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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.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.2 s1.4 sMay 9Oct 242.1 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20261.5 s
May 16, 20261.5 s
May 23, 20261.5 s
May 30, 20261.5 s
Jun 6, 20261.6 s
Jun 13, 20261.6 s
Jun 20, 20261.7 s
Jun 27, 20261.8 s
Jul 4, 20261.8 s
Jul 11, 20261.9 s
Jul 18, 20261.9 s
Jul 25, 20262.0 s
Aug 1, 20262.0 s
Aug 8, 20262.1 s
Aug 15, 20262.0 s
Aug 22, 20262.0 s
Aug 29, 20262.0 s
Sep 5, 20262.0 s
Sep 12, 20262.0 s
Sep 19, 20262.1 s
Sep 26, 20262.1 s
Oct 3, 20262.1 s
Oct 10, 20262.0 s
Oct 17, 20262.0 s
Oct 24, 20262.1 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
198 ms173 msMay 9Oct 24195 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026188 ms
May 16, 2026190 ms
May 23, 2026190 ms
May 30, 2026187 ms
Jun 6, 2026183 ms
Jun 13, 2026182 ms
Jun 20, 2026182 ms
Jun 27, 2026182 ms
Jul 4, 2026183 ms
Jul 11, 2026182 ms
Jul 18, 2026181 ms
Jul 25, 2026180 ms
Aug 1, 2026179 ms
Aug 8, 2026179 ms
Aug 15, 2026179 ms
Aug 22, 2026179 ms
Aug 29, 2026178 ms
Sep 5, 2026177 ms
Sep 12, 2026177 ms
Sep 19, 2026176 ms
Sep 26, 2026177 ms
Oct 3, 2026178 ms
Oct 10, 2026180 ms
Oct 17, 2026187 ms
Oct 24, 2026195 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

Full-page screenshot of cartoonnetwork.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. cartoonnetwork.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. cartoonnetwork.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. cartoonnetwork.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. cartoonnetwork.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. cartoonnetwork.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. cartoonnetwork.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. cartoonnetwork.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. cartoonnetwork.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

6 to fix66
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.1 s

    4 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 KiB

    About 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

    66/100

    Your 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 KiB

    4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (47 KiB).

  • Legacy JavaScript

    300 ms · 51 KiB

    Polyfills 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 ms

    Google 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 KiB

    1 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 KiB

    About 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 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 173 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

9 to fix100
  • 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 s

    Your 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 s

    The 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 s

    Real 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 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 282 ms

    282 ms

    Scripts 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 s

    The 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).

5 checks passed
  • Real-user LCP: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Real 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 ms

    Real visitors wait 139 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001

    0.001

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix97
  • 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 g

    By 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.

2 checks passed
  • Page weight: 1.6 MB in 59 requests

    1.6 MB

    Your 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

4 to fixGoogle 10093
  • 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

2 to fixGoogle 10092
  • 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

1 to fix88
  • 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.

2 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 (157 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 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

4 to fixGoogle 5483
  • 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

3 to fix67
  • 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

1 to fix
  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before 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

    14

    Opening 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

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Next.js
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Akamai

Company

Founded
1992
Headquarters
Atlanta

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