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appinio.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 2 November 202628 issues · 97 checks
This review found 28 issues worth fixing on appinio.com, 12 of them high impact, across 97 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
75CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 209 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 205 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 205 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 206 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 202 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 197 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 201 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 201 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 201 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 198 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 197 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 194 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 192 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 190 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 185 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 189 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 189 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
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appinio.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
3.7 s · 1.7 MBAbout 1.7 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.7 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.5 s · 453 KiB61 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (453 KiB).
Google CDN adds 1.1 s
1.1 sGoogle CDN costs a phone 1.1 s of main-thread work and 1.8 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Mobile performance score: 45
45/100Your mobile performance score is 45. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 6.3 s
A phone's processor spends 6.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.8 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Google Tag Manager and Other Google APIs/SDKs and others), adding 3.1 MB and 1.6 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
450 ms · 271 KiB8 images could be 271 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
700 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.
2,118 HTML elements
The page has 2,118 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
hubspotusercontent-na1.net adds 56 ms
56 mshubspotusercontent-na1.net costs a phone 56 ms of main-thread work and 570 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 236 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Reduce unused CSS
79 KiBAbout 79 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
1 checks passed
Server response: 47 ms
47 msYour server sent the HTML in 47 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Largest Contentful Paint: 14.1 s
14.1 sYour largest element takes 14.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Rigorous, rapid research. Refreshingly human. Appinio is he…”.
Time to Interactive: 24.9 s
24.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 24.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.9 s
8.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 999 ms
999 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 999 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user LCP: 3.0 s
3.0 sReal visitors wait 3.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 225 ms
225 msReal visitors wait 225 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 2.5 s
2.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-9%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 209 ms to 189 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 2.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
3 checks passed
Real-user CLS: 0.04
0.04For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.04 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s
1.2 sThe first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.033
0.033The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.033, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.8 MB in 137 requests
4.8 MBYour homepage downloads 4.8 MB in 137 requests on a phone: scripts 2.5 MB (36), images 1,019 KiB (48) and other files 790 KiB (29). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.35 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.35 g of CO₂e: 161.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 375 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
44 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 45 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 44 passed and 1 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (69 characters)
Your title is 69 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Appinio: Insights for everyone | Global market research powered by AI”.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
88 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 88 pages on appinio.com and 5 external pages.
5 checks passed
Meta description: 154 characters
Your meta description is 154 characters: “AI powered market research: Appinio collects thousands of answers globally from representative consumer groups to valid…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Rigorous, rapid research. Refreshingly human.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.appinio.com/en/.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.appinio.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (901 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (8 KiB, 26 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages share a title
/en and /en-gb all use the title “Appinio: Insights for everyone | Global market research powered by AI”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 38 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
13 of 13 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
1 broken link to your own pages
1 link from your homepage to your own site is broken, for example https://www.appinio.com/en/about-us-old-version (404).
2 redirects before the homepage
Opening https://appinio.com goes through 2 redirects before the homepage loads.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
8 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (appinio.com).
Valid certificate (91 days left)
The certificate from Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04 verifies for appinio.com and is valid for another 91 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://appinio.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
security.txt published
A security.txt file tells researchers how to report a problem with your site.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
appinio.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
3 checks passed
Domain is 16 years old
16 yearsappinio.com was registered in Oct 2010 through Amazon Registrar, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only amazontrust.com, awstrust.com, pki.goog and amazon.com to issue certificates for appinio.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Oct 2027
appinio.com is registered until Oct 2027.
Content and conversion
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
About 490 words of copy
The homepage carries about 490 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Book demo”.
10 calls to action
The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Careers Join the Appinio movement” and “Register”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block, 4 trust badges and “3.000+ clients”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and HubSpot.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 2 email links.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 85/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
3 checks passed
DMARC policy: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 ip4:167.89.85.240 include:_spf.google.com include:2714352.spf05.hubspotemail.net include:amazonses.com include:m…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google” and “hs1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Microsoft Clarity (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
4 cookies set on arrival
4Opening the homepage sets 4 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
23 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 23 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- CMS
- HubSpot
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- CloudFront
Hiring
- Hiring
- 8 open roles
- Teams
- Account Management (3), Research Excellence (3), Customer Success (1), Marketing (1)
- Job board
- greenhouse
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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