Perplexity . tier 1
PerplexityBot
Builds the Perplexity answer index.
349 of the 3,642 sites we measured deny PerplexityBot access to their root, which is 9.6% 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 PerplexityBot everywhere
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow:
# Block PerplexityBot entirely
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /Sites blocking PerplexityBot
Most-visited first. Showing up to 100 of 349.
| 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 |
| 31 | amazon.comrefused GPTBot | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 63 | tiktok.com | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 71 | yahoo.comrefused GPTBot | Score 43 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js |
| 83 | amazonvideo.com | Score 40 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 121 | t-online.de | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 126 | skybridge.click | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 163 | nytimes.comrefused GPTBot | Score 21 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | Fastly |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 240 | bbc.co.uk | Score 34 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Fastly |
| 263 | imdb.com | Score 9 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 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 |
| 330 | amazon.co.ukrefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 344 | naver.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 372 | wsj.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | unidentified |
| 385 | amazon.derefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 388 | bloomberg.comrefused GPTBot | Score 41 out of 100, grade D | 10 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 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 |
| 481 | cnbc.comrefused GPTBot | Score 24 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 494 | amazon.co.jprefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 497 | quora.com | Score 13 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | unidentified |
| 498 | statista.comrefused GPTBot | Score 43 out of 100, grade D | 7 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 549 | ft.comrefused GPTBot | Score 53 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 630 | telegraph.co.uk | Score 37 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Adobe Experience Manager . Fastly |
| 642 | amazon.frrefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 645 | amazon.carefused GPTBot | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 655 | hstgr.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 676 | amazon.inrefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 677 | elpais.com | Score 51 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 681 | primevideo.com | Score 40 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 692 | sharethrough.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 703 | yelp.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 708 | fb.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 713 | amazon.esrefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 733 | hihonorcloud.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 736 | amazon.itrefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 850 | adform.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 862 | ebay.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 866 | theverge.com | Score 44 out of 100, grade D | 9 blocked | WordPress . Fastly |
| 871 | amazon.com.brrefused GPTBot | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 875 | amazon.co.zarefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 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 |
| 910 | figma.com | Score 47 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Sanity . Amazon CloudFront |
| 934 | xiaohongshu.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 935 | patreon.comrefused GPTBot | Score 90 out of 100, grade A, partial assessment | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 941 | repubblica.it | Score 65 out of 100, grade C | 4 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 958 | amazon.com.aurefused GPTBot | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 994 | pbs.org | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | 2 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 997 | btloader.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1016 | namecheaphosting.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1033 | amazon.com.mxrefused GPTBot | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 1034 | garmin.com | Score 58 out of 100, grade D | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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CrawlIndex by Fidget Labs BV. "Sites blocking PerplexityBot." https://crawlindex.org (measured 2026-11-07). Licensed CC BY 4.0.