B
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15%
15% -- websites meeting minimum cookie compliance standard for EU websites (2025)
Only 15% of 254,148 observed websites across 31 countries met a minimum cookie/consent compliance standard in a 2025 study.
- Compliance was measured against researchers' minimum compliance standard
- Study covered 31 countries, not exclusively EU websites
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Evidence graded
Value
15%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
254,148
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Antivirus Insider
Primary
Tier B
https://antivirusinsider.com/gdpr-statistics/ ↗
Source Article
GDPR Statistics 2026: Powerful Data Revealed
Original Research
Antivirus Insider
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Methodology
Website observation study of 254,148 sites
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EU websites: 15% websites meeting minimum cookie compliance standard. Source: Antivirus Insider (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cookie-consent-minimum-compliance-15pct-2025
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