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Test if any webpage is mobile-friendly — viewport, responsive design, font sizes, images, lazy loading, render-blocking scripts, touch targets, and more. Free replacement for Google's retired mobile-friendly test.

Enter a URL to check mobile-friendliness:

How the Mobile-Friendly Checker Works

This tool analyzes HTML-level mobile-friendliness signals:

  1. Enter a URL — the tool fetches the page and analyzes the HTML markup, inline CSS, and meta tags.
  2. Viewport check — verifies the viewport meta tag is present with correct width=device-width and initial-scale settings, and that zoom isn't restricted.
  3. Responsive design — detects responsive media queries, checks for fixed-width elements that cause horizontal scrolling, and evaluates image responsiveness.
  4. Performance — checks for render-blocking scripts, lazy loading implementation, and resource optimization for mobile networks.
  5. Mobile features — verifies touch icon, theme color, app manifest, and absence of incompatible technologies like Flash.

Why Mobile-Friendliness Matters in 2026

Mobile-first indexing is now the default. Here's what's at stake:

  • Mobile-first indexing — Google uses the mobile version of your page for indexing and ranking. If your mobile experience is broken, your desktop rankings suffer too.
  • Traffic share — over 60% of global web traffic comes from mobile devices. An unfriendly mobile experience loses the majority of your audience.
  • Core Web Vitals — Google measures CLS (layout shift), LCP (loading), and INP (interactivity) on mobile. Missing viewport, unoptimized images, and blocking scripts directly harm these scores.
  • Conversion rates — mobile users convert at half the rate of desktop when the mobile experience is poor. A mobile-friendly site closes that gap.
  • AI search — AI search engines evaluate page quality including mobile usability when selecting sources for citations in AI search results.

For complete mobile optimization, also check your page performance, image optimization, and accessibility.

Essential Mobile-Friendly Checklist

Make sure your site hits these fundamentals:

  • Viewport meta tag — <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> in every page's <head>.
  • Responsive CSS — use media queries, flexible grids, and relative units (%, rem, vw) instead of fixed pixel widths.
  • Readable text — minimum 16px font size for body text. No need to zoom to read.
  • Tap targets ≥48px — buttons and links should be at least 48×48px with adequate spacing between them.
  • Responsive images — use srcset + sizes to serve appropriate image sizes per screen. Add loading="lazy" for below-fold images.
  • No horizontal scroll — nothing should extend beyond the viewport width. Use max-width: 100% on images and overflow-x: auto on tables.

For professional mobile optimization, explore our web design services and SEO services. Also check your color contrast — mobile screens in bright light make low-contrast text even harder to read — and verify your font loading isn't blocking mobile rendering.

Mobile-Friendly Checker: FAQ

What does this mobile-friendly checker test?
This tool analyzes a webpage's HTML for 10+ mobile-friendliness criteria: viewport configuration, responsive media queries, font sizes, fixed-width elements, image responsiveness and lazy loading, table handling, touch-friendly design, render-blocking scripts, Flash content, app manifests, touch icons, and theme color. It identifies issues that would make the page difficult to use on mobile devices.
Didn't Google have a mobile-friendly test?
Yes, Google retired their Mobile-Friendly Test tool in December 2023. They now recommend using Lighthouse or Search Console for mobile testing. Our tool fills the gap with a fast, free, no-signup alternative that focuses on the most impactful mobile checks from HTML analysis.
What is the viewport meta tag and why is it critical?
The viewport meta tag (meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1") tells mobile browsers to render the page at the device's screen width instead of a desktop-width viewport. Without it, your page displays zoomed out on mobile, making text tiny and unreadable. It is the single most important mobile-friendliness element.
Why is user-scalable=no bad?
Setting user-scalable=no in the viewport tag prevents users from pinch-to-zoom on mobile devices. This violates WCAG accessibility guidelines because users with low vision need zoom capability. Some users also zoom to read small text or see details in images. Google's Lighthouse flags this as an accessibility error.
What causes horizontal scrolling on mobile?
Horizontal scrolling is typically caused by: fixed-width elements wider than the screen (images, tables, divs with explicit pixel widths), absolute positioning that extends beyond the viewport, or CSS that doesn't properly handle overflow. Our tool flags fixed-width images >400px and elements >500px that could trigger this.
How do responsive images help mobile performance?
The srcset attribute provides multiple image sizes so the browser downloads only what it needs. A phone with a 360px viewport shouldn't download a 2000px hero image. Combined with the sizes attribute, srcset can reduce image download sizes by 50-70% on mobile, dramatically improving load times on cellular networks.
Why do render-blocking scripts matter more on mobile?
Mobile devices typically have slower processors and cellular connections. Render-blocking scripts force the browser to download and execute JavaScript before displaying any content. On a 3G connection, each blocking script can add 1-3 seconds of delay. Using defer or async attributes lets the page render while scripts load.
What is a good mobile-friendliness score?
A score of 80-100 means the page has good mobile foundations. 50-79 means there are significant issues to address. Below 50 indicates critical problems. The most impactful fix is always the viewport meta tag — without it, everything else is secondary.
Is this mobile-friendly checker free?
Yes. Completely free, no signup, no limits. Enter any URL for an instant mobile-friendliness audit.
Does this tool store the URLs I check?
No. The tool fetches the page, analyzes the HTML, and returns the result. No data is stored.

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