Benchmarks 12
Anonymised SearchScore benchmark data - how the average audited site scores on the signals that decide search and AI visibility. Run a free audit to compare.
Benchmark
92
13.5% of websites block GPTBot (347,988 sites, August 2026)
Across 347,988 websites audited by SearchScore in August 2026, 13.5% block GPTBot in their robots.txt and 7.83% block OAI-SearchBot. Of the sites blocking GPTBot, 42.6% allow OpenAI search.
GEO & AI Search
Benchmark
92
68.2% of websites have no Organisation schema (Q3 2026 SAVI index panel, 102,873 websites, weighted)
Across the Q3 2026 SAVI index panel of 102,873 websites, weighted, 68.2% of websites publish no Organisation schema, the JSON-LD AI engines use to verify who is behind a site, and 55.7% publish no JSON-LD at all.
Technical SEO
Benchmark
90
72.4% of websites have no llms.txt file (20,000-site Q3 2026 SAVI sample, August 2026)
In the Q3 2026 SAVI signal sample of 20,000 recent audits on the current engine (August 2026), 72.4% of websites publish no llms.txt, the emerging standard for describing key content directly to AI crawlers.
GEO & AI Search
Benchmark
90
63.8% of audited sites score below 50 for AI visibility
Nearly 2 in 3 scored audits fall below 50 out of 100 on the SearchScore GEO score, the line separating weak from workable AI visibility.
AI Visibility
Benchmark
90
Only 0.022% of audits reach the AI-Ready tier (80+)
Just 0.022% of scored audits reach a GEO score of 80 or above, the AI-Ready tier.
AI Visibility
Benchmark
90
The average website scores 45.24 out of 100 for AI visibility (102,873-site SAVI panel, 1 August 2026)
Across the 102,873-site SAVI index panel (wave 1, 1 August 2026) the weighted mean GEO score is 45.24 out of 100, sitting below the 50 mark that separates weak from workable AI visibility.
AI Visibility
Benchmark
90
SearchScore has audited more than 1,000,000 websites
The published SAVI corpus covers more than 850,000 website audits, each scored against 250+ signals across 8 weighted GEO categories.
Measurement & Intelligence
Benchmark
85
Greater London accountancy firms average 52.8/100 for AI visibility
A benchmark of more than 150 Greater London accountancy firms found an average GEO score of 52.8 out of 100, with only four firms scoring above 70.
AI Visibility
Benchmark
85
Only 18 of 1,038 accountancy firms covered all five AI-readiness basics
Of 1,038 UK accountancy firms audited, just 18 (1 in 60) covered all five AI-readiness basics.
GEO & AI Search
Benchmark
85
97% of accountancy firms let AI crawl them, yet few are AI-ready
97% of the 1,038 UK accountancy firms audited were crawlable by AI, yet almost none covered the full set of AI-readiness basics.
GEO & AI Search
Benchmark
68
Fewer than 5% of UK SMEs have acted on AI search visibility
SearchScore audit data indicates fewer than 5% of UK SMEs have taken any action to improve their AI search visibility.
AI Visibility
Benchmark
68
43% of top-3 Google rankers score below 30 for AI visibility
SearchScore data shows 43% of sites ranking in Google's top 3 for their target keywords score below 30 on AI visibility.
AI Visibility
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