch
3
prefetch
—

7 resource hints configured

A+
Render-Blocking Resources
No render-blocking resources detected
PASS
No render-blocking resources detected
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected in <head>
A+
Third-Party Resources
No third-party resources detected
PASS
No third-party resources detected
A
HTTP Caching
max-age=300 (5 minutes)
PASS
max-age=300 (5 minutes)
Info::
Cache-Control header is set
Got: max-age=300, must-revalidate
Info::
Effective TTL: 5 minutes (max-age=300)
Info::
No ETag or Last-Modified header
Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.
Cache-Control

max-age=300, must-revalidate

DirectiveValueMeaning
max-age300Cache for 5 minutes
must-revalidate—Must recheck with server after expiry
Effective TTL: 300 seconds
Network Waterfall
34 requests over 5657ms
INFO
0 ms 1.0 s 2.0 s 3.0 s 4.0 s 5.0 s 6.0 s FCP 1.4 s LCP 6.2 shttps://theintercept.com// https://theintercept.com/ — 200 — 26.6 KiB — 14 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2 — 200 — 20.2 KiB — 15 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaBold.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaBold.woff2 — 200 — 23.1 KiB — 17 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaMonoRegular.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaMonoRegular.woff2 — 200 — 21.4 KiB — 33 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TI-Icons-2.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TI-Icons-2.woff2 — 200 — 7.1 KiB — 33 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/css/app.css?ver=06171f832299147e15e5c1da99b18e0f/wp-content/themes/intercept/css/ap... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/css/app.css?ver=06171f832299147e15e5c1da99b18e0f — 200 — 35.7 KiB — 31 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2262719965_4d4a28-e1776793866932.jpg?w=2400/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyIm... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2262719965_4d4a28-e1776793866932.jpg?w=2400 — 200 — 305.6 KiB — 49 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2262719965-e1776791827439.jpg?w=2400/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyIm... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2262719965-e1776791827439.jpg?w=2400 — 200 — 202.9 KiB — 60 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP25336082303205_0fcb57-e1776718343655.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP25336... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP25336082303205_0fcb57-e1776718343655.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000 — 200 — 164.5 KiB — 58 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2270833798-e1776453280586.jpg?fit=1024%2C683/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyIm... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2270833798-e1776453280586.jpg?fit=1024%2C683 — 200 — 39.6 KiB — 56 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26073831096977-e1776698705422.jpg?fit=1024%2C683/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26073... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26073831096977-e1776698705422.jpg?fit=1024%2C683 — 200 — 22.5 KiB — 59 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-includes/js/dist/hooks.min.js?ver=dd5603f07f9220ed27f1/wp-includes/js/dist/hooks.min.js?v... https://theintercept.com/wp-includes/js/dist/hooks.min.js?ver=dd5603f07f9220ed27f1 — 200 — 2.2 KiB — 17 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-includes/js/dist/i18n.min.js?ver=c26c3dc7bed366793375/wp-includes/js/dist/i18n.min.js?ve... https://theintercept.com/wp-includes/js/dist/i18n.min.js?ver=c26c3dc7bed366793375 — 200 — 2.5 KiB — 16 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/client-mu-plugins/wp-parsely/build/loader.js?ver=71d37502d12f3838b80d/wp-content/client-mu-plugins/wp-pa... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/client-mu-plugins/wp-parsely/build/loader.js?ver=71d37502d12f3838b80d — 200 — 1.6 KiB — 21 ms — h2https://cdn.parsely.com/keys/theintercept.com/p.js?ver=3.16.3cdn.parsely.com/keys/theintercept.c... https://cdn.parsely.com/keys/theintercept.com/p.js?ver=3.16.3 — 200 — 26.4 KiB — 35 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/js/app.js?ver=4d80bda04cc15ed6f0873a2de9c9768c/wp-content/themes/intercept/js/app... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/js/app.js?ver=4d80bda04cc15ed6f0873a2de9c9768c — 200 — 21.5 KiB — 25 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/69d3d230ac/e143fa96.js?ver=1776774497/wp-content/uploads/69d3d230ac/e143... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/69d3d230ac/e143fa96.js?ver=1776774497 — 200 — 2.4 KiB — 20 ms — h2https://stats.wp.com/e-202617.jsstats.wp.com/e-202617.js https://stats.wp.com/e-202617.js — 200 — 1.7 KiB — 29 ms — h2https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K3FG883www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=... https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K3FG883 — 200 — 131.5 KiB — 116 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Propaganda-sites-copy-e1776105558764.jpg?w=440&h=440&crop=1/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Propaga... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Propaganda-sites-copy-e1776105558764.jpg?w=440&h=440&crop=1 — 200 — 13.8 KiB — 31 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26088216327141-e1776454546132.jpg-e1776696639937.webp?w=440&h=440&crop=1/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26088... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26088216327141-e1776454546132.jpg-e1776696639937.webp?w=440&h=440&crop=1 — 200 — 17.7 KiB — 33 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2268673216-e1776462283341.jpg?w=440&h=440&crop=1/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyIm... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2268673216-e1776462283341.jpg?w=440&h=440&crop=1 — 200 — 30.4 KiB — 38 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2198970159_96233d-e1776453162418.jpg?w=440&h=440&crop=1/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyIm... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2198970159_96233d-e1776453162418.jpg?w=440&h=440&crop=1 — 200 — 10.7 KiB — 41 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/SwiftNeueRegular.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/SwiftNeueRegular.woff2 — 200 — 20.2 KiB — 22 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaRegular.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaRegular.woff2 — 200 — 22.9 KiB — 26 ms — h2https://api.parsely.com/v2/profile?apikey=theintercept.com&uuid=pid%3Db5dfc948-6d23-4c91-abcf-6316cfeefc49&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2Fapi.parsely.com/v2/profile?apikey=t... https://api.parsely.com/v2/profile?apikey=theintercept.com&uuid=pid%3Db5dfc948-6d23-4c91-abcf-6316cfeefc49&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F — 200 — 349 B — 230 ms — h2https://p1.parsely.com/px/?rand=1776805450837&plid=3c34a122-0010-44a9-b368-f9f82b8e54f2&idsite=theintercept.com&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F&urlref=&screen=412x823%7C412x823%7C24&data=%7B%7D&sid=1&surl=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F&sref=&sts=1776805450829&slts=0&title=The+Intercept&date=Tue+Apr+21+2026+21%3A04%3A10+GMT%2B0000+(Coordinated+Universal+Time)&action=pageview&pvid=59bed63c-08dc-4513-99b5-9709604bd963&u=pid%3Db5dfc948-6d23-4c91-abcf-6316cfeefc49p1.parsely.com/px/?rand=17768054508... https://p1.parsely.com/px/?rand=1776805450837&plid=3c34a122-0010-44a9-b368-f9f82b8e54f2&idsite=theintercept.com&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F&urlref=&screen=412x823%7C412x823%7C24&data=%7B%7D&sid=1&surl=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F&sref=&sts=1776805450829&slts=0&title=The+Intercept&date=Tue+Apr+21+2026+21%3A04%3A10+GMT%2B0000+(Coordinated+Universal+Time)&action=pageview&pvid=59bed63c-08dc-4513-99b5-9709604bd963&u=pid%3Db5dfc948-6d23-4c91-abcf-6316cfeefc49 — 200 — 229 B 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0 ms 1.0 s 2.0 s 3.0 s 4.0 s 5.0 s 6.0 s FCP 1.4 s LCP 6.2 shttps://theintercept.com// https://theintercept.com/ — 200 — 26.6 KiB — 14 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaHeavy.woff2 — 200 — 20.2 KiB — 15 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaBold.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaBold.woff2 — 200 — 23.1 KiB — 17 ms — h2https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaMonoRegular.woff2/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets... https://theintercept.com/wp-content/themes/intercept/assets/fonts/TIActuBetaMonoRegular.woff2 — 200 — 21.4 KiB — 33 ms — 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HTML JavaScript CSS Images Fonts XHR/Fetch Other
Third-Party Script Cost
Per-script blocking time, transfer cost, and cache headers
INFO
65% of JavaScript execution is third-party
First-party Third-party 1734ms · 320KB · $23/mo
cdn.parsely.com
Other
Costly
Execution 543ms
Transfer 26 KB
Monthly Cost $7/mo
Google Tag Manager
Tag Manager
Costly
Execution 456ms
Transfer 162 KB
Unused 39%
Monthly Cost $6/mo
Unattributable
Other
Costly
Execution 452ms
Transfer 0 KB
Monthly Cost $6/mo
Google Tag Manager
Tag Manager
Costly
Execution 283ms
Transfer 131 KB
Unused 46%
Monthly Cost $4/mo

