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E-commerce Brands Website Statistics 2026

We ran automated homepage audits on 10 UK e-commerce brands websites — checking page speed, mobile UX, on-page SEO, structured data, contact conversion and more. Here's what we found.

Avg score

32/100

Avg page speed

874ms

Sites analysed

10

Score distribution

Good (80–100)1 sites (10%)
Okay (60–79)0 sites (0%)
Poor (0–59)9 sites (90%)

How many pass the basics

HTTPS enabled90%
Mobile viewport90%
Structured data (schema)40%
Contact form on homepage10%
Open Graph share image30%
Analytics installed60%

Most common mistakes

  • No contact form found on homepage90% of sites
  • No Open Graph image — links look blank on WhatsApp/Facebook70% of sites
  • No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile70% of sites
  • No obvious call-to-action (book, quote, contact) on the home70% of sites
  • No HN heading60% of sites
  • No structured data (schema.org)60% of sites
  • No custom web fonts — default system fonts feel dated50% of sites
  • No meta description — Google writes its own50% of sites
  • Little to no accessibility markup (aria attributes)50% of sites
  • No analytics detected — flying blind on visitor data40% of sites

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Methodology: automated homepage audits by RIOT Studio, July 2026.