Statistics & Data
The indisputable truth about accessibility
Almost 50% of 1.5 million Dutch people use one or more of digital accessibility settings. In my talk I will share the insights and learnings from this research. This helped me to convince others to focus on a11y from the beginning. Now it will help you, too.
Estimate how many people using your website might be disabled
This service estimates the number of people with disabilities who use a website. It mainly uses percentages taken from the Government Digital Service (GDS) accessibility personas.
It's intended as a prompt for discussion and thought. It's not an exact way of measuring anything about the people using your service.
Very small numbers of users may give unreliable estimates. Some services, particularly those aimed at disabled people, may have more disabled users.
WebAIM: The WebAIM Million - The 2023 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages
For the fifth consecutive year, WebAIM conducted an accessibility evaluation of the home pages for the top 1,000,000 web sites. The evaluation was conducted using the WAVE stand-alone API (with additional tools to collect site technology and sector parameters). The results provide an overview of and insight into the current state of web accessibility for individuals with disabilities and trends over time.