10 Essential Tips to Speed Up Next.js 15 App Router Applications
Learn how dynamic SSR, font optimization, automatic image optimization, and bundle splitting dramatically improve Lighthouse performance scores.

Learn how dynamic SSR, font optimization, automatic image optimization, and bundle splitting dramatically improve Lighthouse performance scores.

Performance is key for conversions and SEO ranking. Here are 10 actionable tips to make your Next.js App Router website load instantly.
1. **Use Server Components by Default**: Only add `'use client'` to leaf components that require state or event handlers.
2. **Enable Dynamic SSR (`force-dynamic`)**: Prevent stale cache issues while keeping page generation under 50ms.
3. **Optimize Web Fonts**: Use `next/font` to self-host Google fonts without external network requests.
4. **Leverage Next.js Image Component**: Automatic WebP/AVIF formatting and layout shift prevention.
5. **Add Dynamic XML Sitemap & Robots.txt**: Helps Google indexing speed.

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