Dataset study

Website audit score benchmarks from the FreeScan public dataset

Name: Website audit score benchmarks from the FreeScan public dataset
Published: 2026-08-27

Current score distributions, category ranges, and common audit failures from eligible canonical public FreeScan reports, with the sample, method, exclusions, and limits disclosed.

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Population, aggregation, and limits

The rules used to select reports and calculate every published statistic.

The population contains one latest completed report per canonical public page. A report must pass the public index-eligibility policy, include a verified HTML response, contain sufficient check evidence, have complete category scores, and not be disabled or challenged.

Scores are produced by the published FreeScan scoring methodology. The median is the 50th percentile. The middle 50% runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Histogram bands are fixed ten-point ranges, with 100 included in the 90 to 100 band.

Each canonical page contributes once, so repeated rescans do not increase its weight. The population grows as new eligible pages are scanned. Aggregates are cached for up to one hour, and the displayed completion window identifies the underlying report period.

Common-check failure rates use only reports that contain the named check. This prevents a check introduced in a newer scanner version from being counted as absent or passed in older reports.

These statistics describe pages in the FreeScan public dataset. They are not a random sample of all websites and do not prove that a score causes traffic, rankings, accessibility conformance, security, or conversion outcomes.

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Eligible public reports are added to future aggregates automatically. The benchmark never changes how an individual scan is scored.

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Dataset study

772 eligible reports

Through September 5, 2026

Website audit score benchmarks from the FreeScan public dataset

Current score distributions, category ranges, and common audit failures from eligible canonical public FreeScan reports, with the sample, method, exclusions, and limits disclosed.

Current benchmark

One latest index-eligible report per canonical public page. Repeated rescans do not add weight.

Eligible reports

772

Median overall

Middle 50%

73 to 87

Mean overall

78.9

High priority

Scores 0 to 69

16.3%

126 reports

Needs attention

Scores 70 to 89

67.6%

522 reports

Strong

Scores 90 to 100

16.1%

124 reports

Overall score distribution

The bars use the same red, yellow, and green score states shown throughout FreeScan audit reports.

Category benchmarks

Compare the typical category score and, when available, the middle half and full distribution of every category.

SEO / AEO

Middle 50%: 80.8 to 100

Security

Middle 50%: 76 to 96

Accessibility

Middle 50%: 61 to 79

Design

Middle 50%: 67 to 85

Category score ranges

The 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile show both the typical result and how widely pages vary.

Category score distributions

Each line shows the share of eligible audits within a ten-point score band. The denominator is identical for all four categories.

Category balance

The score gap is each page's highest category score minus its lowest category score.

Median score gap

28 points

Mean score gap

30.5 points

75th percentile gap

38 points

Most commonly failed checks

Failure rate is calculated only from eligible reports that contain that check. A check must cover at least 25% of the population and 50 reports to appear.

Population, aggregation, and limits

The rules used to select reports and calculate every published statistic.

Common-check failure rates use only reports that contain the named check. This prevents a check introduced in a newer scanner version from being counted as absent or passed in older reports.

Method version: 2026-08-27-v2. Observed report window: June 29, 2026 to September 5, 2026.

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Create a current report using the same scoring model.

Eligible public reports are added to future aggregates automatically. The benchmark never changes how an individual scan is scored.

Run a website audit

Dataset study

Website audit score benchmarks from the FreeScan public dataset

Current score distributions, category ranges, and common audit failures from eligible canonical public FreeScan reports, with the sample, method, exclusions, and limits disclosed.

Loading current benchmark data

The current aggregate is loading from the FreeScan public dataset.

Population, aggregation, and limits

The rules used to select reports and calculate every published statistic.

Common-check failure rates use only reports that contain the named check. This prevents a check introduced in a newer scanner version from being counted as absent or passed in older reports.

Audit your page

Create a current report using the same scoring model.

Eligible public reports are added to future aggregates automatically. The benchmark never changes how an individual scan is scored.

Run a website audit

Dataset study

772 eligible reports

Through September 5, 2026

Website audit score benchmarks from the FreeScan public dataset

Current score distributions, category ranges, and common audit failures from eligible canonical public FreeScan reports, with the sample, method, exclusions, and limits disclosed.

Current benchmark

One latest index-eligible report per canonical public page. Repeated rescans do not add weight.

Eligible reports

772

Median overall

Middle 50%

73 to 87

Mean overall

78.9

High priority

Scores 0 to 69

16.3%

126 reports

Needs attention

Scores 70 to 89

67.6%

522 reports

Strong

Scores 90 to 100

16.1%

124 reports

Overall score distribution

The bars use the same red, yellow, and green score states shown throughout FreeScan audit reports.

Category benchmarks

Compare the typical category score and, when available, the middle half and full distribution of every category.

SEO / AEO

Middle 50%: 80.8 to 100

Security

Middle 50%: 76 to 96

Accessibility

Middle 50%: 61 to 79

Design

Middle 50%: 67 to 85

Category score ranges

The 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile show both the typical result and how widely pages vary.

Category score distributions

Each line shows the share of eligible audits within a ten-point score band. The denominator is identical for all four categories.

Category balance

The score gap is each page's highest category score minus its lowest category score.

Median score gap

28 points

Mean score gap

30.5 points

75th percentile gap

38 points

Most commonly failed checks

Failure rate is calculated only from eligible reports that contain that check. A check must cover at least 25% of the population and 50 reports to appear.

Population, aggregation, and limits

The rules used to select reports and calculate every published statistic.

Common-check failure rates use only reports that contain the named check. This prevents a check introduced in a newer scanner version from being counted as absent or passed in older reports.

Method version: 2026-08-27-v2. Observed report window: June 29, 2026 to September 5, 2026.

Audit your page

Create a current report using the same scoring model.

Eligible public reports are added to future aggregates automatically. The benchmark never changes how an individual scan is scored.

Run a website audit