Usability and accessibility » Statistics on a11y

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Statistics on disabilities, as well as on accessibility issues, are valuable for shaping advocacy messages.

Accessibility issues on the web

Various organisations collect representative data about the state of accessiblity on the web.

Automated analysis of the million most popular websites in the world, using the WAVE tool.

levelaccess.com/2020-state-of-digital-accessibility-report

almanac.httparchive.org/en/2020/accessibility

Disabilities

General

Who Can Use whocanuse.com
Bookmark: “Who Can Use”
“Who Can Use” differs from other colour contrast tools in that it not only highlights the contrast of a chosen colour combination, but also presents instant statistics what share of users might be negatively impacted by it and simulates how they would see it.
Website accessibility: disability statistics powermapper.com

Country-specific

Germany

7.8 million severely disabled people living in Germany - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) destatis.de

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