This is the August 2026 edition of the Mobile-Friendly Checker benchmarks. Every figure below comes only from scans run inside that month, and none of them will change again — a rate you quote today will still be at this address years from now. For the current picture, go back to the tool's own page: that one is refreshed at every revision, and this one never is.

This is the first edition for the Mobile-Friendly Checker. There is no earlier month to compare against, so these figures are the baseline. Every edition after August 2026 will also show what moved since the one before it.

How the scores fell

This is how 1,386 scans spread across the five score bands in August 2026. Nearly everything piles into the top band — this is a measure the web has largely settled, and clearing it puts you level with the field rather than ahead of it.

  • 0–19
  • 20–39
  • 40–59
  • 60–79
  • 80–100
Mobile-Friendly Checkern = 1,386
Mobile-Friendly Checker score distribution in August 2026, median 84/100, from 1,386 scans
Mobile-Friendly Checker — score distribution, August 2026. A frozen record, reusable under CC BY 4.0.
Score bandMobile-Friendly
0–195% · 69
20–396% · 86
40–591% · 17
60–7925% · 348
80–10062% · 866
Total runs1,386

Where sites got stuck

The checks that did not pass in Mobile-Friendly Checker scans during August 2026. What each check means and what to do about it is on the tool's own benchmark page; this page is the record of the month.

No fixed-width layout55%
Responsive images (srcset)53%
Responsive CSS (media queries)31%
initial-scale defined19%
width=device-width13%
Viewport meta tag11%
Zoom not disabled (a11y)8%
Charset declared5%
The checks that failed most often on the Mobile-Friendly Checker in August 2026, with their rates
Mobile-Friendly Checker — failed checks, August 2026. From 1,386 scans.
CheckDid not passWeight
No fixed-width layout55%Partial
Responsive images (srcset)53%Partial
Responsive CSS (media queries)31%Hard fail
initial-scale defined19%Partial
width=device-width13%Hard fail
Viewport meta tag11%Hard fail
Zoom not disabled (a11y)8%Partial
Charset declared5%Partial

The weakest areas that month

Responsive Layout80%
Viewport & Scaling15%
Rendering5%

This month’s sample

In August 2026 the Mobile-Friendly Checker recorded 1,386 successful scans across 1,213 unique domains. Across the whole series that month there were 34,236 scans covering 5,586 sites.

How the sample is collected, how it is anonymized and where the method's limits lie govern the whole series, so they are set out once in the methodology on the hub.

ToolDomain endings in the sample
Mobile-Friendly.com 61% · .org 8% · .io 7% · .net 2% · other 21%

Frequently asked questions

What was the median Mobile-Friendly Checker score in August 2026?

In August 2026 the median was 84/100 and the mean was 78.5. 62% of scans reached 80 or above. These figures are frozen and will not change.

Which check failed most often in August 2026?

“No fixed-width layout”, which did not pass in 55% of scans, followed by “Responsive images (srcset)” at 53%.

Why is this page never updated?

Because a dated record is only useful if it stays put. Someone citing the August 2026 figures today has to find the same numbers at the same URL years from now. For the current picture, see this tool's own benchmark page, where the figures are refreshed at every revision.

Citing this edition

The figures on this page are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Suggested citation: SeoMods — Mobile-Friendly Checker benchmarks, August 2026 edition, https://seomods.com/seo-score-benchmarks/mobile-friendly/august-2026.