The front-end side of news
Front-end metrics from big news sites around the world.
| Website | Country | Last time checked | Transferred page weight | W3C validation | Security | Usage of heading elements | Markup and implementation of site logo | Usability without JavaScript | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not cached in MB | cached in KB | Markup errors | CSS errors | SSL encryption | Usage of security headers | ||||||
| 100 websites | 10 countries | Ø 2.89 | Ø 135.06 | Ø 150.91 | Ø 160.92 | ||||||
| abc.net.au/news | Australia | 9 years ago | 0.58 | 45 | 10 | 43 | F | ||||
| afr.com | Australia | 9 years ago | 1.3 | 316 | 28 | 201 | F | ||||
| dailytelegraph.com.au | Australia | 9 years ago | 3.6 | 256 | 133 | 388 | F | ||||
| smh.com.au | Australia | 9 years ago | 2.4 | 112 | 150 | 254 | F | ||||
| theaustralian.com.au | Australia | 9 years ago | 1.9 | 224 | 196 | 47 | F | ||||
| derstandard.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 1.7 | 98 | 127 | 34 | F | ||||
| diepresse.com | Austria | 9 years ago | 2.1 | 135 | 77 | 4 | F | ||||
| heute.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 6.9 | 120 | 271 | 51 | F | ||||
| kleinezeitung.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 1.8 | 176 | 565 | 137 | F | ||||
| krone.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 2.8 | 339 | 10 | 20 | F | ||||
| kurier.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 1.8 | 52 | 90 | 67 | F | ||||
| nachrichten.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 1.3 | 59 | 461 | 17 | F | ||||
| oe24.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 7.3 | 632 | 68 | 41 | F | ||||
| orf.at | Austria | 9 years ago | 0.44 | 2 | 40 | 13 | F | ||||
| tt.com | Austria | 9 years ago | 3.5 | 420 | 135 | 77 | F | ||||
| 20minutes.fr | France | 9 years ago | 1.3 | 151 | 4 | 90 | F | ||||
| la-croix.com | France | 9 years ago | 3.0 | 77 | 9 | 179 | F | ||||
| lequipe.fr | France | 9 years ago | 1.4 | 129 | 556 | 79 | F | ||||
| lexpress.fr | France | 9 years ago | 2.5 | 914 | 160 | 314 | F | ||||
| lefigaro.fr | France | 9 years ago | 1.5 | 225 | 92 | 873 | F | ||||
| lemonde.fr | France | 9 years ago | 2.3 | 147 | 151 | 41 | F | ||||
| lesechos.fr | France | 9 years ago | 3.1 | 120 | 8 | 32 | F | ||||
| liberation.fr | France | 9 years ago | 2.7 | 41 | 20 | 101 | F | ||||
| bild.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 3.4* | 70* | 3 | 35 | F | ||||
| chip.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 0.96 | 39 | 47 | 94 | F | ||||
| faz.net | Germany | 9 years ago | 2.4 | 40 | 545 | 32 | F | ||||
| focus.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 3.3 | 78 | 615 | 15 | F | ||||
| golem.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 1.0 | 66 | 121 | 28 | F | ||||
| handelsblatt.com | Germany | 9 years ago | 3.7 | 115 | 116 | 146 | F | ||||
| heise.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 2.6 | 30 | 46 | 59 | F | ||||
| heute.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 2.6 | 47 | 316 | 141 | F | ||||
| morgenweb.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 4.5 | 324 | 20 | 101 | F | ||||
| pnp.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 1.9 | 93 | 226 | 21 | F | ||||
| rp-online.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 1.5 | 15 | 115 | 40 | F | ||||
| spiegel.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 1.4 | 58 | 220 | 217 | F | ||||
| stern.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 4.6 | 82 | 11 | 181 | F | ||||
| sueddeutsche.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 2.4 | 62 | 251 | 42 | F | ||||
| t3n.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 1.5 | 72 | 130 | 106 | F | ||||
| tagesschau.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 1.7 | 45 | 8 | 59 | F | ||||
| welt.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 0.78 | 4 | 27 | 30 | F | ||||
