Amazon . tier 2
Amazonbot
Powers Alexa and Rufus answers.
437 of the 3,642 sites we measured deny Amazonbot access to their root, which is 12.0% of the index.
How to allow or block it
A group naming the token wins outright over the wildcard group. It does not inherit from it, so rules set under User-agent: * do not carry over.
# Allow Amazonbot everywhere
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow:
# Block Amazonbot entirely
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /Sites blocking Amazonbot
Most-visited first. Showing up to 100 of 437.
| Rank | Domain | Score | Answer-surface crawlers | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | facebook.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 14 | instagram.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 16 | twitter.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 17 | linkedin.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 18 | mail.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 43 | netflix.com | Score 59 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 47 | x.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 52 | pinterest.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 61 | myfritz.net | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 85 | baidu.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 103 | reddit.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 112 | chatgpt.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 126 | skybridge.click | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 158 | snapchat.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Google Cloud / GFE |
| 159 | tumblr.com | Score 41 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | WordPress |
| 167 | gravatar.com | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | WordPress |
| 180 | flickr.com | Score 42 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 188 | ebay.com | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 191 | soundcloud.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 193 | cnn.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | Fastly |
| 196 | theguardian.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 202 | medium.comrefused GPTBot | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 218 | bbc.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 229 | forbes.comrefused GPTBot | Score 57 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Fastly |
| 238 | weather.com | Score 82 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | Next.js . Akamai |
| 240 | bbc.co.uk | Score 34 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Fastly |
| 283 | reuters.com | Score 26 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 284 | launchpad.netrefused GPTBot | Score 20 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 293 | nature.com | Score 45 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 7 blocked | Fastly |
| 325 | weibo.com | Score 18 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 344 | naver.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 353 | trustpilot.com | Score 66 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 2 blocked | unidentified |
| 359 | nflxvideo.net | Score 59 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 372 | wsj.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | unidentified |
| 388 | bloomberg.comrefused GPTBot | Score 41 out of 100, grade D | 10 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 421 | netflix.net | Score 59 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 439 | gcdn.co | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 476 | netcraze.io | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 478 | aliexpress.com | Score 71 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 3 blocked | Alibaba Cloud CDN |
| 481 | cnbc.comrefused GPTBot | Score 24 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 498 | statista.comrefused GPTBot | Score 43 out of 100, grade D | 7 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 552 | uol.com.br | Score 47 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 566 | sohu.com | Score 8 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 574 | wired.com | Score 51 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 577 | tripadvisor.comrefused GPTBot | Score 63 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 4 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 580 | edgecdn.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 589 | threads.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 609 | dailymail.comrefused GPTBot | Score 35 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 622 | usatoday.com | Score 24 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Sitecore |
| 625 | sagepub.com | Score 65 out of 100, grade C | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 626 | unesco.org | Score 80 out of 100, grade B | 4 blocked | Drupal |
| 630 | telegraph.co.uk | Score 37 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Adobe Experience Manager . Fastly |
| 643 | ikea.com | Score 70 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Astro . Cloudflare |
| 655 | hstgr.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 677 | elpais.com | Score 51 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 692 | sharethrough.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 698 | kick.comrefused GPTBot | Score 61 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 699 | lemonde.fr | Score 48 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Fastly |
| 703 | yelp.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 707 | bandcamp.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Fastly |
| 708 | fb.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 723 | dailymail.co.ukrefused GPTBot | Score 35 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 730 | pinimg.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 732 | cookielaw.orgrefused GPTBot | Score 51 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Adobe Experience Manager . Cloudflare |
| 733 | hihonorcloud.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 737 | quantserve.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 749 | cnet.com | Score 44 out of 100, grade D | 10 blocked | WordPress |
| 757 | creativecdn.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 762 | bild.de | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 765 | imgsmail.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 787 | welt.de | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 798 | zillow.comrefused GPTBot | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 799 | apnews.comrefused GPTBot | Score 49 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 7 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 825 | people.com | Score 35 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 828 | ted.com | Score 49 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 844 | flipkart.com | Score 65 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Akamai |
| 850 | adform.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 852 | academia.edu | Score 48 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 862 | ebay.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 880 | ebay.co.uk | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 885 | daum.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 899 | mercadolivre.com.brrefused GPTBot | Score 42 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 900 | nbcnews.com | Score 30 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Next.js . Akamai |
| 902 | pornhub.com | Score 69 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 934 | xiaohongshu.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 959 | mercadolibre.com.arrefused GPTBot | Score 42 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 964 | corriere.itrefused GPTBot | Score 34 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Fastly |
| 968 | onet.pl | Score 70 out of 100, grade C | 1 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 978 | huffpost.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 11 blocked | Fastly |
| 980 | vkontakte.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 986 | mailchi.mp | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 997 | btloader.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1009 | n-tv.de | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 1016 | namecheaphosting.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1037 | attn.tv | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1048 | theatlantic.comrefused GPTBot | Score 43 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 1049 | healthline.com | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | WordPress . Amazon CloudFront |
| 1055 | ouest-france.fr | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1059 | investopedia.com | Score 35 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 1068 | themoviedb.orgrefused GPTBot | Score 18 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
Using these figures
Free to reuse in research, journalism or a product under CC BY 4.0, with credit to Fidget Labs BV. Quote the measurement date so the claim stays checkable as the index moves.
CrawlIndex by Fidget Labs BV. "Sites blocking Amazonbot." https://crawlindex.org (measured 2026-11-07). Licensed CC BY 4.0.