News & Media

The most accessible news & media sites are BBC and Reuters, both with a score of 90. The least accessible news & media site is The Washington Post, with a score of 0.

League average accessibility score

58

Poor+4 vs last month

2 Good · 3 Needs improvement · 5 Poor

10

sites tracked

1,179

scans analysed

500

issues found

363

audits passed

Good · 90+

Position 1, tied2places gained since last monthBBCBBCCrossed into Good90 out of 100, good20 points up since last month
Position 1, tied5places gained since last monthReutersReutersCrossed into Good90 out of 100, good32 points up since last month

Needs improvement · 70–89

Position 32places lost since last monthCNNCNNCrossed into Needs improvement85 out of 100, needs improvement15 points down since last month
Position 42places lost since last monthAP NewsAP News75 out of 100, needs improvementNo change in score
Position 54places gained since last monthNPRNPRCrossed into Needs improvement70 out of 100, needs improvement57 points up since last month

Poor · below 70

Position 61places lost since last monthThe New York TimesThe New York Times60 out of 100, poorNo change in score
Position 73places lost since last monthFox NewsFox News55 out of 100, poor10 points down since last month
Position 81places lost since last monthBloombergBloomberg33 out of 100, poor22 points down since last month
Position 91places lost since last monthThe GuardianThe Guardian23 out of 100, poor15 points down since last month
Position 10No change in positionThe Washington PostThe Washington Post0 out of 100, poor8 points down since last month

Trend shows one point per week since April, coloured by the zone each score sits in. Scores come from automated WCAG checks run every week; positions and movement are recomputed on the 1st of each month.

League insights

What holds news & media sites back

Most common failures in this league

text spacingserious60%
6 of 10 sites affected
unique landmarksmoderate40%
4 of 10 sites affected
page landmarksmoderate40%
4 of 10 sites affected
redundant image alt textminor30%
3 of 10 sites affected
image alt textcritical30%
3 of 10 sites affected
single main landmarkmoderate20%
2 of 10 sites affected

Share of league sites with at least one instance in this month's scans. Severity per axe-core impact.