Web pages are now averaging 2.3 MB, yet the biggest delays are often invisible, with JavaScript parsing taking 1.2 seconds and third party scripts adding about 40% to load time. On mobile, 53% of users abandon sites that cross 3 seconds, while CLS breaks the 0.1 threshold on 25% of pages. That tension between heavier pages and stricter performance expectations is exactly where Web Page statistics get interesting.
Key Takeaways
- The average web page now weighs 2.3 MB, a 15% increase from 2022.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) averaged 2.5 seconds for desktop pages in 2023.
- 70% of page weight comes from images on median websites.
- Organic search drove 53% of website traffic in 2023.
- Pages with 3+ internal links ranked 58% higher.
- Mobile-first indexing applied to 90% of searches.
- HTTPS encryption covered 85% of pages in top 1M sites.
- SSL certificate errors affected 2% of sites monthly.
- CSP headers implemented on 35% of top sites.
- As of 2023, global websites numbered over 1.13 billion, with 194 million active sites receiving traffic.
- In Q4 2023, the top 10,000 websites averaged 1.2 million monthly visitors each.
- Mobile devices accounted for 59.36% of global web traffic in 2023.
- 88% of top websites use responsive design in 2023.
- Average number of links per homepage: 147 in 2023.
- Color contrast failed WCAG on 31% of text elements.
Web performance and SEO struggle together as heavy pages, slow loads, and weak Core Web Vitals keep users bouncing.
Related reading
01 · Category
Loading and Performance29 stats
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The average web page now weighs 2.3 MB, a 15% increase from 2022.
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Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) averaged 2.5 seconds for desktop pages in 2023.
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70% of page weight comes from images on median websites.
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Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) score exceeded 0.1 on 25% of pages.
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JavaScript parsing time averaged 1.2 seconds per page load.
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53% of mobile users abandoned sites with load times >3 seconds.
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HTTP/2 adoption reached 47% across top sites in 2023.
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Third-party scripts contributed 40% to page load delays.
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Core Web Vitals pass rate was 58% for mobile pages.
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Average First Input Delay (FID) measured 100ms on desktop.
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Fonts accounted for 8% of total page bytes in 2023.
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Time to Interactive (TTI) averaged 4.8 seconds globally.
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32% reduction in load time achieved by image optimization.
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Render-blocking resources delayed First Contentful Paint by 1.5s.
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Mobile page speed index averaged 3.2 seconds in 2023.
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Video autoplay increased load times by 25% on media sites.
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Compression reduced page sizes by 70% on average.
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Lazy loading adopted on 60% of image-heavy pages.
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DNS lookup time averaged 50ms for top domains.
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Connection time to first byte (TTFB) was 300ms median.
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Unused CSS contributed 20% to payload sizes.
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WebP format usage grew to 35% for images.
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Preconnect reduced third-party load by 200ms.
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Average redirects added 200ms to load times.
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Bundle splitting cut JS load time by 40%.
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65% of pages failed mobile Core Web Vitals in 2023.
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Service workers used on 15% of progressive web pages.
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Average hero image size: 450KB uncompressed.
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Critical rendering path optimized on 42% of sites.
Interpretation
Loading and Performance Interpretation
We are building digital sumo wrestlers who stand patiently at the door, while half our visitors get bored and wander away before they even get inside.
02 · Category
Optimization and SEO30 stats
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Organic search drove 53% of website traffic in 2023.
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Pages with 3+ internal links ranked 58% higher.
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Mobile-first indexing applied to 90% of searches.
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Average top-ranking page word count: 1,447.
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Featured snippets captured 8.6% of clicks.
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Schema markup used on 36% of top 10 results.
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Core Web Vitals impacted 25% of ranking signals.
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91% of pages got no organic traffic from Google.
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Backlinks from .edu domains boosted ranks by 20%.
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Title tags averaged 59 characters in top results.
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E-A-T signals strong on 70% of YMYL pages.
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Image alt text optimized on 65% ranking images.
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Canonical tags resolved duplicates on 82% sites.
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Page speed correlated with 1% rank improvement per second.
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Long-tail keywords drove 70% of traffic.
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Robots.txt blocked 12% unnecessary crawls.
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Hreflang tags on 28% multilingual pages.
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Internal linking improved crawl depth by 40%.
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Meta descriptions clicked 5.8% CTR average.
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EEAT updates emphasized experience in 2022.
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XML sitemaps submitted covered 95% indexable pages.
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Duplicate content penalized 4% of sites.
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Voice search optimized pages ranked 2x higher.
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Local SEO packs shown in 46% local queries.
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Breadcrumb schema boosted click-through by 10%.
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HTTPS as ranking signal since 2014, 95% top pages secure.
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Content freshness decayed ranks after 90 days.
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FAQ schema in 22% of featured answers.
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Mobile usability errors fixed on 88% optimized sites.
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Topical authority clusters ranked 3x better.
Interpretation
Optimization and SEO Interpretation
While organic search remains the lifeblood of website traffic, success hinges on a meticulous cocktail of technical hygiene, user-first content, and strategic linking, lest your page join the desolate 91% ghost town of online obscurity.
03 · Category
Security Features29 stats
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HTTPS encryption covered 85% of pages in top 1M sites.
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SSL certificate errors affected 2% of sites monthly.
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CSP headers implemented on 35% of top sites.
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HSTS preload list included 12,000 domains in 2023.
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28% of sites vulnerable to XSS attacks.
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Cookie security flags (Secure, HttpOnly) on 62% cookies.
