OpenAI . tier 1
GPTBot
Collects training data for OpenAI models.
457 of the 3,618 sites we measured deny GPTBot access to their root, which is 12.6% 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 GPTBot everywhere
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow:
# Block GPTBot entirely
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /Sites blocking GPTBot
Most-visited first. Showing up to 100 of 457.
| Rank | Domain | Score | Answer-surface crawlers | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | instagram.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 12 | mail.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 15 | 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 |
| 25 | amazon.com | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 49 | x.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 54 | tiktok.com | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 56 | pinterest.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 59 | yahoo.comrefused GPTBot | Score 47 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js |
| 71 | myfritz.net | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 76 | chatgpt.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 87 | baidu.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 88 | vimeo.com | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | Next.js . Cloudflare |
| 109 | reddit.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 129 | snapchat.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Google Cloud / GFE |
| 158 | gravatar.com | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | WordPress |
| 159 | nytimes.comrefused GPTBot | Score 21 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | Fastly |
| 189 | soundcloud.com | Score 42 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 190 | flickr.com | Score 42 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 202 | medium.comrefused GPTBot | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 204 | cnn.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Fastly |
| 206 | ebay.com | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 210 | t-online.de | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 218 | bbc.com | Score 34 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 219 | forbes.com | Score 57 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 236 | bbc.co.uk | Score 37 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | Fastly |
| 246 | canva.comrefused GPTBot | Score 66 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 4 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 249 | meraki.com | Score 8 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 268 | imdb.com | Score 9 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 277 | launchpad.netrefused GPTBot | Score 20 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 287 | reuters.com | Score 26 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 304 | nature.com | Score 45 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 7 blocked | Fastly |
| 307 | weibo.com | Score 18 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 313 | alibaba.com | Score 53 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | Alibaba Cloud CDN |
| 335 | amazon.co.uk | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 353 | naver.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 379 | bloomberg.comrefused GPTBot | Score 27 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Fastly |
| 391 | amazon.de | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 402 | espn.com | Score 72 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 3 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 413 | globo.com | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | unidentified |
| 436 | claude.airefused GPTBot | Score 48 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 441 | go.com | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 455 | goodreads.com | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 1 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 457 | yahoo.co.jp | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | unidentified |
| 459 | gcdn.co | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 462 | edgecdn.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 464 | pixabay.comrefused GPTBot | Score 67 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 4 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 467 | aol.com | Score 44 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 477 | sohu.com | Score 8 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 483 | amazon.co.za | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 485 | cnbc.comrefused GPTBot | Score 30 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | Akamai |
| 487 | statista.comrefused GPTBot | Score 43 out of 100, grade D | 7 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 488 | skybridge.click | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 495 | amazon.co.jp | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 499 | quora.com | Score 13 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | unidentified |
| 514 | behance.net | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Fastly |
| 559 | tandfonline.comrefused GPTBot | Score 86 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 586 | usatoday.com | Score 24 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 589 | tripadvisor.comrefused GPTBot | Score 63 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 4 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 600 | imgsmail.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 617 | threads.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 621 | telegraph.co.uk | Score 37 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Adobe Experience Manager . Fastly |
| 623 | nintendo.com | Score 58 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 626 | amazon.fr | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 633 | unesco.org | Score 68 out of 100, grade C | 4 blocked | Drupal |
| 637 | sharethrough.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 647 | amazon.ca | Score 22 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 656 | techcrunch.com | Score 61 out of 100, grade C | 5 blocked | WordPress |
| 664 | yelp.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 668 | hstgr.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 687 | hihonorcloud.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 690 | amazon.in | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 692 | dailymail.co.ukrefused GPTBot | Score 26 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 698 | vkontakte.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 708 | dailymail.comrefused GPTBot | Score 26 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 709 | cbsnews.com | Score 74 out of 100, grade C | 1 blocked | Varnish |
| 713 | wp.pl | Score 57 out of 100, grade D | 1 blocked | unidentified |
| 717 | fb.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 720 | amazon.es | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 721 | pinimg.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 725 | amazon.it | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 730 | quantserve.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 732 | cnet.com | Score 44 out of 100, grade D | 10 blocked | WordPress |
| 737 | globalsign.com | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 741 | creativecdn.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 743 | bandcamp.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Fastly |
| 784 | wattpad.com | Score 58 out of 100, grade D | 1 blocked | Remix / React Router . Amazon CloudFront |
| 801 | ted.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 805 | apnews.comrefused GPTBot | Score 54 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 817 | adform.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 836 | academia.edu | Score 48 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 837 | lefigaro.fr | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 7 blocked | unidentified |
| 843 | daum.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 849 | amazon.com.au | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 860 | ebay.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 862 | amazon.com.br | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 863 | pexels.comrefused GPTBot | Score 61 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 864 | ebay.co.uk | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 868 | figma.com | Score 48 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Sanity . Amazon CloudFront |
| 880 | hbr.org | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | 2 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
Using these figures
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CrawlIndex by Fidget Labs BV. "Sites blocking GPTBot." https://crawlindex.org (measured 2026-09-22). Licensed CC BY 4.0.