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How this compares

Plausible ranks #13 of 15 scanned analytics sites, scoring 72/100 — 6 points below the category average of 78. The category leader scores 84. Immediately above is Pirsch on 73, and immediately below, Hotjar on 71.

Cited by AI answer engines

In the week of Oct 11, 2026, plausible.io was cited by OpenAI (gpt-4.1-mini) on 1 of 5, Anthropic (claude-sonnet-4-6) on 2 of 5, and Perplexity (sonar) on 1 of 5 analytics prompts b/cited watches. Its best position was #1, on “Which privacy-friendly analytics tool is free for a personal blog?” (OpenAI (gpt-4.1-mini)). Citations are engine output at the time of the run, not a b/cited rating, and the prompts are a sample, not a census.

Overall
72 / 100
AEO
50 / 100
Rank
#13 of 15
Cited by AI
4 of 15
prompt × engine pairs, week of Oct 11, 2026
Last scanned
10/11/2026
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Results
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Overall
72 / 100
28 pass20 warn5 fail
Scanned
plausible.io
0.2s · 53 checks
⚠ PSI_API_KEY not configured
Indexing & crawl100 / 10012✓
  • HTTPS
    served over https://
    Docs →
  • HTTP response
    200 OK
    Docs →
  • Time to first byte
    11ms (fast)
    Docs →
  • Redirect chain
    direct hit, no redirects
    Docs →
  • robots.txt present
    41 bytes
    Docs →
  • robots.txt allows this URL
    Googlebot may crawl /
    Docs →
  • Sitemap referenced in robots.txt
    Sitemap: directive present
    Docs →
  • sitemap.xml present
    165 URLs
    Docs →
  • sitemap.xml uses <lastmod>
    lastmod hints help Googlebot prioritize re-crawls
    Docs →
  • No noindex directive
    page is indexable
    Docs →
  • Canonical URL
    self-referential: https://plausible.io/
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  • lang attribute on <html>
    lang="en"
    Docs →
Metadata94 / 1007✓1!
  • Title tag length
    75 chars — Google truncates titles around 55–60
    Docs →
  • Title tag present
    "Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative"
  • Meta description length
    151 chars — within SERP-display range
    Docs →
  • Meta description present
    "Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% …"
  • H1 heading
    single H1: "Easy to use and privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative"
  • Subheadings (H2)
    4 <h2> elements
  • Mobile viewport
    viewport meta present
  • Favicon
    icon link tag present
AEO (Answer Engines)50 / 1001✓6!1✗
  • llms.txt
    missing — recommended for sites you want cited by LLMs
    Docs →
  • ai.txt (Spawning consent)
    missing (optional) — Spawning consent file is not load-bearing for citation, but signals intent
    Docs →
  • AI crawler stance in robots.txt
    no AI crawler rules — robots.txt is default-permissive (most AI bots will follow this)
    Docs →
  • FAQPage schema (citation-friendly)
    absent — FAQPage is one of the most-cited schema types in AI answers
    Docs →
  • HowTo schema
    absent — HowTo gets cited heavily for procedural queries
    Docs →
  • Organization schema
    absent — Organization schema lets AI engines name your brand correctly
    Docs →
  • WebSite / WebApplication schema
    present
    Docs →
  • Author / Person schema (E-E-A-T)
    absent — author credibility is part of Google E-E-A-T and feeds AI citation trust
    Docs →
Structured data75 / 1003✓3!
  • JSON-LD structured data present
    1 JSON-LD block(s)
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  • JSON-LD valid JSON
    all blocks parsed cleanly
    Docs →
  • Organization or WebSite schema
    WebSite
    Docs →
  • Sitelinks searchbox (SearchAction)
    no SearchAction — your site can't opt into the sitelinks searchbox feature
    Docs →
  • BreadcrumbList
    no BreadcrumbList — Google may not show your breadcrumb path in SERP
    Docs →
  • Content-specific schema in use
    no content-type schema (Article, Product, FAQPage, HowTo, …) — opportunity for rich results
    Docs →
Social cards50 / 1001✓3!1✗
  • Open Graph (core 5)
    og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url, og:type all present
    Docs →
  • og:image dimensions
    no og:image:width / og:image:height — crawlers must download the image to learn dimensions
    Docs →
  • og:image:alt
    no og:image:alt — sets alt text when image is shared
    Docs →
  • Twitter Card (core 4)
    missing 3: twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image
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  • twitter:image:alt
    no twitter:image:alt — limits accessibility on the X.com card
    Docs →
Security43 / 1002✓2!3✗
  • HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security)
    header missing — browsers may still allow http:// downgrades
    Docs →
  • X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
    header missing
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  • Clickjacking protection
    no X-Frame-Options and no CSP frame-ancestors — clickjacking risk
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  • Content-Security-Policy
    no CSP header — strong defense-in-depth signal
    Docs →
  • Referrer-Policy
    no Referrer-Policy — browsers will use defaults that leak origin
    Docs →
  • Permissions-Policy
    feature-policy declared
    Docs →
  • No mixed content
    no http:// asset references on this https page
    Docs →
Performance50 / 1001!
  • PageSpeed Insights API
    PSI_API_KEY not configured
    Docs →
Mobile70 / 1002✓3!
  • Viewport meta
    width=device-width, initial-scale=1
    Docs →
  • Apple touch icon
    apple-touch-icon link tag present
    Docs →
  • theme-color meta
    no theme-color — mobile browser chrome uses default color
    Docs →
  • AMP variant
    no AMP variant — Google no longer requires AMP; informational only
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  • Web app manifest
    no manifest — site is not installable as a PWA
    Docs →
International50 / 1001!
  • hreflang annotations
    no hreflang declarations — fine for English-only sites; required for localized variants
    Docs →

Scores reflect the last automated crawl and refresh weekly; citation-panel results are engine output and refresh weekly with the scan. Want a live audit of your own site? Run a free scan.