Ars Technica

As of December 5, 2024
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    Econiscore
    The Econiscore is a letter grade based on the Peer Percentile, according to the following scale:
    A Grade: Your peer percentile is outstanding, equal to or exceeding 80%.
    B Grade: Your peer percentile is above average, ranging between 60% to 79%.
    C Grade: Your peer percentile is average, with a score between 40% and 59%.
    D Grade: Your peer percentile is below average, falling between 20% and 39%.
    F Grade: Your peer percentile is significantly below average, below 20%.

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    Compares the brand's performance score relative to its peers (i.e., brands within the same category), with a higher value indicating better performance among its competitors.

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Key Metrics

The essential markers all sites should work on

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Accessibility
93%
Best Practices
57%
SEO
92%
Web Vitals
Score
Largest Contentful Paint
1.36
Interaction To Next Paint
0.14
Cumulative Layout Shift
0.03
First Contentful Paint
1.27
First Input Delay
Time To First Byte
0.68
Lighthouse
Score
First Contentful Paint
7
Speed Index
14.8
Largest Contentful Paint
17.6
Total Blocking Time
2
Time to First Byte
0
Cumulative Layout Shift
16.83

Influential Vendors

The most impactful 3rd party packages

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VENDOR
MAIN THREAD
BLOCKING
TRANSFER SIZE
Google Tag Manager
Main Thread:
763ms
Blocking:
361ms
Transfer Size:
258.62kB
permutive.app
Main Thread:
873ms
Blocking:
238ms
Transfer Size:
322.76kB
Google/Doubleclick Ads
Main Thread:
1057ms
Blocking:
236ms
Transfer Size:
377.62kB
TikTok
Main Thread:
338ms
Blocking:
223ms
Transfer Size:
143.03kB
conde.digital
Main Thread:
813ms
Blocking:
223ms
Transfer Size:
181.57kB
arstechnica.net
Main Thread:
376ms
Blocking:
193ms
Transfer Size:
941.32kB
89 additional vendors which combined compose <3.4% impact

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Profile

Owner

Condé Nast

Website

https://arstechnica.com/

Founded

1998

Category

News & Broadcast Media

Description

Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games.

Headquarters

New York, NY, U.S.

Profile Source

Wikipedia