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Visit medium.co.ukWe analyzed Medium.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 1.3 sec and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.
medium.co.uk performance score
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Our browser made a total of 40 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (33 requests) were addressed to the original Medium.co.uk, 5% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) belongs to the original domain Medium.co.uk.
Page size can be reduced by 741.4 kB (52%)
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In fact, the total size of Medium.co.uk main page is 1.4 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 688.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 22.3 kB
HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 10.4 kB, which is 38% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 22.3 kB or 83% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 25.1 kB
Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Medium images are well optimized though.
Potential reduce by 545.1 kB
It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 545.1 kB or 79% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 148.9 kB
CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Medium.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 148.9 kB or 84% of the original size.
Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (50%)
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The browser has sent 36 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Medium. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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medium.co.uk accessibility score
ARIA
These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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Issue
ARIA input fields do not have accessible names
Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.
Contrast
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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Issue
Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Names and labels
These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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Issue
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Links do not have a discernible name
Tables and lists
These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.
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Issue
Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).
medium.co.uk best practices score
Trust and Safety
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Does not use HTTPS
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
User Experience
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Serves images with low resolution
General
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Detected JavaScript libraries
Browser errors were logged to the console
medium.co.uk SEO score
Content Best Practices
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Impact
Issue
Links do not have descriptive text
Image elements do not have [alt] attributes
Mobile Friendly
Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).
Impact
Issue
Document uses legible font sizes
Tap targets are not sized appropriately
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UTF-8
Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Medium.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Medium.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.
medium.co.uk
Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Medium. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: