Site Health Report Card

webmd.com

  • WebMD
  • Reference · Health
  • Online since 1998
  • Checked Sep 30, 2026

“Symptom: heavy page. Diagnosis: ads.”

Pica's take. WebMD is full of useful health information, surrounded by sixty-three outside scripts and eight megabytes of advertising. There is no content policy and the page shifts as ads settle. The prognosis is good, with treatment.

B-82 / 100

Overall health

#99 of 100 sites graded

  • Largest paint

    4.7s

  • Page weight

    8.3 MB

  • Requests

    290

  • Third-party scripts

    63

  • Domain age

    28 yrs

  • Blocklists

    0 / 60

Timed by our own browser

Site Speed

F
55

Pica is worried.

Largest paint (LCP)
4.7s
First paint (FCP)
2.2s
Server response (TTFB)
390 ms
Layout shift (CLS)
0.16
Page weight
8.3 MB
Requests
290

Pica: Eight megabytes. According to WebMD, that is serious.

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A look from the outside

Security Check

C+
79

Gets there, with notes.

HTTPS everywhere
Yes
HSTS
Yes
TLS
1.3
Content Security Policy
Missing
Mixed content
None
Third-party scripts
63

Pica: Sixty-three outside scripts and no content policy. Please see a doctor.

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What the internet says about it

Reputation Check

A
95

In excellent shape.

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

Pica: Twenty-eight years online. Has convinced millions they have something rare.

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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. Clean clinic.

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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.