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70% -- ecommerce share of accessibility lawsuits for e-commerce sector (US web accessibility lawsuits) (2025)
70% of the nearly 5,000 expected web accessibility lawsuits are driven by eCommerce.
- Projected/expected lawsuits rather than historical final count
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70%
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2025
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50
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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dennisdeacon.com
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https://www.dennisdeacon.com/accessibility/why-ecommerce-must-put-digital-accessibility-first/ ↗
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Why eCommerce Must Put Digital Accessibility First - Dennis Deacon
There are now over 26.5 million e-commerce websites worldwide, a number that skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses rushed online to stay afloat. This surge marked a major shift in how we shop, with digital storefronts becoming the norm across nearly every industry. As eCommerce cont…
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Share of ~5,000 projected web accessibility lawsuits attributed to eCommerce
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e-commerce sector (US web accessibility lawsuits): 70% ecommerce share of accessibility lawsuits. Source: dennisdeacon.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-share-accessibility-lawsuits-70pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-share-accessibility-lawsuits-70pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>70%</strong> -- ecommerce share of accessibility lawsuits for e-commerce sector (US web accessibility lawsuits)<br><small>Source: dennisdeacon.com (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ecommerce-share-accessibility-lawsuits-70pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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