How many websites pass the Sitemap Url Hygiene check?

Based on 146 audited sites · Updated 2026-07-19

65.1%of audited sites pass this check

95% confidence interval: 57%–72.3%

About This Check

Checks directly declared sitemap URLs for parse errors, normalized duplicates, origin conflicts, and mixed protocols without fetching those pages.

34.9% of audited sites need attention on sitemap url hygiene (51 of 146 sites are warning or failing).

Prioritize sitemap url hygiene on templates that create many URLs, because one template fix can improve a large share of site architecture & coverage.
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 65.1% 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.

65.1%pass(95)

12.3%warn(18)

22.6%fail(33)

How different industries perform on this check.

credible samples first · then pass rateshown-industry average 61.4%

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
Technology	62.1%	67.3	87
Media & Entertainment	66.7%	67.5	9limited
Finance & Banking	66.7%	68.3	3limited
Education	42.9%	70.5	7limited

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