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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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22%
Performance
10%
30-Day Change
12%
Peer Percentile
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.

Detected Category: News & Broadcast Media

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Summary Chart Vendors

Key Metrics

The essential markers all sites should work on

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Accessibility

76%

Best Practices

64%

SEO

91%

Lighthouse

Score

First Contentful Paint

3.5

Speed Index

22.8

Largest Contentful Paint

5.8

Total Blocking Time

9.6

Time to First Byte

Cumulative Layout Shift

20.61

Influential Vendors

The most impactful 3rd party packages

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VENDOR

MAIN THREAD

BLOCKING

TRANSFER SIZE

arstechnica.net

Main Thread:

3159ms

Blocking:

2315ms

Transfer Size:

937.56kB

permutive.app

Main Thread:

3602ms

Blocking:

1386ms

Transfer Size:

167.32kB

Google Tag Manager

Main Thread:

2020ms

Blocking:

1154ms

Transfer Size:

302.20kB

Google/Doubleclick Ads

Main Thread:

2374ms

Blocking:

991ms

Transfer Size:

356.70kB

cnevids.com

Main Thread:

3222ms

Blocking:

894ms

Transfer Size:

373.76kB

conde.digital

Main Thread:

1605ms

Blocking:

802ms

Transfer Size:

172.76kB

72 additional vendors which combined compose <2.8% impact

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Revenue Opportunity

Estimates how much additional revenue this site could be generating by improving performance.

Estimated numbers provided are for informational purposes only and do not constitute a guarantee of actual outcomes.

First Contentful Paint

36%

3.5 sec → 2.2 sec

Largest Contentful Paint

59%

5.8 sec → 2.4 sec

Cumulative Layout Shift

51%

0.21 → 0.1

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Owner

Condé Nast

Website

https://arstechnica.com/

Founded

1998