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OWASP Top 10 affected 94% of apps, including web pages.
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Subresource Integrity (SRI) used on 8% of scripts.
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Mixed content blocked on 75% of HTTPS pages.
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DDoS attacks hit 15.4 million sites in 2023.
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81% of breaches involved weak/stolen passwords.
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WAF adoption at 42% for enterprise sites.
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Referrer-Policy header set on 29% of pages.
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Phishing pages detected: 1.2 million daily.
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Permissions-Policy reduced feature abuse on 12% sites.
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65% of sites had outdated TLS versions disabled.
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Malware infections on 0.5% of scanned pages.
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X-Frame-Options prevented clickjacking on 78%.
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Bot traffic was 47.4% of all web traffic.
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Expect-CT deprecated, 90% migrated to CAA.
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22% sites exposed sensitive data via CORS misconfig.
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Feature-Policy usage at 15% before rename.
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3.9 million ransomware attacks on web infra.
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COEP/COOP headers on 5% for cross-origin isolation.
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SQLi vulnerabilities in 8% of dynamic pages.
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Report-To header for incident reporting: 11% adoption.
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76% of sites passed securityheaders.io A/B grade.
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CSRF tokens on 55% of form-submitting pages.
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Trusted Web Activity secure browsing at 20% apps.
Interpretation
Security Features Interpretation
The state of web security in 2023 can be best described as a chaotic but improving cocktail, where three-quarters of the bar has a sturdy lock on the door but half the patrons are trying to steal the recipe.
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04 · Category
Traffic and Usage30 stats
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As of 2023, global websites numbered over 1.13 billion, with 194 million active sites receiving traffic.
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In Q4 2023, the top 10,000 websites averaged 1.2 million monthly visitors each.
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Mobile devices accounted for 59.36% of global web traffic in 2023.
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Average time spent on a webpage per visit was 54 seconds in 2023.
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47% of consumers expect a web page to load within 2 seconds or less.
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E-commerce sites saw 2.14 billion digital buyers in 2023, up 11.5% YoY.
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Social media drove 31% of referral traffic to websites in 2023.
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Bounce rate for landing pages averaged 70.54% across industries in 2023.
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Global internet users reached 5.3 billion in 2023, accessing 1.13 billion sites.
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US websites received 48% of global desktop traffic in January 2024.
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Video content pages had 88% higher engagement rates than text-only pages.
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52% of web traffic in 2023 came from organic search.
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Average pages per session on websites was 2.53 in 2023.
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Dark web pages constituted less than 0.01% of total internet pages in 2023.
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75% of users never scroll past the first page of search results.
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Email newsletters drove 15% of web traffic for B2B sites in 2023.
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Peak global web traffic hit 3.5 million pageviews per second during 2023 events.
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40% of users abandoned sites taking over 3 seconds to load.
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HTTPS pages grew to 82% of top 10 million sites in 2023.
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Average daily unique visitors to news sites: 150 million in 2023.
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India led mobile web traffic with 25% global share in 2023.
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Referral traffic from YouTube averaged 12.5% for content sites.
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Global web page views reached 50 trillion annually in 2023.
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68% of online experiences began with a search engine.
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Average session duration on e-commerce pages: 4 minutes 12 seconds.
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Direct traffic comprised 27% of total site visits in 2023.
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55% of traffic to top sites was from returning visitors.
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Podcast landing pages saw 2x higher dwell time than average.
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Global average new users per site per month: 1,200 in 2023.
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62% of B2B traffic originated from LinkedIn referrals.
Interpretation
Traffic and Usage Interpretation
In a digital ocean of over a trillion pages, where humanity's average attention is shorter than a microwave minute, the brutal truth is that success hinges on a two-second grace period to capture one of the five billion minds scrolling past at light speed.
05 · Category
User Experience and Design29 stats
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88% of top websites use responsive design in 2023.
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Average number of links per homepage: 147 in 2023.
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Color contrast failed WCAG on 31% of text elements.
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Dark mode adopted by 82% of top 100 sites.
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Average viewport height on desktop: 863px.
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Above-the-fold content height averaged 650px on mobile.
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92% of users read content left-to-right, favoring left-aligned nav.
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Hamburger menus used on 78% of mobile sites.
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Average font size for body text: 16px.
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45% of sites had accessibility scores below 50/100.
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Parallax scrolling implemented on 22% of landing pages.
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Micro-interactions boosted engagement by 20%.
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Average CTA button size: 44x44px on mobile.
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Skeleton screens used on 35% of dynamic pages.
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F-pattern reading confirmed on 69% of content pages.
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Infinite scroll on 55% of social/media sites.
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Average heading hierarchy violations: 12 per page.
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Glassmorphism design trend in 28% of new sites.
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Touch targets below 48px on 40% mobile buttons.
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76% of sites use card-based layouts.
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Loading animations present on 91% of AJAX pages.
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Readability score averaged Flesch 65 on blogs.
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3-click rule violated on 60% of navigation paths.
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Neumorphism used in 18% of UI components.
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Alt text missing on 56% of images.
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Hero sections dominated 95% of homepages.
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67% of users skim with F-pattern on average pages.
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Breadcrumb navigation on 48% of e-commerce sites.
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Oversized banners caused 15% higher bounce rates.
Interpretation
User Experience and Design Interpretation
The web is like a beautifully responsive cocktail party where 88% of guests have mastered the dress code, yet nearly half are awkwardly shouting in a dark corner while forgetting to introduce themselves and accidentally elbowing people with buttons that are too small.
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