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moonpie.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 22 October 202633 issues · 72 checks
This review found 33 issues worth fixing on moonpie.com, 12 of them high impact, across 72 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
70CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.7 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 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.7 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 110 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 111 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 104 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
10.4 s · 2.6 MB33 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (2.6 MB).
Render-blocking requests
2.5 s4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.5 s.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.5 s · 304 KiBAbout 304 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.5 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
1.2 s · 274 KiBAbout 274 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 61
61/100Your mobile performance score is 61 (desktop: 80). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
300 ms · 179 KiB2 images could be 179 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Google CDN and cdn-cookieyes.com and others), adding 453 KiB and 149 ms of main-thread time.
Font display
150 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 150 ms).
1 long task on the main thread
1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 76 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Document request latency
22 KiBThe HTML itself could arrive sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.
Minify CSS
22 KiB22 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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: 0.6 s
A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 283 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 31 ms
31 msYour server sent the HTML in 31 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: 17.0 s
17.0 sYour largest element takes 17.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve p…”.
Time to Interactive: 17.2 s
17.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 17.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 5.4 s
5.4 sThe first text or image appears after 5.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user LCP: 3.9 s
3.9 sReal visitors wait 3.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.19
0.19For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.19 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user TTFB: 868 ms
868 msReal visitors wait 868 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 5.4 s
5.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
42 images without width and height
42 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 104 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
4 checks passed
Real-user INP: 105 ms
105 msReal visitors wait 105 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 26 ms
26 msScripts block the page for only 26 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.1 MB in 52 requests
3.1 MBYour homepage downloads 3.1 MB in 52 requests on a phone: media 1.2 MB (2), images 707 KiB (24) and scripts 680 KiB (10). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
6 images in older formats
6 images (582 KiB) are 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.
1 image far larger than shown
57 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example slider-moonpie-general-fade-02.jpg at 1,400 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 57 KiB.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.87 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.87 g of CO₂e: 104.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
ARIA roles used must conform to valid values (1 element)
ARIA roles used must conform to valid values: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
4 tap targets too small
4 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 13 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. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
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.moonpie.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
No robots.txt
There is no robots.txt at moonpie.com/robots.txt, the first file search crawlers ask for.
2 links crawlers can't follow
2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
56 internal links, 24 external
The homepage links to 56 pages on moonpie.com and 24 external pages.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 120 characters
Your meta description is 120 characters: “Welcome to moonpie.com, where you can learn about all things MoonPie, buy factory fresh MoonPies, apparel, gifts & more!”.
Title: 35 characters
Your title is a healthy 35 characters: “Welcome to MoonPie Online | MoonPie”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://moonpie.com/.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
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.moonpie.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.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 28 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
1 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Best practices
13 small tap targets
13 of 41 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
4 low-resolution images
4 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
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 110 words
The homepage has only about 110 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “CONTACT US”.
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Join Email List” and “Shop MoonPie”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (CookieYes) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
1 cookie set on arrival
1Opening the homepage sets 1 cookie (measured from a US location before any click).
7 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 7 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: CookieYes
A consent management tool (CookieYes) loads with the page.
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 moonpie.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
- The footer still says © 2025.
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Azure
Company
- Founded
- 1917
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