Digital Accessibility Index Finds Two-Thirds of AI Traffic Hits Pages with 10% More Issues
AEYE•AudioEye’s 2026 Digital Accessibility Index scanned 165,000+ U.S. and EU pages across 6,100 domains, finding interior pages average 10% more accessibility issues and receive two-thirds of AI-driven traffic. It reports 62 issues per page on average, with 21% blocking critical tasks, and EU sites trail U.S. by 25% more issues.
1. Release of 2026 Digital Accessibility Index
AudioEye scanned over 165,000 pages across 6,100 U.S. and EU domains in its third annual index, highlighting where accessibility risks concentrate and how AI-driven traffic bypasses homepages.
2. AI-Driven Traffic Concentration and Issue Rates
The report finds interior pages receive two-thirds of AI search traffic and average 10% more accessibility issues than homepages, amounting to 62 issues per page and leaving 21% of errors blocking critical user tasks.
3. Regional Gaps and Litigation Risk
EU sites averaged 25% more issues per page than U.S. counterparts, intensifying compliance exposure under the European Accessibility Act and heightening potential litigation and remediation costs for organizations serving EU markets.
