Name: TEN7 Readiness Index Census 2026-Q4: published figures, United States
Creator: TEN7
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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The groups and every site in them: the cohort pages linked from each row below.
How the census is run and what it cannot support: methodology.
The figures behind every page: summary.json.
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A figure is a share of the sites we could scan. Sites that refused the scanner are counted separately and are not in any share but the one that counts them. Any figure from fewer than 30 sites is withheld.

Crawler access

54.0%

54.0% of the 34,415 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States are gated: AI crawlers are turned away by their robots.txt (RCH-1) or by their security (RCH-2). A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

18,583 of 34,415 scored sites · us-gated

53.3%

53.3% of the 34,415 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States fail the test of whether their security lets AI search crawlers in (RCH-2). A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

18,360 of 34,415 scored sites · us-rch2-fail

1.3%

1.3% of the 34,415 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States fail the test of whether robots.txt lets AI search crawlers in (RCH-1). A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

463 of 34,415 scored sites · us-rch1-fail

18.9%

18.9% of the 43,271 sites we tried to scan across 16 cohorts in the United States refused the census scanner.

8,173 of 43,271 sites we tried to scan · us-scanner-refused

Gated, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	98.4%	489 of 497	cohort page	`federal-gated`
Members of Congress	100.0%	539 of 539	cohort page	`congress-gated`
State government	97.9%	326 of 333	cohort page	`state-gated`
Counties	87.4%	2,636 of 3,016	cohort page	`county-gated`
Cities	95.1%	926 of 974	cohort page	`city-gated`
Tribal governments	56.5%	227 of 402	cohort page	`tribal-gated`
Colleges and universities	36.1%	1,283 of 3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-gated`
School districts	65.4%	7,019 of 10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-gated`
Hospitals	39.1%	241 of 617	cohort page	`hospitals-gated`
Banks and credit unions	37.8%	2,722 of 7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-gated`
Nonprofits	40.1%	322 of 802	cohort page	`nonprofits-gated`
Public companies	40.1%	700 of 1,745	cohort page	`public-companies-gated`
B2B software companies	24.7%	755 of 3,053	cohort page	`b2b-gated`
WordPress	38.1%	161 of 423	cohort page	`wordpress-gated`
Drupal	43.6%	193 of 443	cohort page	`drupal-gated`
Sitecore	51.8%	44 of 85	cohort page	`sitecore-gated`

Security turns AI crawlers away (RCH-2), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	98.4%	489 of 497	cohort page	`federal-rch2-fail`
Members of Congress	100.0%	539 of 539	cohort page	`congress-rch2-fail`
State government	97.9%	326 of 333	cohort page	`state-rch2-fail`
Counties	86.9%	2,622 of 3,016	cohort page	`county-rch2-fail`
Cities	95.1%	926 of 974	cohort page	`city-rch2-fail`
Tribal governments	55.7%	224 of 402	cohort page	`tribal-rch2-fail`
Colleges and universities	34.8%	1,235 of 3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-rch2-fail`
School districts	64.8%	6,952 of 10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-rch2-fail`
Hospitals	38.6%	238 of 617	cohort page	`hospitals-rch2-fail`
Banks and credit unions	37.5%	2,702 of 7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-rch2-fail`
Nonprofits	39.3%	315 of 802	cohort page	`nonprofits-rch2-fail`
Public companies	39.5%	689 of 1,745	cohort page	`public-companies-rch2-fail`
B2B software companies	24.0%	733 of 3,053	cohort page	`b2b-rch2-fail`
WordPress	34.5%	146 of 423	cohort page	`wordpress-rch2-fail`
Drupal	41.8%	185 of 443	cohort page	`drupal-rch2-fail`
Sitecore	45.9%	39 of 85	cohort page	`sitecore-rch2-fail`

robots.txt shuts AI crawlers out (RCH-1), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	0.0%	0 of 497	cohort page	`federal-rch1-fail`
Members of Congress	0.0%	0 of 539	cohort page	`congress-rch1-fail`
State government	0.0%	0 of 333	cohort page	`state-rch1-fail`
Counties	1.0%	29 of 3,016	cohort page	`county-rch1-fail`
Cities	0.4%	4 of 974	cohort page	`city-rch1-fail`
Tribal governments	0.7%	3 of 402	cohort page	`tribal-rch1-fail`
Colleges and universities	2.2%	78 of 3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-rch1-fail`
School districts	1.6%	176 of 10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-rch1-fail`
Hospitals	0.8%	5 of 617	cohort page	`hospitals-rch1-fail`
Banks and credit unions	0.8%	57 of 7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-rch1-fail`
Nonprofits	1.1%	9 of 802	cohort page	`nonprofits-rch1-fail`
Public companies	1.1%	20 of 1,745	cohort page	`public-companies-rch1-fail`
B2B software companies	0.9%	29 of 3,053	cohort page	`b2b-rch1-fail`
WordPress	6.9%	29 of 423	cohort page	`wordpress-rch1-fail`
Drupal	4.1%	18 of 443	cohort page	`drupal-rch1-fail`
Sitecore	7.1%	6 of 85	cohort page	`sitecore-rch1-fail`