| wiwo.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 4.9 | 184 | 111 | 91 | F | ||||
| zeit.de | Germany | 9 years ago | 1.4 | 136 | 7 | 89 | F | ||||
| corriere.it | Italy | 9 years ago | 1.7 | 107 | 71 | 194 | F | ||||
| gazzetta.it | Italy | 9 years ago | 2.1 | 117 | 163 | 2354 | F | ||||
| ilfattoquotidiano.it | Italy | 9 years ago | 3.0 | 83 | 513 | 19 | F | ||||
| ilgiornale.it | Italy | 9 years ago | 2.2 | 21 | 160 | 2 | F | ||||
| ilmattino.it | Italy | 9 years ago | 4.5 | 78 | 757 | 73 | F | ||||
| lastampa.it | Italy | 9 years ago | 1.4 | 78 | 305 | 106 | F | ||||
| repubblica.it | Italy | 9 years ago | 1.4 | 144 | 104 | 254 | F | ||||
| ad.nl | Netherlands | 9 years ago | 3.4 | 42 | 1 | 1 | F | ||||
| nos.nl | Netherlands | 9 years ago | 3.3 | 22 | 2 | 15 | F | ||||
| nrc.nl | Netherlands | 9 years ago | 0.71 | 34 | 162 | 555 | F | ||||
| nu.nl | Netherlands | 9 years ago | 1.1 | 69 | 27 | 290 | F | ||||
| telegraaf.nl | Netherlands | 9 years ago | 2.2 | 209 | 247 | 147 | F | ||||
| volkskrant.nl | Netherlands | 9 years ago | 1.5 | 42 | 56 | 73 | F | ||||
| bbc.com | UK | 9 years ago | 1.5 | 4 | 9 | 216 | F | ||||
| dailymail.co.uk | UK | 9 years ago | 8.0 | 74 | 274 | 369 | F | ||||
| ft.com | UK | 9 years ago | 3.2 | 139 | 6 | 27 | E | ||||
| independent.co.uk | UK | 9 years ago | 2.0 | 75 | 126 | 4 | E | ||||
| mirror.co.uk | UK | 9 years ago | 2.3 | 98 | 11 | 272 | F | ||||
| skynews.com | UK | 9 years ago | 1.0 | 37 | 48 | 1 | F | ||||
| telegraph.co.uk | UK | 9 years ago | 5.1 | 133 | 185 | 290 | E | ||||
| theguardian.com | UK | 9 years ago | 1.3 | 19 | 85 | 643 | B | ||||
| thesun.co.uk | UK | 9 years ago | 0.96 | 68 | 3 | 130 | F | ||||
| abcnews.com | USA | 9 years ago | 2.1 | 117 | 165 | 210 | F | ||||
| arstechnica.com | USA | 9 years ago | 1.3 | 58 | 218 | 48 | F | ||||
| bostonglobe.com | USA | 9 years ago | 2.5 | 214 | 9 | 391 | F | ||||
| cnet.com | USA | 9 years ago | 3.1 | 33 | 146 | 124 | F | ||||
| cnn.com | USA | 9 years ago | 3.5 | 965 | 33 | 110 | C | ||||
| espn.com | USA | 9 years ago | 2.3 | 48 | 409 | 267 | F | ||||
| foxnews.com | USA | 9 years ago | 1.7 | 159 | 26 | 44 | F | ||||
| gizmodo.com | USA | 9 years ago | 3.5 | 74 | 253 | 67 | D | ||||
| huffingtonpost.com | USA | 9 years ago | 2.7 | 95 | 240 | 332 | F | ||||
| latimes.com | USA | 9 years ago | 0.62 | 26 | 215 | 83 | F | ||||
| nbcnews.com | USA | 9 years ago | 1.8 | 96 | 10 | 61 | F | ||||
| nytimes.com | USA | 9 years ago | 2.0 | 138 | 26 | 47 | E | ||||
| recode.net | USA | 9 years ago | 1.7 | 100 | 26 | 176 | F | ||||
| techcrunch.com | USA | 9 years ago | 1.5 | 170 | 96 | 61 | F | ||||
| time.com | USA | 9 years ago | 3.1 | 85 | 66 | 69 | F | ||||
| usatoday.com | USA | 9 years ago | 2.7 | 24 | 88 | 245 | F | ||||
| vox.com | USA | 9 years ago | 1.9 | 224 | 9 | 166 | B | ||||
| washingtonpost.com | USA | 9 years ago | 1.8 | 50 | 170 | 115 | E | ||||
| wsj.com | USA | 9 years ago | 2.6 | 199 | 266 | 175 | F | ||||
| abc.es | Spain | 9 years ago | 1 | 690 | 12 | 48 | F | ||||
| elmundo.es | Spain | 9 years ago | 2.6 | 66 | 35 | 95 | F | ||||
| elpais.com | Spain | 9 years ago | 2 | 73 | 47 | 31 | F | ||||
| elperiodico.com | Spain | 9 years ago | 5.6 | 64 | 189 | 73 | F | ||||
| larazon.es | Spain | 9 years ago | 2.3 | 110 | 762 | 253 | F | ||||
| lavanguardia.com | Spain | 9 years ago | 1.9 | 62 | 22 | 221 | F | ||||
| publico.es | Spain | 9 years ago | 7.3 | 58 | 6 | 89 | F | ||||
| 20min.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 4.4 | 200 | 222 | 28 | F | ||||
| 24heures.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 6.6 | 300 | 401 | 163 | F | ||||
| bernerzeitung.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 6.0 | 330 | 354 | 180 | F | ||||
| blick.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 32.0 | 3 | 9 | 303 | F | ||||
| blickamabend.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 2.7 | 2 | 14 | 366 | F | ||||
