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stationf.co website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 3 November 202625 issues · 80 checks
This review found 25 issues worth fixing on stationf.co, 5 of them high impact, across 80 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
88BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 115 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
Reduce unused JavaScript
600 ms · 541 KiBAbout 541 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 74
74/100Your mobile performance score is 74. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (posthog.com, ZenDesk and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 760 KiB and 559 ms of main-thread time.
posthog.com adds 288 ms
288 msposthog.com costs a phone 288 ms of main-thread work and 242 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.
Main-thread work: 2.4 s
A phone's processor spends 2.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
ZenDesk adds 178 ms
178 msZenDesk costs a phone 178 ms of main-thread work and 354 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.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 227 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 62 KiB6 images could be 62 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.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 46 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 46 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
150 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 150 ms.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
89 KiB4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (89 KiB).
Duplicated JavaScript
14 KiB14 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 93 ms
93 msYour server sent the HTML in 93 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.
Time to Interactive: 9.9 s
9.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 9.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 4.1 s
4.1 sYour largest element takes 4.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “STATION F”.
Real-user TTFB: 970 ms
970 msReal visitors wait 970 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 463 ms
463 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 463 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 3.4 s
3.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 115 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 111 ms
111 msReal visitors wait 111 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: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.6 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).
First Contentful Paint: 0.9 s
0.9 sThe first text or image appears after 0.9 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
About 0.4 g of CO₂ per visit
0.44 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.44 g of CO₂e: 52.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
4 checks passed
Page weight: 1.6 MB in 81 requests
1.6 MBYour homepage downloads 1.6 MB in 81 requests on a phone: scripts 1.1 MB (26), images 347 KiB (33) and fonts 90 KiB (4). That is a lean page.
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
4 text elements with low contrast
4 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
ARIA toggle fields must have an accessible name (1 element)
ARIA toggle fields must have an accessible name: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious 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 form fields without a label
2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 55 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
43 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 46 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 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 (9 characters)
Your title is only 9 characters: “STATION F”. 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.
Meta description is short (34 characters)
Your meta description is only 34 characters: “The world's biggest startup campus”. 70 to 160 characters is enough to sell the click.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
44 internal links, 10 external
The homepage links to 44 pages on stationf.co and 10 external pages.
4 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “The world's biggest startup campus”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://stationf.co/.
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://stationf.co/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 /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 (601 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
8 pages share a meta description
/startups, /programs, /events, /news, /about and /contact and 2 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 24 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
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
17 of 18 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a map but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
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 opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
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 662 words of copy
The homepage carries about 662 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “JOIN”.
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Join” and “Join our In-house Programs”.
1 short form
A short form (2 fields at most) is right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 2 customer or partner logos and “70M users”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads 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.
9 cookies set on arrival
9Opening the homepage sets 9 cookies (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 stationf.co, 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
- Cloudflare
Company
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- 13th arrondissement of Paris
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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