What does a website track before you click “Accept”?

We load the world's most-visited sites each month, click nothing, and record every cookie and every company that shows up anyway.

of sites loaded an advertising, analytics or social tracker before consent

75%

of sites loaded an advertising, analytics or social tracker before consent

showed a known consent platform

41%

showed a known consent platform

sites scanned in October 2026, from Germany

2,450

sites scanned in October 2026, from Germany

Read the October 2026 report for what these numbers look like by country, by site size, and on sites with a consent banner.