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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 27 October 202631 issues · 80 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on cartoonnetwork.com, 7 of them high impact, across 80 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
85BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.1 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 188 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 190 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 190 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 182 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 176 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 180 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 195 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
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.1 s4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.
Reduce unused JavaScript
750 ms · 464 KiBAbout 464 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 66
66/100Your mobile performance score is 66 (desktop: 85). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
450 ms · 47 KiB4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (47 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
300 ms · 51 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 51 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 191 ms
191 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 191 ms of main-thread work and 390 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.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Sentry and Amplitude Mobile Analytics and others), adding 703 KiB and 445 ms of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 31 KiB1 image could be 31 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 157 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
20 KiBAbout 20 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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.7 s
A phone's processor spends 1.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.2 s of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 173 ms
173 msYour server sent the HTML in 173 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: 6.2 s
6.2 sYour largest element takes 6.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 11.9 s
11.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 11.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 38% slower for real visitors
+38%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 2.1 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user TTFB: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors wait 1.3 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 5.6 s
5.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 282 ms
282 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 282 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.0 s
2.0 sThe first text or image appears after 2.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 188 ms to 195 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 139 ms
139 msReal visitors wait 139 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
970x250 no show names.png is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
1 image in older formats
1 image (32 KiB) is JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit
0.46 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.46 g of CO₂e: 54.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Page weight: 1.6 MB in 59 requests
1.6 MBYour homepage downloads 1.6 MB in 59 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (21), fonts 142 KiB (2) and images 84 KiB (5). That is a lean page.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
ARIA dialog and alertdialog nodes should have an accessible name (1 element)
ARIA dialog and alertdialog nodes should have an accessible name: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
<svg> elements with an img or image role must have alternative text (1 element)
<svg> elements with an img or image role must have alternative text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
11 links without text
11 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 12 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
40 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 44 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 4 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.hbomax.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
50 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 50 pages on cartoonnetwork.com and 12 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 152 characters
Your meta description is 152 characters: “Stream Cartoon Network on HBO Max. Sign up to watch animated shows and specials starring your family’s favorite charact…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Cartoon Network”.
Title: 37 characters
Your title is a healthy 37 characters: “Watch Cartoon Network Shows | HBO Max”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.hbomax.com/channel/cartoon-network.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place.
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.
No llms.txt
There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
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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 (157 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page with very little text
/channel has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 31 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 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.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
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
12 small tap targets
12 of 44 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot get language path: missing required parameters. Missing: languageBcp47Code”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
Only about 189 words
The homepage has only about 189 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
3 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Sign Up” and “Sign Up Now”.
4 calls to action
The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Sign Up”, “Sign Up Now” and “Join the Team”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
14 cookies set on arrival
14Opening the homepage sets 14 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
11 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 11 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at cartoonnetwork.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Next.js
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Akamai
Company
- Founded
- 1992
- Headquarters
- Atlanta
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