6.4%
Blocks an AI crawler
1,053 / 16,474
45%
Blocks GPTBot
7,449 / 16,474
4.7%
Blocks CCBot
767 / 16,474
44%
Blocks Google-Extended
7,295 / 16,474
AI crawlers blocked in robots.txt
| Crawler | Operator | Global | Netherlands | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Japan | Latin America |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | OpenAI (training) | 9.6% | 45% | 47% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 3.7% | 5.5% |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI (user fetch) | 5.2% | 43% | 44% | 3.3% | 4.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI (search) | 4% | 42% | 44% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 1.8% |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | 8.6% | 45% | 46% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| anthropic-ai | Anthropic (legacy) | 7.4% | 44% | 46% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| Google-Extended | Google (Gemini) | 7.7% | 44% | 45% | 5.9% | 5% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| CCBot | Common Crawl | 9.4% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 8% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | 5.1% | 43% | 44% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | 9.1% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 7.1% | 8% | 3.4% | 6.7% |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | 7.5% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 2.7% | 4.3% |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | 7.9% | 45% | 46% | 6.5% | 7% | 3.1% | 5.1% |
| meta-externalagent | Meta | 7.7% | 44% | 46% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 3.3% | 4.6% |
| cohere-ai | Cohere | 7.1% | 44% | 45% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 2.4% | 5.3% |
| Diffbot | Diffbot | 7% | 43% | 45% | 5.3% | 5% | 2.2% | 5.3% |
Share of sites whose robots.txt blocks the bot from the homepage by name.
By market
| Metric | Global | Netherlands | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Japan | Latin America |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks an AI crawler | 10% | 6.4% | 6% | 11% | 11% | 3.9% | 7% |
| Blocks GPTBot | 9.6% | 45% | 47% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 3.7% | 5.5% |
| Blocks ClaudeBot | 8.6% | 45% | 46% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Blocks CCBot | 9.4% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 8% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Blocks Google-Extended | 7.7% | 44% | 45% | 5.9% | 5% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| Blocks PerplexityBot | 5.1% | 43% | 44% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Content-Signal in robots.txt | 4.1% | 2% | 2.2% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 0.5% | 3.5% |
| llms.txt | 15% | 14% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 7.4% | 18% |
Search bots blocked
- 1Baiduspider53%7,373
- 2SeznamBot50%6,883
- 3Yeti50%6,865
- 4Sogou50%6,858
- 5Naverbot50%6,856
- 6DuckDuckBot49%6,817
- 7PetalBot4.5%623
- 8YandexBot3.9%537
- 9Applebot1.4%187
- 10Bingbot0.9%131
Share of 13,810 sites in the sample.
SEO bots blocked
- 1BLEXBot52%7,155
- 2Barkrowler51%6,983
- 3Screaming Frog SEO Spider50%6,884
- 4SiteAuditBot50%6,872
- 5MJ12bot5.5%755
- 6SemrushBot4.7%655
- 7AhrefsBot4.5%620
- 8DotBot3.9%539
- 9DataForSeoBot2.3%314
- 10rogerbot1.7%236
Share of 13,810 sites in the sample.
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