Website Stats · Original research

Opticians Website Statistics 2026

We ran automated homepage audits on 9 UK opticians websites — checking page speed, mobile UX, on-page SEO, structured data, contact conversion and more. Here's what we found.

Avg score

46/100

Avg page speed

585ms

Sites analysed

9

Score distribution

Good (80–100)0 sites (0%)
Okay (60–79)3 sites (33%)
Poor (0–59)6 sites (67%)

How many pass the basics

HTTPS enabled100%
Mobile viewport78%
Structured data (schema)67%
Contact form on homepage11%
Open Graph share image33%
Analytics installed67%

Most common mistakes

  • No contact form found on homepage89% of sites
  • No Open Graph image — links look blank on WhatsApp/Facebook67% of sites
  • No custom web fonts — default system fonts feel dated67% of sites
  • No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile67% of sites
  • Only N% of images have alt text67% of sites
  • No meta description — Google writes its own56% of sites
  • No cookie consent banner detected — UK GDPR risk56% of sites
  • No responsive images (srcset) — blurry or slow on mobile44% of sites
  • No structured data (schema.org)33% of sites
  • No favicon33% of sites

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

Ashley Scott
Studio Lead
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