How many websites pass the Robots Sitemap check?

Based on 596 audited sites · Updated 2026-07-16

67.4%of audited sites pass this check↓7.2% vs last month

95% confidence interval: 63.6%–71.1%

About This Check

Checks whether robots.txt references one or more sitemap URLs. Adding Sitemap directives can speed up discovery and improve crawl coverage.

Why This Matters

LLM Discoverability

Declaring sitemaps in robots.txt ensures AI crawlers can discover all content entry points in a single request, reducing the risk of large or deep sections being entirely missed.

SEO Impact

Linking sitemaps from robots.txt is a Googlebot-recommended pattern that improves crawl coverage for pages with few inbound links and accelerates discovery of newly published content.

What To Do Next

32.6% of audited sites need attention on robots sitemap (194 of 596 sites are warning or failing).

Prioritize robots sitemap on templates that create many URLs, because one template fix can improve a large share of bot access & control plane.
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 67.4% pass rate as a benchmark: if your site fails here, passing the check moves it closer to the visible majority of crawlable, AI-readable pages.

Status Breakdown

67.4%pass(402)

32.6%warn(194)

0%fail(0)

Compliance Trend

Daily pass, warning, and failure rates across benchmark snapshots (up to 90 days).

Industry Breakdown

How different industries perform on this check.

77.4% of audited Media & Entertainment sites pass this check (n=84), compared with 50% of E-Commerce sites (n=30).

credible samples first · then pass rateshown-industry average 67.5%

Industry pass rates, average audit scores, and sample sizes. A marker in each pass-rate bar shows the weighted average across the displayed industries.
Industry	Pass rate	Avg score	Sites
Media & Entertainment	77.4%	73.8	84
Finance & Banking	76.9%	72.8	39
Travel & Hospitality	74.5%	74.8	51
Education	63.3%	71.8	30
Technology	62.9%	72	278
E-Commerce	50%	69.6	30
Retail	100%	78.3	3limited
Healthcare	88.9%	76.7	9limited
Automotive	80%	75.6	5limited
Professional Services	75%	80.8	4limited

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