The WebAIM Million Update
A 6-month accessibility re-analysis of the top 1,000,000 home pages
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Important!
This page reflects data from August 2019. For a complete and up-to-date information on the accessibility of the top one million home pages, see the main WebAIM Million Report.
Introduction
In August 2019, WebAIM conducted a re-analysis of the accessibility of the home pages for the top 1,000,000 web sites. The initial WebAIM Million analysis had been conducted in February – 6 months prior. This report documents changes in accessibility over that 6 month time period. The same sampling techniques and methods were used during this update as were used for the original WebAIM Million. The same caveats discussed in the original research remain.
Note!
The site lookup functionality provides updated metrics based on this August 2019 analysis. It also indicates changes in home page accessibility over the course of these 6 months.
Errors and Error Density
Errors are accessibility issues that are automatically detectable via WAVE, have notable end user impact, and are likely WCAG 2 conformance failures. There was an average of 59.1 errors per home page, a slight decrease [...]