{
  "statistics": [
    {
      "id": "title-iii-total-2025",
      "value": 8667,
      "displayValue": "8,667",
      "label": "Federal ADA Title III lawsuits filed in 2025 (all categories)",
      "source": "Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III Lawsuit Tracker (March 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.adatitleiii.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "website-lawsuits-2025",
      "value": 3117,
      "displayValue": "3,117",
      "label": "Federal website accessibility lawsuits filed in 2025 (36% of all Title III filings)",
      "source": "Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III Lawsuit Tracker (March 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.adatitleiii.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "website-lawsuits-yoy",
      "value": 27,
      "displayValue": "+27%",
      "label": "Year-over-year increase in federal website lawsuits (2024: 2,452 → 2025: 3,117)",
      "source": "Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III Lawsuit Tracker (March 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.adatitleiii.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "h1-2025-digital-increase",
      "value": 37,
      "displayValue": "+37%",
      "label": "H1 2025 vs H1 2024 increase in digital accessibility lawsuits",
      "source": "EcomBack 2025 Mid-Year Lawsuit Report",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ecomback.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "settle-rate",
      "value": 95,
      "displayValue": "~95%",
      "label": "Of sued companies settle rather than litigate",
      "source": "UsableNet Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Reports",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.usablenet.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "overlay-suit-share",
      "value": 22.64,
      "displayValue": "22.64%",
      "label": "Of sued websites had an overlay widget installed at time of suit (H1 2025)",
      "source": "EcomBack H1 2025 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Report",
      "sourceUrl": "https://ecomback.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "webaim-million-failure-rate",
      "value": 95.9,
      "displayValue": "95.9%",
      "label": "Of the top 1,000,000 home pages have detectable WCAG 2.2 A/AA failures (2026, up from 94.8% in 2025 — a six-year improvement trend reversed)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026 (released late March 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "webaim-million-total-errors",
      "value": 56114377,
      "displayValue": "56,114,377",
      "label": "Total accessibility errors detected across the top 1M home pages",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "webaim-million-avg-errors",
      "value": 56.1,
      "displayValue": "56.1",
      "label": "Average detectable accessibility errors per home page (up 10.1% YoY)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "webaim-million-avg-elements",
      "value": 1437,
      "displayValue": "1,437",
      "label": "Average elements per home page (up 22.5% YoY; nearly doubled since 2019)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "webaim-million-error-rate",
      "value": 3.9,
      "displayValue": "3.9%",
      "label": "Of all home page elements contain a detected accessibility error (1 in every 26)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "low-contrast-prevalence",
      "value": 83.9,
      "displayValue": "83.9%",
      "label": "Of top 1M home pages have low contrast text failures (WCAG 1.4.3) — up from 79.1%",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "alt-text-prevalence",
      "value": 53.1,
      "displayValue": "53.1%",
      "label": "Of top 1M home pages have missing alternative text failures (WCAG 1.1.1)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "form-labels-prevalence",
      "value": 51,
      "displayValue": "51%",
      "label": "Of top 1M home pages have missing form input labels (WCAG 1.3.1, 3.3.2, 4.1.2)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "empty-links-prevalence",
      "value": 46.3,
      "displayValue": "46.3%",
      "label": "Of top 1M home pages have empty links (WCAG 2.4.4)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "empty-buttons-prevalence",
      "value": 30.6,
      "displayValue": "30.6%",
      "label": "Of top 1M home pages have empty buttons (WCAG 4.1.2)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "missing-lang-prevalence",
      "value": 13.5,
      "displayValue": "13.5%",
      "label": "Of top 1M home pages have missing document language (WCAG 3.1.1)",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "big-six-share",
      "value": 96,
      "displayValue": "96%",
      "label": "Share of all detected accessibility errors caused by the 'Big Six' failure types — for the 7th consecutive year",
      "source": "WebAIM Million 2026",
      "sourceUrl": "https://webaim.org/projects/million/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "ny-website-lawsuits-2025",
      "value": 1021,
      "displayValue": "1,021",
      "label": "Federal website accessibility lawsuits filed in New York in 2025 (#1 state)",
      "source": "Accessibility.build lawsuit tracker; Seyfarth Shaw 2025 data",
      "sourceUrl": "https://accessibility.build/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "fl-website-lawsuits-2025",
      "value": 961,
      "displayValue": "961",
      "label": "Federal website accessibility lawsuits filed in Florida in 2025 (#2 state)",
      "source": "Accessibility.build lawsuit tracker; Seyfarth Shaw 2025 data",
      "sourceUrl": "https://accessibility.build/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "il-website-lawsuits-2025",
      "value": 585,
      "displayValue": "585",
