Live data · Nov 12, 2026
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10%Blocks an AI crawler86,044 sites
22%ads.txt68,732 sites
20%Cookie consent banner68,732 sites
Global
Data
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robots.txt
Who blocks AI crawlers
Share of popular sites that block each AI bot by name in robots.txt.
| Crawler | Operator | Global | United Kingdom | Netherlands | Italy | Spain | Japan | Latin America |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | OpenAI (training) | 9.6% | 51% | 48% | 8.3% | 9.4% | 3.7% | 6.1% |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI (user fetch) | 5.1% | 49% | 45% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI (search) | 3.8% | 48% | 44% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 2% | 1.9% |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | 8.7% | 51% | 47% | 8% | 9% | 3.3% | 5.9% |
| anthropic-ai | Anthropic (legacy) | 7.6% | 51% | 46% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Google-Extended | Google (Gemini) | 7.8% | 50% | 47% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 2.6% | 5.1% |
| CCBot | Common Crawl | 9.4% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 8.2% | 3% | 6% |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | 5% | 49% | 44% | 3.8% | 4.6% | 2% | 2.3% |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | 9.2% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 3.3% | 6.4% |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | 7.7% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 2.7% | 5.1% |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | 8% | 51% | 47% | 7.5% | 8.6% | 3% | 5.8% |
| meta-externalagent | Meta | 7.9% | 51% | 47% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 3.2% | 5.3% |
| cohere-ai | Cohere | 7.3% | 50% | 46% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Diffbot | Diffbot | 7.2% | 50% | 46% | 6.5% | 6.9% | 2.1% | 5.1% |
Share of sites whose robots.txt blocks the bot from the homepage by name.
Global
Technologies
Market share of web technologies across 68,732 sites.
Advertising & pixels23%
- Google Marketing Platform (DV360/CM360)7.3%
- Google Publisher Tag (Ad Manager)5.9%
- Google AdSense5.6%
- Google Ads (conversion)4.7%
- OneTrust6.3%
- IAB TCF v2 API4.6%
- Cookiebot (Usercentrics)2.2%
- CookieYes1.4%
- Google Analytics 419%
- Cloudflare Web Analytics12%
- Universal Analytics (legacy)9.3%
- Yandex Metrica3.7%
- YouTube embed5.8%
- Vimeo1.9%
- Wistia0.8%
- JW Player0.6%
- Facebook SDK2.1%
- X (Twitter) embed1.1%
- AddToAny0.9%
- Instagram embed0.6%
- Awin0.3%
- Skimlinks0.2%
- impact.com0.2%
- Rakuten Advertising0.2%
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