I Scanned 50 Popular Websites for ADA Compliance — Google Scored a D

TL;DR: I built an open-source accessibility scanner and ran it against 50 of the most visited websites in the world. 80% have HIGH or CRITICAL legal risk for ADA lawsuits. Google, Facebook, and Netflix all scored a D. Here are the full results. Why This Matters ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) website lawsuits hit 12,000+ in 2025 — a 300% increase from 2018. Companies like Domino's, Netflix, and Target have all faced multi-million dollar settlements over inaccessible websites. Yet most developers have never run an accessibility audit on their own sites. I decided to change that — starting with the biggest sites on the internet. The Methodology I built AccessScore , an open-source accessibility scanner that checks for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across 20+ automated checks: Images & Media : Alt text, video captions, meaningful image descriptions Structure & Navigation : Heading hierarchy, skip navigation, landmark regions Forms & Interactions : Label associations, keyboard accessibility