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lyric.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 21 October 202634 issues · 66 checks
This review found 34 issues worth fixing on lyric.com, 13 of them high impact, across 66 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
71CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.7 s |
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
3.1 s5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.1 s.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 3.8 MB10 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (3.8 MB).
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, website-files.com and Segment and others), adding 5.0 MB and 1.0 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
450 ms · 901 KiBAbout 901 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 63
63/100Your mobile performance score is 63 (desktop: 77). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
website-files.com adds 208 ms
208 mswebsite-files.com costs a phone 208 ms of main-thread work and 3.9 MB 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 278 ms
278 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 278 ms of main-thread work and 446 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.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 49 KiBAbout 49 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 33 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 33 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 152 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Minify JavaScript
40 KiB40 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Duplicated JavaScript
10 KiB10 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
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.
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Main-thread work: 1.9 s
A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.1 s of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 1 ms
1 msYour server sent the HTML in 1 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.
Real-user FCP: 3.3 s
3.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 3.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors wait 2.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Time to Interactive: 13.7 s
13.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 13.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 5.6 s
5.6 sYour largest element takes 5.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Unlock Possible”.
First Contentful Paint: 3.8 s
3.8 sThe first text or image appears after 3.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user LCP: 3.7 s
3.7 sReal visitors wait 3.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Total Blocking Time: 335 ms
335 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 335 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 3.8 s
3.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.4 s to 3.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002
0.002The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.2 MB in 58 requests
5.2 MBYour homepage downloads 5.2 MB in 58 requests on a phone: media 3.5 MB (2), scripts 1.3 MB (33) and fonts 249 KiB (4). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.47 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.47 g of CO₂e: 176.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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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
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
<html> element must have a lang attribute (1 element)
<html> element must have a lang attribute: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No page language
The <html> element has no lang attribute, so screen readers may read the page in the wrong voice and accent.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 1 image in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
21 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 24 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 21 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (5 characters)
Your title is only 5 characters: “Lyric”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
No robots.txt
There is no robots.txt at lyric.com/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.
Only 0 internal links
The homepage links to only 0 pages on your own site, so visitors and crawlers find few routes into the rest of it.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 89 characters
Your meta description is 89 characters: “We empower the dreamers, creators and explorers, for a more connected and creative world.”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Unlock Possible”.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.lyric.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.
No llms.txt
There is no https://www.lyric.com/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.
1 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
There is no robots.txt, so nothing stops the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity from reading the site and cite it in answers.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
No calls to action
We found no call-to-action buttons or links (such as “Book a demo” or “Get a quote”) anywhere on the homepage.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
Only about 28 words
The homepage has only about 28 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.
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Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Segment.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amplitude, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Hotjar and 2 mores (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.
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 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.
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.
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 lyric.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- CMS
- Webflow
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Segment
Hiring
- Hiring
- 26 open roles
- Teams
- Customer Success / Professional Services (9), GTM (9), Engineering (5), Content / Science (1)
- Job board
- ashby
- Careers page
- jobs.ashbyhq.com/lyric (opens in a new tab)
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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