These scripts may cost more than they're worth

  • cdn.parsely.com adds 543ms and costs ~$7/month
  • Google Tag Manager adds 456ms and costs ~$6/month
  • Unattributable adds 452ms and costs ~$6/month
  • Google Tag Manager adds 283ms and costs ~$4/month

65% of JavaScript execution time comes from third-party scripts.

Why this matters

Third-party scripts (analytics, ads, social, A/B testing) often dominate execution time — every one is a perf-and-privacy tax.

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Each third-party script is a black box: you don't control when it loads, what it executes, or how much it grows. They often account for a major share of total blocking time on average sites (HTTP Archive's Web Almanac documents the trend). Audit which ones you actually need, defer the rest, and use facade patterns (lite-youtube, lite-vimeo) for embedded media.

Source: web.dev / HTTP Archive Web Almanac

cdn.parsely.com takes 543ms of CPU time. Consider loading it asynchronously or replacing it with a lighter alternative.

Why this matters

This script has high main-thread execution time — optimize hot paths or defer.

Source: web.dev

Google Tag Manager takes 456ms of CPU time. Consider loading it asynchronously or replacing it with a lighter alternative.

Why this matters

This script has high main-thread execution time — optimize hot paths or defer.

Source: web.dev

Unattributable takes 452ms of CPU time. Consider loading it asynchronously or replacing it with a lighter alternative.

Why this matters

This script has high main-thread execution time — optimize hot paths or defer.

Source: web.dev

Google Tag Manager takes 283ms of CPU time. Consider loading it asynchronously or replacing it with a lighter alternative.

Why this matters

This script has high main-thread execution time — optimize hot paths or defer.

Source: web.dev

How third-party costs are calculated

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