Perplexity . tier 1
PerplexityBot
Builds the Perplexity answer index.
354 of the 3,618 sites we measured deny PerplexityBot access to their root, which is 9.8% 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 354.
| 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 |
| 109 | reddit.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 122 | amazonvideo.com | Score 37 out of 100, grade F | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 204 | cnn.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Fastly |
| 205 | theguardian.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 380 | wsj.com | Score 31 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | unidentified |
| 391 | amazon.de | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 536 | ft.comrefused GPTBot | Score 53 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 554 | wired.com | Score 51 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 561 | uol.com.br | Score 47 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 586 | usatoday.com | Score 24 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 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 |
| 626 | amazon.fr | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 659 | patreon.comrefused GPTBot | Score 90 out of 100, grade A, partial assessment | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 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 |
| 672 | elpais.com | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 673 | primevideo.com | Score 37 out of 100, grade F | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 741 | creativecdn.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 766 | bild.de | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 802 | welt.de | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | Varnish |
| 805 | apnews.comrefused GPTBot | Score 54 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 811 | people.com | Score 37 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 817 | adform.net | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 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 |
| 853 | theverge.com | Score 44 out of 100, grade D | 9 blocked | WordPress . Fastly |
| 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 |
| 890 | nbcnews.com | Score 30 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Next.js . Akamai |
| 892 | mercadolivre.com.brrefused GPTBot | Score 42 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 955 | mercadolibre.com.arrefused GPTBot | Score 42 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 963 | stbid.ru | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 965 | blackhub.team | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 969 | mailchi.mp | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 972 | repubblica.it | Score 65 out of 100, grade C | 4 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 982 | investopedia.com | Score 37 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 987 | btloader.com | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1005 | elmundo.es | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Fastly |
| 1035 | theatlantic.com | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Next.js . Cloudflare |
| 1040 | amazon.com.mxrefused GPTBot | Score 15 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 1052 | garmin.com | Score 55 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 1056 | pbs.org | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | 2 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 1071 | rocketmoney.dev | Score 6 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1074 | skroutz.grrefused GPTBot | Score 54 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | Cloudflare |
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 PerplexityBot." https://crawlindex.org (measured 2026-09-22). Licensed CC BY 4.0.