Benchmarks 13
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
6.9% of websites block at least one major AI crawler
Roughly 1 in 14 sites block a major AI crawler such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot or PerplexityBot in their robots.txt, usually by accident.
GEO & AI Search
Benchmark
92
52.2% of websites are missing Organization schema
More than half of audited sites publish no Organization structured data, the JSON-LD AI engines use to verify who is behind a site.
Technical SEO
Benchmark
90
69.7% of websites have no llms.txt file
Roughly 7 in 10 sites publish no llms.txt, the emerging standard for describing key content directly to AI crawlers.
GEO & AI Search
Benchmark
90
63.6% 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 0.05% of audits reach the AI-Ready tier (80+)
Just 321 of 688,551 scored audits reach a GEO score of 80 or above, the AI-Ready tier.
AI Visibility
Benchmark
90
The average website scores 43.2 out of 100 for AI visibility
Across the live corpus the mean GEO score is 43.2 out of 100, sitting below the 50 mark that separates weak from workable AI visibility.
AI Visibility
Benchmark
88
The SAVI Index reads 34 out of 100 for Q2 2026
SearchScore's State of AI Visibility Index reads 34/100 for Q2 2026, down from 41.4 in Q1 as the audited dataset reached deeper into the long tail.
Measurement & Intelligence
Benchmark
90
SearchScore has audited more than 850,000 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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