What actually fails, and how often

We measure a standing list of public bodies every week and publish the method. This is what those scans keep finding, grouped by the WCAG criterion each failure belongs to.

WCAG criteria by how many measured bodies fail them
Criterion	Bodies failing	Instances
2.4.7 Focus VisibleAA	96 / 193	2043
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)AA	85 / 193	1970
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)AA	82 / 193	710
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)A	77 / 193	847
4.1.1 ParsingA	58 / 193	906
1.3.1 Info and RelationshipsA	58 / 193	546
2.5.3 Label in NameA	57 / 193	221
2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)AA	49 / 193	993
1.4.11 Non-text ContrastAA	49 / 193	169
2.4.3 Focus OrderA	46 / 193	209
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, HideA	41 / 193	109
3.2.2 On InputA	37 / 193	46
4.1.2 Name, Role, ValueA	32 / 193	1018
2.4.1 Bypass BlocksA	32 / 193	145
1.4.12 Text SpacingAA	29 / 193	137
1.1.1 Non-text ContentA	26 / 193	399
2.1.1 KeyboardA	21 / 193	165
3.3.1 Error IdentificationA	20 / 193	20
2.3.3 Animation from InteractionsAAA	18 / 193	49
1.4.13 Content on Hover or FocusAA	17 / 193	332
3.1.1 Language of PageA	13 / 193	40
1.3.5 Identify Input PurposeAA	12 / 193	15
1.4.4 Resize TextAA	11 / 193	11
1.4.10 ReflowAA	10 / 193	10
2.4.2 Page TitledA	5 / 193	13
3.1.2 Language of PartsAA	3 / 193	14
3.3.2 Labels or InstructionsA	3 / 193	3
1.3.2 Meaningful SequenceA	2 / 193	2
2.2.1 Timing AdjustableA	1 / 193	1

Not seen failing yet1

These criteria are in the same weekly sweep and have not produced a finding on any measured body. That is not a pass: automated checks cannot clear them.

1.4.2 Audio ControlA

Every level A and AA criterion in WCAG 2.2

One page per criterion: what it asks for, how pages fail it, how to test it yourself and what our scan can and cannot see. 4.1.1 Parsing is listed because WCAG 2.1 audits still carry it; WCAG 2.2 removed it.

1. Perceivable

1.1.1 Non-text ContentA · our scan checks part of it
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)A · judged by a person
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)A · judged by a person
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)A · judged by a person
1.2.4 Captions (Live)AA · judged by a person
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)AA · judged by a person
1.3.1 Info and RelationshipsA · our scan checks part of it
1.3.2 Meaningful SequenceA · our scan checks part of it
1.3.3 Sensory CharacteristicsA · judged by a person
1.3.4 OrientationAA · judged by a person
1.3.5 Identify Input PurposeAA · our scan checks part of it
1.4.1 Use of ColorA · judged by a person
1.4.2 Audio ControlA · our scan checks part of it
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)AA · our scan checks part of it
1.4.4 Resize TextAA · our scan checks part of it
1.4.5 Images of TextAA · judged by a person
1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced)AAA · judged by a person
1.4.10 ReflowAA · our scan checks part of it
1.4.11 Non-text ContrastAA · our scan checks part of it
1.4.12 Text SpacingAA · our scan checks part of it
1.4.13 Content on Hover or FocusAA · our scan checks part of it

2. Operable

2.1.1 KeyboardA · our scan checks part of it
2.1.2 No Keyboard TrapA · judged by a person
2.1.4 Character Key ShortcutsA · judged by a person
2.2.1 Timing AdjustableA · our scan checks part of it
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, HideA · our scan checks part of it
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below ThresholdA · judged by a person
2.3.3 Animation from InteractionsAAA · our scan checks part of it
2.4.1 Bypass BlocksA · our scan checks part of it
2.4.2 Page TitledA · our scan checks part of it
2.4.3 Focus OrderA · our scan checks part of it
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)A · our scan checks part of it
2.4.5 Multiple WaysAA · judged by a person
2.4.6 Headings and LabelsAA · judged by a person
2.4.7 Focus VisibleAA · our scan checks part of it
2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)AA · our scan checks part of it
2.5.1 Pointer GesturesA · judged by a person
2.5.2 Pointer CancellationA · judged by a person
2.5.3 Label in NameA · our scan checks part of it
2.5.4 Motion ActuationA · judged by a person
2.5.7 Dragging MovementsAA · judged by a person
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)AA · our scan checks part of it

3. Understandable

3.1.1 Language of PageA · our scan checks part of it
3.1.2 Language of PartsAA · our scan checks part of it
3.2.1 On FocusA · judged by a person
3.2.2 On InputA · our scan checks part of it
3.2.3 Consistent NavigationAA · judged by a person
3.2.4 Consistent IdentificationAA · judged by a person
3.2.6 Consistent HelpA · judged by a person
3.3.1 Error IdentificationA · our scan checks part of it
3.3.2 Labels or InstructionsA · our scan checks part of it
3.3.3 Error SuggestionAA · judged by a person
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)AA · judged by a person
3.3.7 Redundant EntryA · judged by a person
3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum)AA · judged by a person

4. Robust

4.1.1 ParsingA · our scan checks part of it
4.1.2 Name, Role, ValueA · our scan checks part of it
4.1.3 Status MessagesAA · judged by a person

Automated checks on one page per body, re-run weekly. They catch what can be checked without a person; they do not clear anything, and no score here is a conformance claim.

Measure your own page See the index

The rest of the public record

Everything we publish about who is compliant, what is due, and how a claim can be checked.

Public accessibility index
Scores for sites we have scanned, updated as they change.
Verified registry
Organisations whose current score we stand behind, each with a page that proves it.
Compliance calendar
Every obligation with a date, filtered by country and sector.
European Accessibility Act
Who it covers, what it requires and what happens if you ignore it.
Germany (BFSG)
How the European Accessibility Act binds companies in Germany through the BFSG.
Poland (EAA)
How the 2024 act carries the European Accessibility Act into Polish law for business.
France (RGAA)
How the European Accessibility Act binds companies in France through the 2023 transposition.
Netherlands (EAA)
How the Implementatiewet carries the European Accessibility Act into Dutch law for business.
Section 508
The US federal standard, and what a buyer will ask you for.
Polish accessibility act
Who must comply in Poland, and what the declaration has to contain.
Notes from the workshop
What we found, what we changed and how the checks actually run.