How many websites pass the Sitemap Present check?

Based on 499 audited sites · Updated 2026-05-08

77%of audited sites pass this check↑0.1% vs last month

95% confidence interval: 73.1%–80.4%

About This Check

Checks whether a sitemap can be found (e.g. /sitemap.xml). Without a sitemap, crawlers rely more on internal links and can miss pages.

Why This Matters

LLM Discoverability

A sitemap provides AI crawlers with a machine-readable inventory of pages; without one, crawlers rely entirely on hyperlink traversal and can easily miss thin or orphaned pages.

SEO Impact

Sitemaps are the primary mechanism for submitting new URLs to search engines without waiting for link discovery; they are especially critical for fresh content and large sites.

Status Breakdown

77%pass(384)

23%warn(115)

0%fail(0)

Compliance Trend

Daily pass rate across benchmark snapshots (up to 90 days).

Industry Breakdown

How different industries perform on this check.

Other42.9% passavg score 67.4n=7

Energy100% passavg score 73.7n=3

Gaming66.7% passavg score 79.3n=3

Retail80% passavg score 77.2n=5

Travel66.7% passavg score 72n=6

Finance88.5% passavg score 75.7n=26