aol.com
Last scanned Jun 22, 2026
aol.com achieved 57 out of 100 in its WCAG 2.2 accessibility assessment completed on June 22, 2026, meeting some requirements but with room for improvement. The assessment identified 12 distinct accessibility violations totalling 334 instances, including 56 critical, 260 serious, 18 moderate issues. The most pressing issues include touch targets too small (WCAG 2.5.8), 176 instances; insufficient colour contrast (WCAG 1.4.3), 55 instances; and ARIA roles missing required parent elements (WCAG 1.3.1), 40 instances. The assessment covered 10 pages across 47 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. With 510 third-party requests from 14 vendors, the site may not meet GDPR and ePrivacy consent requirements.
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Key Accessibility Issues
334 violations found across 12 rules — 56 critical, 260 serious, 18 moderate, 0 minor
Ensure touch target have sufficient size and space (mobile 320px)
WCAG 2.5.8 · 176 instances found
Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds (mobile 320px)
WCAG 1.4.3 · 55 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require parent roles are contained by them (mobile 320px)
WCAG 1.3.1 · 40 instances found
Heading level skipped from <h2> to <h4>
WCAG 1.3.1 · 18 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures ARIA attributes are not prohibited for an element's role
WCAG 4.1.2 · 14 instances found
Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them
WCAG 1.3.1 · 10 instances found
Ensures interactive controls are not nested as they are not always announced by screen readers or can cause focus problems for assistive technologies
WCAG 4.1.2 · 6 instances found
Ensure links are distinguished from surrounding text in a way that does not rely on color
WCAG 1.4.1 · 5 instances found
Ensures an element's role supports its ARIA attributes
WCAG 4.1.2 · 4 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures buttons have discernible text (mobile 320px)
WCAG 4.1.2 · 2 instances found
Cookie Consent & Compliance
aol.com does not appear to use a consent management platform. With 510 third-party requests from 14 vendors and 14 cookies detected, the site may not be compliant with GDPR Article 6 and ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3) requirements for prior consent.
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Third-Party Trackers
510 requests detected from 14 vendors — Admiral, Amazon, comScore, Google LLC, New Relic...
Third-Party Trackers
510 requests detected from 14 vendors — Admiral, Amazon, comScore, Google LLC, New Relic...
Analytics
68
Marketing
6
Necessary
33
Functional
0
Other
0
| Vendor | Category | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral | Advertising | script | scaredslip.com |
| Admiral | Advertising | script | merequartz.com |
| Amazon | Advertising | script | aax.amazon-adsystem.com |
| comScore | Analytics | script | sb.scorecardresearch.com |
| Google LLC | Analytics | script | www.googletagmanager.com |
| New Relic | Analytics | script | js-agent.newrelic.com |
| Brightcove | Essential | script | players.brightcove.net |
| Brightcove | Essential | script | metrics.brightcove.com |
| OpenWeb | Essential | script | open-api.spot.im |
| Volentio JSD | Essential | script | cdn.jsdelivr.net |
| Yahoo! | Essential | script | s.yimg.com |
| Yahoo! | Essential | script | s.aolcdn.com |
| Yahoo! | Essential | script | 3p-udc.yahoo.com |
| Yahoo! | Essential | script | 3p-geo.yahoo.com |
| Google LLC | Marketing | script | imasdk.googleapis.com |
| New Relic Inc. | Necessary | pixel | bam.nr-data.net |
| Other | script | region1.google-analytics.com | |
| Other | script | tpc.googlesyndication.com | |
| Other | script | securepubads.g.doubleclick.net | |
| Other | script | s0.2mdn.net | |
| HumanSecurity | Other | script | i.clean.gg |
| Integral Ad Science | Other | script | dt.adsafeprotected.com |
| The Trade Desk | Other | pixel | insight.adsrvr.org |
Cookies
14 cookies detected — 1 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Cookies
14 cookies detected — 1 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Total
14
Necessary
1
Functional
0
Analytics
0
Marketing
0
Unknown
13
| Name | Domain | Category | Provider | Expiry | Secure | HttpOnly | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EuConsent | .aol.com | Necessary | IAB TCF | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| A1 | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| A1S | .aol.com | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | — | 1st |
| A3 | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| aolloc | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 5 d | — | — | 1st |
| cmp | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| COOKIE_ID_PICOX_ID | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| plid | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| thamba | www.aol.com | Unknown | — | 5 d | — | — | 1st |
| weathergeo | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| _awl | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _dmit | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 181 d | — | — | 1st |
| _dmr | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _ebd | .aol.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
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