AudioEye study shows AI agent task completion drops up to 68% on inaccessible websites
AEYE•AudioEye’s study of 1,560 tests across six websites found task completion fell to 31% on an inaccessible site, from 96% on an accessible version. Compute use rose 43% without accessibility fixes and reached up to six times the level on the worst-performing site.
1. Study results
AudioEye said its market study linked website accessibility to AI agent performance across 1,560 tests on six sites. Task completion fell by as much as 68% on inaccessible sites, while compute use rose 43% and reached up to six times the level on the worst-performing site. In one task, agents failed all 60 attempts to read numbers embedded in an image. WebJudge rechecked the results and matched AudioEye’s scoring 95% of the time.
