Site Health Report Card

cnbc.com

  • CNBC
  • Finance · Business news
  • Online since 1996
  • Checked Sep 30, 2026

“Breaking: page still loading.”

Pica's take. CNBC serves the market numbers quickly and then fifty-seven outside scripts. The page bounces like a volatile afternoon. The locks hold. The volatility is mostly advertising.

B84 / 100

Overall health

#89 of 100 sites graded

  • Largest paint

    4.5s

  • Page weight

    8.1 MB

  • Requests

    280

  • Third-party scripts

    57

  • Domain age

    30 yrs

  • Blocklists

    0 / 60

Timed by our own browser

Site Speed

F
55

Pica is worried.

Largest paint (LCP)
4.5s
First paint (FCP)
2.0s
Server response (TTFB)
370 ms
Layout shift (CLS)
0.15
Page weight
8.1 MB
Requests
280

Pica: Eight megabytes. Down two percent in patience.

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A look from the outside

Security Check

B
85

Solid, with a quibble or two.

HTTPS everywhere
Yes
HSTS
Yes
TLS
1.3
Content Security Policy
Partial
Mixed content
None
Third-party scripts
57

Pica: Fifty-seven outside scripts. Very bullish on ads.

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What the internet says about it

Reputation Check

A
95

In excellent shape.

Domain age
30 years
Blocklists
0 of 60
Malware reports
None
Email authentication
DMARC reject
Certificate
Valid · 80 days
Lookalike domains
Plenty

Pica: Thirty years online. Clean record.

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Is it in a good neighborhood?

Hosting Check

A+
100

In excellent shape.

Network
Akamai · AS20940
Content delivery
Akamai
IPv6
Yes
HTTP/3
Yes
Shared-IP neighbors
Shared CDN, well kept
Flagged neighbors
0

Pica: Akamai. Good trading floor.

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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.