Posts tagged "wcag"

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March 09, 2026 15 min read

The ADA Title II Deadline Slipped to 2027: Two-Thirds of Government, Education, and Health Sites Still Fail WCAG

We re-analyzed 220,000+ government, education, and health sites — the sectors covered by the DOJ's ADA Title II web rule — across WCAG, EEAT, SEO, readability, and privacy. The April 2026 compliance deadline was extended to April 2027 days before it landed, and the data shows why: just 28% earn a clean WCAG pass, nearly 40% score F, and all three sectors fail two-to-one. We also correct an earlier finding — Health does not lead these sectors on trust; it now trails them at the lowest EEAT of the three.

March 01, 2026 16 min read

European Accessibility Act Readiness: One Year In, EU Websites Are No More Accessible Than the Rest of the Web

One year into European Accessibility Act enforcement, we mapped automated WCAG accessibility across ~947,000 sites in 21 EU official languages, cross-referenced against six quality dimensions in LLMSE's 3.4M-URL index. EU sites pass WCAG at 42.7% — no better than the 43.8% global web average, so the EAA has produced no measurable accessibility premium yet. A North-South divide persists: Finland leads at 53.9%, Bulgaria trails at 27.5%. EU sites also beat the web on SEO, trust and privacy, but lag on AI-answer optimization.

February 24, 2026 15 min read

WCAG Accessibility by Industry and Platform: The Web's 38% F-Rate

We graded 3.34 million websites against automated WCAG 2.1 Level A checks. The web's accessibility pass rate is 43.8%, but 38% earn an outright F and only 14.4% a clean A. Entertainment and reference sites lead; Shopping and Productivity are majority-F. And your CMS predicts your score — Plone and Squarespace clear 53-68%, Weebly just 15%. Here's the aggregate accessibility gap, by category and by platform.