Code to Text Ratio Checker
The code to text ratio is the share of a page's HTML file that is readable text rather than markup, scripts and styles. This free checker fetches your URL, measures the HTML in bytes and the visible text in bytes, shows the percentage, breaks out inline script and style weight, and gives plain advice when the page is mostly code.
Code to Text Ratio Checker
On-page SEO
About this tool
Every web page is a mix of code a visitor never reads and text they do. The code to text ratio puts a number on that mix: visible text bytes divided by total HTML bytes. A low ratio means the page carries a lot of markup, inline scripts or inline styles around a small amount of content. That makes the file heavier to download and gives a crawler less to work with.
The checker loads the page from our server, measures the decoded HTML, then removes scripts, styles, templates, SVG and comments to measure the text a visitor can read. It reports both sizes, the ratio, how many bytes sit in inline scripts and inline styles, and how many external script and style files the page loads.
Treat the percentage as a hint, not a ranking factor. Search engines do not publish a target, and a short, useful page can have a low ratio simply because it is short. The numbers are most helpful for comparing pages on your own site, or for spotting a page template where huge inline scripts or page builder markup have crowded out the content.
Frequently asked questions
Is code to text ratio a Google ranking factor?
Google has not said it uses the ratio as a ranking signal. It is a diagnostic. A very low ratio often points to heavy inline code, slow downloads and thin content, and those can hurt rankings indirectly. Use it to find bloated templates, not as a number to chase.
What is a good code to text ratio?
There is no official figure. As a rough rule of thumb many SEOs aim above 25 percent for content pages and treat anything under 10 percent as worth investigating. Pages with forms, tools or product grids naturally score lower, so compare against similar pages on your own site.
How do I improve a low code to text ratio?
Move inline scripts and styles into cached external files, remove unused page builder wrappers and plugins, minify the HTML, and add useful written content where the page is thin. Adding text only to move the number is pointless; the content has to help the visitor.
Does the ratio count text added by JavaScript?
No. The tool reads the HTML the server sends, the same raw document a crawler gets first. Text created by JavaScript after the page loads is not in that file, so it is not counted. That is also a useful warning: such text may be invisible to some crawlers.