How many websites pass the Source Rendered Link Parity check?
Based on 2,796 audited sites · Updated 2026-08-13
At a Glance
95% confidence interval: 71.9%–75.2%
Current cross-sectional baseline. Historical snapshots remain stored but are not presented as performance change.
About This Check
Compares internal destinations in served HTML with those present after browser rendering. It does not fetch any destination page.
What To Do Next
26.4% of audited sites need attention on source rendered link parity (738 of 2,796 sites are warning or failing).
- Prioritize source rendered link parity 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 73.6% pass rate as a benchmark: if your site fails here, passing the check moves it closer to the majority of crawlable, AI-readable pages.
Industry Breakdown
How different industries perform on this check.
87.2% of audited SaaS & Cloud sites pass this check (n=312), compared with 47.4% of Telecommunications sites (n=38).
| Industry | Pass rate | Avg score | Evaluated |
|---|---|---|---|
| SaaS & Cloud | 87.2% | 77 | n=312/323 |
| Marketing & Advertising | 85.9% | 74.8 | n=85/93 |
| Non-Profit | 84.9% | 75.3 | n=53/55 |
| Education | 83.2% | 75.6 | n=190/199 |
| Government | 81.1% | 71.1 | n=90/96 |
| Media & Entertainment | 80% | 71.2 | n=504/518 |
| Other | 80% | 70.5 | n=65/73 |
| Finance & Banking | 73.6% | 73 | n=91/97 |
| Gaming | 69.8% | 67.7 | n=106/123 |
| Technology | 67.8% | 70.7 | n=828/880 |
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
The largest gaps are content metadata and trust signals: only 7% to 11% of sites include visible or structured dates, testimonials or case studies, and cleanly organized rendered DOMs. In this baseline, core security and server configuration checks are universally met, while page-level content quality and machine-readable publishing signals are much less consistent.