Refused the census scanner, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	0.6%	3 of 500	cohort page	`federal-scanner-refused`
Members of Congress	0.0%	0 of 539	cohort page	`congress-scanner-refused`
State government	0.3%	1 of 334	cohort page	`state-scanner-refused`
Counties	1.8%	55 of 3,087	cohort page	`county-scanner-refused`
Cities	2.4%	24 of 1,000	cohort page	`city-scanner-refused`
Tribal governments	2.9%	12 of 419	cohort page	`tribal-scanner-refused`
Colleges and universities	9.1%	359 of 3,954	cohort page	`higher-ed-scanner-refused`
School districts	32.9%	5,435 of 16,515	cohort page	`k12-districts-scanner-refused`
Hospitals	17.1%	129 of 755	cohort page	`hospitals-scanner-refused`
Banks and credit unions	9.7%	777 of 8,020	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-scanner-refused`
Nonprofits	11.2%	102 of 913	cohort page	`nonprofits-scanner-refused`
Public companies	20.3%	449 of 2,210	cohort page	`public-companies-scanner-refused`
B2B software companies	17.8%	699 of 3,925	cohort page	`b2b-scanner-refused`
WordPress	14.0%	70 of 500	cohort page	`wordpress-scanner-refused`
Drupal	9.0%	45 of 500	cohort page	`drupal-scanner-refused`
Sitecore	13.0%	13 of 100	cohort page	`sitecore-scanner-refused`

AI posture

6.6%

6.6% of the 34,415 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States pass the test of whether they publish an llms.txt file (EXT-1). A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

2,270 of 34,415 scored sites · us-llms-txt

1.2%

1.2% of the 34,415 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States pass the test of whether they post a Content Signals statement (PST-2). A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

406 of 34,415 scored sites · us-content-signals

Pass the llms.txt test (EXT-1), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	0.0%	0 of 497	cohort page	`federal-llms-txt`
Members of Congress	0.0%	0 of 539	cohort page	`congress-llms-txt`
State government	0.0%	0 of 333	cohort page	`state-llms-txt`
Counties	0.9%	27 of 3,016	cohort page	`county-llms-txt`
Cities	0.1%	1 of 974	cohort page	`city-llms-txt`
Tribal governments	9.5%	38 of 402	cohort page	`tribal-llms-txt`
Colleges and universities	8.3%	294 of 3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-llms-txt`
School districts	4.6%	495 of 10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-llms-txt`
Hospitals	2.3%	14 of 617	cohort page	`hospitals-llms-txt`
Banks and credit unions	5.0%	360 of 7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-llms-txt`
Nonprofits	5.6%	45 of 802	cohort page	`nonprofits-llms-txt`
Public companies	10.0%	175 of 1,745	cohort page	`public-companies-llms-txt`
B2B software companies	24.3%	743 of 3,053	cohort page	`b2b-llms-txt`
WordPress	11.8%	50 of 423	cohort page	`wordpress-llms-txt`
Drupal	5.2%	23 of 443	cohort page	`drupal-llms-txt`
Sitecore	5.9%	5 of 85	cohort page	`sitecore-llms-txt`

Pass the Content Signals test (PST-2), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	0.0%	0 of 497	cohort page	`federal-content-signals`
Members of Congress	0.0%	0 of 539	cohort page	`congress-content-signals`
State government	0.0%	0 of 333	cohort page	`state-content-signals`
Counties	0.3%	10 of 3,016	cohort page	`county-content-signals`
Cities	0.0%	0 of 974	cohort page	`city-content-signals`
Tribal governments	0.2%	1 of 402	cohort page	`tribal-content-signals`
Colleges and universities	0.6%	22 of 3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-content-signals`
School districts	1.5%	160 of 10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-content-signals`
Hospitals	0.8%	5 of 617	cohort page	`hospitals-content-signals`
Banks and credit unions	0.5%	38 of 7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-content-signals`
Nonprofits	0.7%	6 of 802	cohort page	`nonprofits-content-signals`
Public companies	0.9%	16 of 1,745	cohort page	`public-companies-content-signals`
B2B software companies	4.3%	130 of 3,053	cohort page	`b2b-content-signals`
WordPress	3.3%	14 of 423	cohort page	`wordpress-content-signals`
Drupal	0.9%	4 of 443	cohort page	`drupal-content-signals`
Sitecore	0.0%	0 of 85	cohort page	`sitecore-content-signals`

