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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 October 202632 issues · 65 checks

This review found 32 issues worth fixing on tinder.com, 18 of them high impact, across 65 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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
9.1 s8.0 sApr 18Oct 38.2 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 18, 20268.9 s
Apr 25, 20269.0 s
May 2, 20268.9 s
May 9, 20268.9 s
May 16, 20268.9 s
May 23, 20268.9 s
May 30, 20268.9 s
Jun 6, 20268.7 s
Jun 13, 20268.5 s
Jun 20, 20268.2 s
Jun 27, 20268.1 s
Jul 4, 20268.2 s
Jul 11, 20268.2 s
Jul 18, 20268.2 s
Jul 25, 20268.2 s
Aug 1, 20268.2 s
Aug 8, 20268.3 s
Aug 15, 20268.2 s
Aug 22, 20268.3 s
Aug 29, 20268.2 s
Sep 5, 20268.1 s
Sep 12, 20268.1 s
Sep 19, 20268.1 s
Sep 26, 20268.1 s
Oct 3, 20268.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
396 ms284 msApr 18Oct 3380 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 18, 2026297 ms
Apr 25, 2026299 ms
May 2, 2026301 ms
May 9, 2026304 ms
May 16, 2026309 ms
May 23, 2026315 ms
May 30, 2026321 ms
Jun 6, 2026325 ms
Jun 13, 2026326 ms
Jun 20, 2026328 ms
Jun 27, 2026330 ms
Jul 4, 2026335 ms
Jul 11, 2026336 ms
Jul 18, 2026333 ms
Jul 25, 2026332 ms
Aug 1, 2026343 ms
Aug 8, 2026355 ms
Aug 15, 2026371 ms
Aug 22, 2026381 ms
Aug 29, 2026382 ms
Sep 5, 2026383 ms
Sep 12, 2026381 ms
Sep 19, 2026380 ms
Sep 26, 2026380 ms
Oct 3, 2026380 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 tinder.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

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

Speed

9 to fix55
  • Improve image delivery

    3.9 s · 2.0 MB

    10 images could be 2.0 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.9 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    3.0 s

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.0 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    2.1 s · 447 KiB

    About 447 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.1 s faster on a phone.

  • 4,087 HTML elements

    The page has 4,087 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Mobile performance score: 55

    55/100

    Your mobile performance score is 55 (desktop: 53). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 8 long tasks on the main thread

    8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 537 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    450 ms · 56 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 56 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 84 KiB

    About 84 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Main-thread work: 2.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 2.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 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.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

  • 1 third-party service on the page

    1 third-party service load with your homepage (gotinder.com), adding 25 KiB and 0 ms of main-thread time.

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  • Server response: 31 ms

    31 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 31 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix33
  • 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 LCP: 8.5 s

    8.5 s

    Real visitors wait 8.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 7.8 s

    7.8 s

    The first text or image appears after 7.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 19.2 s

    19.2 s

    Your largest element takes 19.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “It starts with a swipe.™”.

  • Time to Interactive: 19.6 s

    19.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 19.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 8.0 s

    8.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user INP: 340 ms

    340 ms

    Real visitors wait 340 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 28% slower for real visitors

    +28%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 297 ms to 380 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors wait 1.0 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • 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

    -9%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 8.9 s to 8.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user CLS: 0.01

    0.01

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.5 s

    1.5 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 164 ms

    164 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 164 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

2 to fix60
  • Page weight: 4.1 MB in 72 requests

    4.1 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.1 MB in 72 requests on a phone: images 2.4 MB (15), scripts 1.0 MB (38) and fonts 480 KiB (9). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 3 images far larger than shown

    312 KiB

    3 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 656acdfe52796afe429cb6b3f694aad1.webp at 1,024 px wide, shown at 270 px. Resized copies would save about 312 KiB.

  • About 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.15 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.15 g of CO₂e: 138.0 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.

Accessibility

2 to fixGoogle 9995
  • 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.

  • <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.

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  • 42 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: 42 passed and 2 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10088
  • No H1 headline

    There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.

  • 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.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 120 characters

    Your meta description is 120 characters: “With 55 billion matches to date, Tinder® is the world’s most popular dating app, making it the place to meet new people.”.

  • Title: 47 characters

    Your title is a healthy 47 characters: “Tinder | Dating, Make Friends & Meet New People”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://tinder.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization and WebApplication.

  • 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://tinder.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix75
  • Most text only appears after JavaScript runs

    0%

    A phone browser shows 762 words, but the HTML your server sends has only 0. GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read that HTML without running JavaScript, so they see an almost empty page. Server-side rendering or pre-rendering fixes it.

  • 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.

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  • 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: 4 of 6 facts

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

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'addEventListener')”.

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    10 of 10 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

5 to fix20
  • 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.

  • No analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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 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.

  • About 762 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 762 words of visible text.

Privacy and tracking

  • 4 cookies set on arrival

    4

    Opening the homepage sets 4 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.

  • 1 other company contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 1 host run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • No known trackers before consent

    No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).

Security, domain, email and software versions

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