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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202618 issues · 78 checks

This review found 18 issues worth fixing on risescience.com, 7 of them high impact, across 78 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
1.7 s1.3 sMay 16Oct 311.4 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.6 s
May 23, 20261.6 s
May 30, 20261.6 s
Jun 6, 20261.7 s
Jun 13, 20261.7 s
Jun 20, 20261.7 s
Jun 27, 20261.7 s
Jul 4, 20261.7 s
Jul 11, 20261.6 s
Jul 18, 20261.6 s
Jul 25, 20261.6 s
Aug 1, 20261.6 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.6 s
Aug 22, 20261.6 s
Aug 29, 20261.5 s
Sep 5, 20261.4 s
Sep 12, 20261.4 s
Sep 19, 20261.4 s
Sep 26, 20261.4 s
Oct 3, 20261.4 s
Oct 10, 20261.4 s
Oct 17, 20261.4 s
Oct 24, 20261.4 s
Oct 31, 20261.4 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
90 ms84 msMay 16Oct 3187 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 202687 ms
May 23, 202686 ms
May 30, 202687 ms
Jun 6, 202688 ms
Jun 13, 202687 ms
Jun 20, 202687 ms
Jun 27, 202687 ms
Jul 4, 202688 ms
Jul 11, 202688 ms
Jul 18, 202687 ms
Jul 25, 202687 ms
Aug 1, 202686 ms
Aug 8, 202685 ms
Aug 15, 202686 ms
Aug 22, 202687 ms
Aug 29, 202688 ms
Sep 5, 202689 ms
Sep 12, 202688 ms
Sep 19, 202688 ms
Sep 26, 202687 ms
Oct 3, 202687 ms
Oct 10, 202687 ms
Oct 17, 202685 ms
Oct 24, 202687 ms
Oct 31, 202687 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 risescience.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

3 to fix67
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.4 s · 284 KiB

    About 284 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.6 s

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.6 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 67

    67/100

    Your mobile performance score is 67. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Minify JavaScript

    150 ms · 38 KiB

    38 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    150 ms · 29 KiB

    6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (29 KiB).

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 28 KiB

    About 28 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.

  • 4 long tasks on the main thread

    4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 100 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Improve image delivery

    50 ms · 47 KiB

    5 images could be 47 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.

  • 7 third-party services on the page

    7 third-party services load with your homepage (cloudfront.net, JSDelivr CDN and psychologytoday.com and others), adding 197 KiB and 77 ms of main-thread time.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    17 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 17 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify CSS

    11 KiB

    11 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: 0.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 0.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 327 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 3 ms

    3 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 3 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • Largest Contentful Paint: 8.1 s

    8.1 s

    Your largest element takes 8.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 8.1 s

    8.1 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 8.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 5.2 s

    5.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 5.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.5 s

    2.5 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 23 images without width and height

    23 images 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 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 87 ms to 87 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

9 checks passed
  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors wait 1.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 79 ms

    79 ms

    Real visitors wait 79 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: 0.9 s

    0.9 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 441 ms

    441 ms

    Real visitors wait 441 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 13% faster for real visitors

    -13%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 120 ms

    120 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 120 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

100
  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (24 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 0.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.30 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.30 g of CO₂e: 36.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • Page weight: 1.1 MB in 51 requests

    1.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 1.1 MB in 51 requests on a phone: scripts 497 KiB (13), fonts 273 KiB (4) and images 248 KiB (26). That is a lean page.

  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

6 to fixGoogle 9192
  • 3 text elements with low contrast

    3 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)

    Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (21 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 21 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • 4 links without text

    4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4 and h4 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 39 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 45 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 6 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

Google 100100
  • 33 internal links, 26 external

    The homepage links to 33 pages on risescience.com and 26 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 126 characters

    Your meta description is 126 characters: “RISE shows you how to get better sleep and when your personal energy peaks and dips will be, to help you reach your pot…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “The power behind your next best day.”.

  • Title: 42 characters

    Your title is a healthy 42 characters: “Rise Science | Sleep Debt & Energy Tracker”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.risescience.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: MobileApplication and Organization.

  • 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 and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.risescience.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 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.

  • Organization data: 6 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,230 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://www.risescience.com/llms.txt (80 KiB, 253 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 2 pages without an H1

    https://www.risescience.com/expert-care and https://www.risescience.com/download-rise-qr-blog have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 11 internal pages checked

    We fetched 11 pages linked from your homepage and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 11 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 11 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 11 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

Google 100100
3 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    8 of 9 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

2 to fix75
  • 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 direct contact details

    No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.

  • 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.

  • About 435 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 435 words of visible text.

4 checks passed
  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Try For Free” and “Sign Up”.

  • 8 short forms

    8 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 3 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare Web Analytics.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads 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.

  • 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.

  • 10 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 10 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 risescience.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
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Cloudflare

Company

Founded
2014
Headquarters
Chicago

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