How many websites pass the Security Exposed Files check?

Based on 414 audited sites · Updated 2026-07-11

99%of audited sites pass this check

95% confidence interval: 97.5%–99.6%

What To Do Next

1% of audited sites need attention on security exposed files (4 of 414 sites are warning or failing).

Prioritize security exposed files on templates that create many URLs, because one template fix can improve a large share of the relevant audit section.
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 99% 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.

99%pass(410)

0%warn(0)

1%fail(4)

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

How different industries perform on this check.

98.5% of audited Technology sites pass this check (n=203), compared with 98.4% of Media & Entertainment sites (n=64).

Education100% passavg score 71.8n=21

E-Commerce100% passavg score 69.6n=19

Government100% passavg score 73.1n=13

Healthcare100% passavg score 76.6n=5

Technology98.5% passavg score 72.1n=203

Food & Beverage100% passavg score 70.8n=6

Run a free audit to see whether your site passes this check, or browse the leaderboard and the audited-sites directory.