Top-level domain
.de
75 measured sites. 23 of them, 30.7%, block at least one answer-surface AI crawler. Mean readiness score 62.
Compare against every other top-level domain
| Rank | Domain | Score | Answer-surface crawlers | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 210 | t-online.de | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 278 | mobile.de | Score 84 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | Akamai |
| 391 | amazon.de | Score 16 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 513 | google.derefused GPTBot | Score 49 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 649 | ack.de | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 766 | bild.de | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 767 | ddnss.de | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 802 | welt.de | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | Varnish |
| 848 | focus.de | Score 75 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | unidentified |
| 860 | ebay.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 891 | kleinanzeigen.de | Score 77 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | Astro . Akamai |
| 942 | spiegel.de | Score 40 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 989 | otto.de | Score 68 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Varnish |
| 1043 | bund.de | Score 92 out of 100, grade A, partial assessment | all allowed | unidentified |
| 1063 | n-tv.de | Score 63 out of 100, grade C | 2 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 1110 | wetteronline.derefused GPTBot | Score 78 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | Amazon CloudFront |
| 1474 | markt.de | Score 80 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | unidentified |
| 1519 | joyclub.derefused GPTBot | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 1577 | ladies.de | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Cloudflare |
| 2012 | elster.de | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2122 | zalando.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 4 blocked | Akamai |
| 2278 | ionos.de | Score 74 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Next.js |
| 2321 | ioam.de | Score 45 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 2372 | mpg.de | Score 67 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2407 | web.de | Score 57 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2460 | strato.de | Score 74 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2493 | merkur.de | Score 48 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 2553 | zeit.de | Score 49 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 7 blocked | Fastly |
| 2584 | ccc.de | Score 58 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2603 | webgo.de | Score 57 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2616 | heise.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2644 | admatic.de | Score 61 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | WordPress . Cloudflare |
| 2869 | sueddeutsche.de | Score 51 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 2972 | check24.de | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3013 | chip.de | Score 70 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3118 | idealo.de | Score 78 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | Akamai |
| 3123 | joyn.de | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Next.js . Vercel |
| 3180 | tagesschau.de | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Varnish |
| 3185 | zdf.de | Score 70 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Next.js |
| 3421 | tagesspiegel.de | Score 51 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 3452 | dhl.de | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Akamai |
| 3455 | e-recht24.derefused GPTBot | Score 79 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | WordPress |
| 3514 | bahn.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Akamai |
| 3577 | freenet.de | Score 65 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Contentful . Cloudflare |
| 3613 | telefonica.de | Score 70 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | WordPress |
| 3619 | your-storageshare.derefused GPTBot | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3627 | fraunhofer.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Adobe Experience Manager |
| 3635 | ndr.de | Score 53 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Varnish |
| 3656 | br.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 3794 | ardmediathek.de | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 3808 | arbeitsagentur.de | Score 61 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Next.js |
| 3821 | tfkc.de | Score 49 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3992 | stern.de | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Akamai |
| 4003 | wdr.de | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 4011 | bayern.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | WordPress . Varnish |
| 4039 | adscale.de | Score 68 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | TYPO3 . Cloudflare |
| 4065 | tum.de | Score 89 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | TYPO3 |
| 4121 | goethe.de | Score 90 out of 100, grade A, partial assessment | all allowed | Akamai |
| 4132 | rwth-aachen.de | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 4207 | kicker.de | Score 78 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | Amazon CloudFront |
| 4296 | nrw.de | Score 57 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Drupal |
| 4298 | telekom.derefused GPTBot | Score 78 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | unidentified |
| 4323 | swr.de | Score 48 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 4403 | dfn.de | Score 77 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | WordPress |
| 4443 | mdr.de | Score 53 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Varnish |
| 4454 | uni-heidelberg.de | Score 67 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Drupal . Varnish |
| 4515 | aol.de | Score 44 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 4551 | 1und1.de | Score 80 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | Cloudflare |
| 4601 | siemens.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Amazon CloudFront |
| 4752 | blogspot.derefused GPTBot | Score 49 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 4776 | hosteurope.de | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Akamai |
| 4857 | fu-berlin.de | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 4944 | kaufland.derefused GPTBot | Score 78 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | Cloudflare |
| 4999 | udag.de | Score 77 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | WordPress |
| 5027 | vinted.de | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | Next.js . Cloudflare |
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CrawlIndex by Fidget Labs BV. "Agent readiness on .de." https://crawlindex.org (measured 2026-09-22). Licensed CC BY 4.0.