Findable and readable content

66.9%

66.9% of the 34,414 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States fail the test of whether a canonical link names their real address (RCH-3). A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

23,021 of 34,414 scored sites · us-rch3-fail

No canonical link naming the real address (RCH-3), by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	99.8%	496 of 497	cohort page	`federal-rch3-fail`
Members of Congress	100.0%	539 of 539	cohort page	`congress-rch3-fail`
State government	99.4%	331 of 333	cohort page	`state-rch3-fail`
Counties	97.8%	2,949 of 3,016	cohort page	`county-rch3-fail`
Cities	98.7%	961 of 974	cohort page	`city-rch3-fail`
Tribal governments	80.8%	325 of 402	cohort page	`tribal-rch3-fail`
Colleges and universities	64.5%	2,292 of 3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-rch3-fail`
School districts	53.1%	5,695 of 10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-rch3-fail`
Hospitals	62.6%	386 of 617	cohort page	`hospitals-rch3-fail`
Banks and credit unions	71.6%	5,152 of 7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-rch3-fail`
Nonprofits	73.9%	593 of 802	cohort page	`nonprofits-rch3-fail`
Public companies	63.5%	1,108 of 1,744	cohort page	`public-companies-rch3-fail`
B2B software companies	55.7%	1,702 of 3,053	cohort page	`b2b-rch3-fail`
WordPress	78.0%	330 of 423	cohort page	`wordpress-rch3-fail`
Drupal	28.0%	124 of 443	cohort page	`drupal-rch3-fail`
Sitecore	44.7%	38 of 85	cohort page	`sitecore-rch3-fail`

Overall readiness

25.6%

25.6% of the 34,415 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States are rated Not ready. A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

8,824 of 34,415 scored sites · us-not-ready

53

The median score of the 34,415 scored census entries across 16 cohorts in the United States is 53 out of 100. A further 8,173 refused the scanner and are not counted.

34,415 scored sites · us-median

Rated Not ready, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	98.0%	487 of 497	cohort page	`federal-not-ready`
Members of Congress	100.0%	539 of 539	cohort page	`congress-not-ready`
State government	97.6%	325 of 333	cohort page	`state-not-ready`
Counties	82.9%	2,500 of 3,016	cohort page	`county-not-ready`
Cities	90.9%	885 of 974	cohort page	`city-not-ready`
Tribal governments	38.6%	155 of 402	cohort page	`tribal-not-ready`
Colleges and universities	8.8%	313 of 3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-not-ready`
School districts	16.9%	1,813 of 10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-not-ready`
Hospitals	22.5%	139 of 617	cohort page	`hospitals-not-ready`
Banks and credit unions	11.7%	843 of 7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-not-ready`
Nonprofits	14.6%	117 of 802	cohort page	`nonprofits-not-ready`
Public companies	17.1%	298 of 1,745	cohort page	`public-companies-not-ready`
B2B software companies	8.8%	270 of 3,053	cohort page	`b2b-not-ready`
WordPress	6.1%	26 of 423	cohort page	`wordpress-not-ready`
Drupal	21.0%	93 of 443	cohort page	`drupal-not-ready`
Sitecore	24.7%	21 of 85	cohort page	`sitecore-not-ready`

Median score, by segment

Segment	Figure	Sites	Cohort	Claim
Federal agencies	28	497	cohort page	`federal-median`
Members of Congress	28	539	cohort page	`congress-median`
State government	28	333	cohort page	`state-median`
Counties	33	3,016	cohort page	`county-median`
Cities	28	974	cohort page	`city-median`
Tribal governments	47	402	cohort page	`tribal-median`
Colleges and universities	59	3,553	cohort page	`higher-ed-median`
School districts	53	10,735	cohort page	`k12-districts-median`
Hospitals	55	617	cohort page	`hospitals-median`
Banks and credit unions	55	7,198	cohort page	`banks-credit-unions-median`
Nonprofits	55	802	cohort page	`nonprofits-median`
Public companies	53	1,745	cohort page	`public-companies-median`
B2B software companies	59	3,053	cohort page	`b2b-median`
WordPress	60	423	cohort page	`wordpress-median`
Drupal	56	443	cohort page	`drupal-median`
Sitecore	51	85	cohort page	`sitecore-median`

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