webmd.com

Comparable visits

Observed differences across comparable visits

• Jul 21, 2026+3 third-party requests, -1 third-party tracking-service requests compared with Jul 21, 2026
• Jul 6, 2026+6 third-party requests, no change in third-party tracking-service requests compared with Jun 25, 2026

These successful, uncapped passive visits hold the route, scanner method, browser, device, conditions, catalog, Brave-list source and list count constant. The list snapshot may differ, so these are not Shields or detector changes. Differences can still reflect site experiments, ad rotation, caching or bot detection.

Evidence timeline

9 reports

The trend line covers this site's 2 most recent reports from one measurement cohort. 2 other reports were measured under different methodology generations, so they are listed below rather than joined to one line.

1. Aug 14, 2026 · GPC comparison · desktopwebmd.com's retained request log includes catalogued Google and LinkedIn domains.at least 980 third-party requests · at least 420 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 2.r2 · recording capped: this visit hit the exact request-recording cap, so its request counts are lower bounds and it is excluded from the medians, leaderboard, and since-last-scan deltas.
2. Aug 10, 2026 · Brave-list blocking comparison · desktopwebmd.com's retained request log includes catalogued Google and LinkedIn domains.at least 977 third-party requests · at least 415 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1 · recording capped: this visit hit the exact request-recording cap, so its request counts are lower bounds and it is excluded from the medians, leaderboard, and since-last-scan deltas.
3. Aug 7, 2026 · Brave-list blocking comparison · desktopwebmd.com's retained request log includes catalogued Google domains.at least 978 third-party requests · at least 334 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1 · recording capped: this visit hit the exact request-recording cap, so its request counts are lower bounds and it is excluded from the medians, leaderboard, and since-last-scan deltas.
4. Jul 27, 2026 · Brave-list blocking comparison · desktopwebmd.com's retained request log includes catalogued Google, Pinterest and LinkedIn, +1 more domains.at least 980 third-party requests · at least 356 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1 · recording capped: this visit hit the exact request-recording cap, so its request counts are lower bounds and it is excluded from the medians, leaderboard, and since-last-scan deltas.
5. Jul 21, 2026 · Brave-list blocking comparison · desktopwebmd.com recorded 302 fewer third-party requests in the visit configured for Brave-list blocking.382 third-party requests · 152 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1
6. Jul 21, 2026 · Brave-list blocking comparison · desktopwebmd.com recorded 299 fewer third-party requests in the visit configured for Brave-list blocking.379 third-party requests · 153 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1
7. Jul 6, 2026 · Brave-list blocking comparison · desktopwebmd.com recorded 306 fewer third-party requests in the visit configured for Brave-list blocking.381 third-party requests · 154 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1
8. Jul 2, 2026 · consent comparison attempt (no control activated) · desktopwebmd.com contacted catalogued Google, Pinterest and X domains during this visit.384 third-party requests · 156 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1
9. Jun 25, 2026 · Brave-list blocking comparison · desktopwebmd.com recorded 295 fewer third-party requests in the visit configured for Brave-list blocking.375 third-party requests · 154 third-party tracking-service requests · schema 1