| nzz.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 0.70 | 105 | 165 | 37 | E | ||||
| srf.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 1.5 | 1 | 21 | 417 | F | ||||
| tagblatt.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 2.2 | 63 | 135 | 123 | F | ||||
| tagesanzeiger.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 7.6 | 395 | 458 | 161 | F | ||||
| watson.ch | Switzerland | 9 years ago | 2.3 | 66 | 157 | 48 | F | ||||
Legend and metrics
Transferred page weight
Metrics for not cached measurements:
| less than 1 MB | |
| between 1 and 1.49 MB | |
| between 1.5 and 1.99 MB | |
| between 2 and 2.99 MB | |
| 3 MB and more |
Metrics for cached measurements:
| less than 50 KB | |
| between 50 and 99 KB | |
| between 100 and 199 KB | |
| between 200 and 299 KB | |
| 300 KB and more |
“Transferred page weight” measures the total content transferred to the browser, which may be reduced due to compression. Measured on the home page with a 15 inch MacBook and
- latest Chrome Canary in fullscreen mode
- Chrome DevTools network tab
- ad-blocking enabled (for more comparable results)
- without scrolling (so things like lazy loading of images have the appropriate effect)
The not cached metric was measured as follows:
- open Chrome DevTools and activate “Disable cache”
- navigate to website
- wait for at least 10 second after full loaded page before noting the result
The cached metric was measured as follows:
- open Chrome DevTools and deactivate “Disable cache”
- navigate to website
- wait for at least 10 second after full loaded page
- retype the URL of the website in the address bar and hit enter
- wait for at least 10 second after full loaded page before noting the result
* = with ads enabled
W3C markup and CSS validation
Total amount of W3C markup and CSS validation errors using Markup Validation Service and CSS Validation Service.
Please note: As pointed out in this GitHub issue a valid website isn’t per se a well-crafted website. But I do think that developers should try to keep validation errors to an absolute minimum.
| no errors | |
| less than 50 errors | |
| between 50 and 100 errors | |
| more than 100 errors |
SSL encryption
| fully encrypted, no mixed unsecure content, automatic redirect to SSL version of page URL | |
| encryption is theoretically available, mixed unsecure content, no automatic redirect to SSL version of page URL | |
| no encryption whatsoever |
Usage of security headers
Grades as defined by securityheaders.io:
| A+ | |
| A or B | |
| C or D | |
| E or F |
Markup and usage of headings
| excellent usage of headings, order of heading levels makes sense | |
pretty good and consistent usage of headings, order of heading levels sometimes not optimal (e.g. h6 followed by h2), maybe tiny fraction of actual headings aren’t marked up as heading elements
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| overall good and frequent usage of headings, still some or many actual headings aren’t marked up as heading elements | |
| (very) rare usage of headings, most actual headings aren’t marked up as such | |
| no usage of heading elements whatsoever |
Markup and implementation of site logo
| image in markup, existing textual representation, schema.org markup | |
| image in markup, existing textual representation, overall good implementation | |
| CSS background image, existing textual representation, sometimes text hidden with CSS | |
| no textual representation in the markup |
Usability without JavaScript
| almost no difference | |
| most content visible and clickable, main navigation and search are usable, some images not visible but placeholder images exist | |
| most content visible and clickable, sometimes main navigation and/or search not usable, some or all images underneath the fold not visible | |
| no or only some images visible, main navigation and/or search not usable | |
| most content not visible or usable, main navigation and search not usable |