UK Tracker Index
104 popular UK websites, ranked by how many third-party companies each one contacts before you've agreed to anything on its cookie banner.
Across 14 sites checked, the typical site contacted 7 companies before consent. 1 site contacted none. The most was The Independent, with 19.
Most often seen before consent: Google (10 sites), Dotmetrics (Ipsos) (5 sites), Comscore (5 sites), Taboola (4 sites), Amplitude (4 sites).
Updated 11 October 2026. A few sites are re-checked every day.
| Rank | Site | Before | Accept | Reject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Independentindependent.co.uk | +11 | – | |
| 2 | Daily Mirrormirror.co.uk | +29 | – | |
| 3 | GB Newsgbnews.com | +26 | … | |
| 4 | Manchester Evening Newsmanchestereveningnews.co.uk | +0 | … | |
| 5 | The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk | +0 | … | |
| 5 | WalesOnlinewalesonline.co.uk | +0 | … | |
| 7 | iinews.co.uk | +25 | … | |
| 8 | ITVitv.com | +0 | … | |
| 9 | Channel 4channel4.com | +0 | … | |
| 9 | Metrometro.co.uk | +0 | – | |
| 11 | Evening Standardstandard.co.uk | +13 | no button | |
| 12 | Daily Maildailymail.co.uk | +3 | no button | |
| 13 | BBCbbc.co.uk | +0 | – | |
| 14 | The Guardiantheguardian.com | +0 | no button |
Last run 11 Oct 2026, 14:57: 7 of 12 sites opened.
Couldn't be opened
Some sites block automated browsers or took too long. They're retried after the rest of the list.
- Daily Express: The page took too long to load.
Waiting for a check: The Sun, The Times, Sky News, Financial Times, The Scottish Sun, Amazon UK, eBay UK, Argos, John Lewis, Currys, M&S, Next, Boots, Superdrug, ASOS, Very, Screwfix, B&Q, Halfords, AO, JD Sports, Sports Direct, Primark, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons, Ocado, Waitrose, Aldi UK, Lidl GB, Trainline, National Rail, easyJet, Ryanair, British Airways, Jet2, TUI UK, Booking.com, Skyscanner, Premier Inn, Travelodge, MoneySavingExpert, Compare the Market, GoCompare, Confused.com, MoneySuperMarket, HSBC UK, Barclays, NatWest, Lloyds Bank, Santander UK, Nationwide, Monzo, Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Auto Trader, Gumtree, The AA, RAC, BT, Sky, Virgin Media, Vodafone UK, EE, O2, Three, Octopus Energy, British Gas, OVO Energy, EDF, BBC Good Food, Deliveroo, Just Eat, Greggs, Mumsnet, Netmums, Which?, Sky Sports, Radio Times, Digital Spy, Ticketmaster UK, Odeon, GOV.UK, NHS, TfL, Royal Mail, Post Office.
How it works
Each site's home page is opened in a real Chrome browser in London, as a first-time visitor with no cookies. Every network request is recorded and grouped by the company that owns the domain. Requests that happen before anything is clicked count as before you agree. Then the cookie banner's accept button is clicked, and any new companies count as after you accept. A second, separate visit presses Reject all instead: companies contacted for the first time after that count as after you reject, leaving out consent platforms (which record your choice) and infrastructure such as CDNs and fonts. “No button” means the banner offered accept but no one-click reject. The site itself and its own domains aren't counted.
It's a snapshot of one visit from one place: other pages, other countries and logged-in visitors can see different results. Some early contacts are normal, such as the cookie banner provider, fonts or security services. The index shows what was contacted, not whether it was lawful. More on the rules.