How many websites pass the Retrievable Sections check?
Based on 3,040 audited sites · Updated 2026-08-13
At a Glance
95% confidence interval: 46.5%–50.1%
Current cross-sectional baseline. Historical snapshots remain stored but are not presented as performance change.
About This Check
Measures heading association, relative fragmentation, coverage, and section balance in rendered main content without enforcing a fixed word-count template.
What To Do Next
51.7% of audited sites need attention on retrievable sections (1,572 of 3,040 sites are warning or failing).
- Prioritize retrievable sections on templates that create many URLs, because one template fix can improve a large share of content answerability.
- After changing the page, re-run the audit and compare the observed value for this check instead of relying on visual inspection alone.
- Use the 48.3% pass rate as a benchmark: passing this check would put your site among the 48.3% of audited pages that meet this requirement.
Industry Breakdown
How different industries perform on this check.
66.7% of audited Marketing & Advertising sites pass this check (n=93), compared with 30.9% of Gaming sites (n=123).
| Industry | Pass rate | Avg score | Evaluated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing & Advertising | 66.7% | 74.8 | n=93/93 |
| SaaS & Cloud | 66.6% | 77 | n=323/323 |
| Non-Profit | 65.5% | 75.3 | n=55/55 |
| Education | 64.8% | 75.6 | n=199/199 |
| Healthcare | 60.9% | 74.5 | n=46/46 |
| Finance & Banking | 56.7% | 73 | n=97/97 |
| Telecommunications | 55% | 70.1 | n=40/40 |
| Government | 52.1% | 71.1 | n=96/96 |
| Travel & Hospitality | 50.9% | 71.9 | n=55/55 |
| Technology | 48.9% | 70.7 | n=880/880 |
n is sites evaluated for this check / audited sites in that industry. Informational or inapplicable results are not counted.
Related Checks
Run a free audit to see whether your site passes this check, or browse the leaderboard and the audited-sites directory.
Key Insight
With only 49% passing, most sites are not structuring content into clear, self-contained sections that AI systems can reliably retrieve, interpret, and surface.