Site Health Report Card

bbc.com

  • BBC
  • News · Public service
  • Online since 1997
  • Checked Sep 30, 2026

“Calm, tidy, and very British about it.”

Pica's take. The BBC loads the way it reads the news: quickly, clearly, and without shouting. Sensible locks, a modest guest list, and its own network. Top marks for keeping calm.

A94 / 100

Overall health

#29 of 100 sites graded

  • Largest paint

    2.5s

  • Page weight

    3.3 MB

  • Requests

    110

  • Third-party scripts

    14

  • Domain age

    29 yrs

  • Blocklists

    0 / 60

Timed by our own browser

Site Speed

A-
91

In excellent shape.

Largest paint (LCP)
2.5s
First paint (FCP)
1.1s
Server response (TTFB)
220 ms
Layout shift (CLS)
0.04
Page weight
3.3 MB
Requests
110

Pica: Three megabytes and composed. Would like a cup of tea.

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A look from the outside

Security Check

A-
91

In excellent shape.

HTTPS everywhere
Yes
HSTS
Preloaded
TLS
1.3
Content Security Policy
Partial
Mixed content
None
Third-party scripts
14

Pica: Fourteen outside scripts, all queuing politely.

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What the internet says about it

Reputation Check

A
95

In excellent shape.

Domain age
29 years
Blocklists
0 of 60
Malware reports
None
Email authentication
DMARC reject
Certificate
Valid · 90 days
Lookalike domains
Some

Pica: Twenty-nine years online, a century on air.

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Is it in a good neighborhood?

Hosting Check

A+
100

In excellent shape.

Network
BBC · AS2818
Content delivery
Own edge + Fastly
IPv6
Yes
HTTP/3
Yes
Shared-IP neighbors
BBC properties
Flagged neighbors
0

Pica: Its own network. Very orderly.

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How we grade. Four checks, weighted equally: speed timed by our own browser, a security look from the outside, public reputation signals, and the network the site lives on. A look from the outside is not a server audit.