      "label": "Federal website accessibility lawsuits filed in Illinois in 2025 (#3 state; +746% H1 YoY)",
      "source": "Accessibility.build lawsuit tracker; Seyfarth Shaw 2025 data",
      "sourceUrl": "https://accessibility.build/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "ftc-accessibe-penalty",
      "value": 1000000,
      "displayValue": "$1,000,000",
      "label": "FTC civil penalty levied against accessiBe for falsely claiming its overlay made sites WCAG-compliant",
      "source": "FTC final consent order, April 21, 2025; 5–0 vote (File No. 222-3156, Docket No. C-4817)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/04/ftc-approves-final-order-requiring-accessibe-pay-1-million",
      "dateVerified": "2026-08-06"
    },
    {
      "id": "fashion-nova-settlement",
      "value": 5150000,
      "displayValue": "$5.15M",
      "label": "Fashion Nova class-action settlement (California, 2025) for website + app accessibility",
      "source": "UsableNet September 2025 legal update",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.usablenet.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "target-nfb-settlement",
      "value": 6000000,
      "displayValue": "$6M",
      "label": "NFB v. Target class-action settlement (2008) — landmark website case",
      "source": "National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corp., N.D. Cal.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nfb.org/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "demand-letter-cost",
      "value": 25000,
      "displayValue": "$1,000–$25,000",
      "label": "Typical demand-letter settlement range",
      "source": "Accessibility.build cost analysis; UsableNet reports",
      "sourceUrl": "https://accessibility.build/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "out-of-court-avg",
      "value": 25000,
      "displayValue": "~$25,000",
      "label": "Average out-of-court settlement (up to $100,000)",
      "source": "Accessibility.build cost analysis",
      "sourceUrl": "https://accessibility.build/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "court-judgment-avg",
      "value": 75000,
      "displayValue": "~$75,000",
      "label": "Average court judgment in ADA web cases",
      "source": "Accessibility.build cost analysis",
      "sourceUrl": "https://accessibility.build/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "unruh-statutory-damages",
      "value": 4000,
      "displayValue": "$4,000",
      "label": "California Unruh Civil Rights Act statutory damages per violation (no proof of actual damages required)",
      "source": "Cal. Civ. Code § 51",
      "sourceUrl": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=51.",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "eaa-effective",
      "value": "2025-06-28",
      "displayValue": "June 28, 2025",
      "label": "European Accessibility Act effective date (Directive 2019/882) — enforcement active across all 27 EU member states",
      "source": "Directive (EU) 2019/882",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "title-ii-deadline-tier1",
      "value": "2027-04-26",
      "displayValue": "April 26, 2027",
      "label": "Extended Title II web compliance deadline for entities serving 50,000+ population (per April 2026 IFR)",
      "source": "DOJ Interim Final Rule, 91 Fed. Reg. 20902 (April 20, 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07663/extension-of-compliance-dates-for-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "title-ii-deadline-tier2",
      "value": "2028-04-26",
      "displayValue": "April 26, 2028",
      "label": "Extended Title II web compliance deadline for entities serving under 50,000 and special district governments (per April 2026 IFR)",
      "source": "DOJ Interim Final Rule, 91 Fed. Reg. 20902 (April 20, 2026)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07663/extension-of-compliance-dates-for-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "hhs-504-deadline-large",
      "value": "2026-05-11",
      "displayValue": "May 11, 2026",
      "label": "HHS Section 504 web/mobile accessibility deadline for recipients with 15+ employees — NOT extended by DOJ IFR",
      "source": "Jackson Lewis client alert, April 2026; HHS rule (May 2024)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/disability/section-504-rehabilitation-act-of-1973/index.html",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "hhs-504-deadline-small",
      "value": "2027-05-10",
      "displayValue": "May 10, 2027",
      "label": "HHS Section 504 web/mobile accessibility deadline for recipients with under 15 employees",
      "source": "HHS rule (May 2024)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/disability/section-504-rehabilitation-act-of-1973/index.html",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "americans-with-disabilities",
      "value": 61000000,
      "displayValue": "61 million",
      "label": "Americans living with a disability",
      "source": "CDC",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2018/p0816-disability.html",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "disability-spending-power",
      "value": 13000000000000,
      "displayValue": "$13 trillion",
      "label": "Collective global spending power of people with disabilities",
      "source": "Return on Disability",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rod-group.com/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    },
    {
      "id": "wcag-2-1-aa-criteria",
      "value": 50,
      "displayValue": "50",
      "label": "Success criteria in WCAG 2.1 Level AA (30 Level A + 20 Level AA)",
      "source": "W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, June 2018",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/",
      "dateVerified": "2026-05-11"
    }
  ]
}