Website Stats · Original research

Basement Conversions Website Statistics 2026

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

Avg score

25/100

Avg page speed

118ms

Sites analysed

10

Score distribution

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

How many pass the basics

HTTPS enabled80%
Mobile viewport90%
Structured data (schema)30%
Contact form on homepage10%
Open Graph share image20%
Analytics installed20%

Most common mistakes

  • No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile100% of sites
  • No HN heading90% of sites
  • No contact form found on homepage90% of sites
  • No Open Graph image — links look blank on WhatsApp/Facebook80% of sites
  • No analytics detected — flying blind on visitor data80% of sites
  • No meta description — Google writes its own70% of sites
  • No structured data (schema.org)70% of sites
  • No favicon70% of sites
  • No custom web fonts — default system fonts feel dated70% of sites
  • No external CSS stylesheet — likely unstyled or WYSIWYG outp70% of sites

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

Ashley Scott
Studio Lead
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