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50% -- share of checked eu websites using deceptive patterns for EU websites (cookie consent) (2025)

Name: Share Of Checked EU Websites Using Deceptive Patterns Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-01

2025 · Cookie Banner Taskforce

According to the Cookie Banner Taskforce report, more than 50% of checked websites in the EU use deceptive patterns / dark patterns in cookie consent banners.

Value is expressed as 'more than 50%' ('več kot 50%')
Applies specifically to checked/audited websites, not all EU websites universally

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Last verified: 2026-10-01 · How we verify data →

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Value

50%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2025

Entity

EU websites (cookie consent)

Geography

EMEA

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Cookie Banner Taskforce Primary Tier B

https://madwise.si/blog/nova-pravila-za-piskotke/ ↗

Confidence: 28/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl

Source Article

Nova pravila za piškotke: prilagodite spletno stran!

Nova pravila za piškotke: prilagodite spletno stran! Pravila za piškotke ne zahtevajo le pasice. Zahtevajo možnost izbire. Če se piškotki še vedno naložijo takoj, vaša spletna stran ni usklajena z zakonodajo. Pojasnimo tudi, kaj je Google Consent Mode in povzamemo vse, kar morate imeti urejeno – ne …

Original Research

Cookie Banner Taskforce · Original study ↗

Methodology

Cited from Cookie Banner Taskforce report; value expressed as 'more than 50%'

Methodology documented

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Industrymarketing RegionEMEA Channelcontent

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EU websites (cookie consent): 50% share of checked eu websites using deceptive patterns. Source: Cookie Banner Taskforce (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/eu-sites-deceptive-consent-patterns

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