Top-level domain
.de
71 measured sites. 21 of them, 29.6%, block at least one answer-surface AI crawler. Mean readiness score 61.3.
Compare against every other top-level domain
| Rank | Domain | Score | Answer-surface crawlers | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | t-online.de | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 382 | amazon.de | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 506 | google.derefused GPTBot | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 767 | bild.de | Score 63 out of 100, grade C | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 772 | ddnss.de | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 798 | welt.de | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | Varnish |
| 826 | ebay.de | Score 51 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Akamai |
| 839 | focus.de | Score 75 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | unidentified |
| 914 | otto.de | Score 72 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Varnish |
| 922 | kleinanzeigen.de | Score 71 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Astro . Akamai |
| 1011 | telekom.derefused GPTBot | Score 83 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | unidentified |
| 1054 | n-tv.de | Score 65 out of 100, grade C | 2 blocked | Next.js . Amazon CloudFront |
| 1102 | bund.de | Score 53 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 1150 | kicker.de | Score 48 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Amazon CloudFront |
| 1254 | zalando.de | Not scored | all allowed | unidentified |
| 1269 | merkur.de | Score 53 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 1296 | wetteronline.derefused GPTBot | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Amazon CloudFront |
| 1441 | spiegel.derefused GPTBot | Score 41 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 1513 | markt.de | Score 87 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | unidentified |
| 1521 | joyclub.derefused GPTBot | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | 1 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 1585 | ladies.de | Score 57 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Cloudflare |
| 1795 | your-server.de | Not scored | all allowed | unidentified |
| 1904 | mobile.de | Score 89 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | Akamai |
| 1970 | kicktipp.de | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2076 | telefonica.de | Score 72 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | WordPress |
| 2182 | rzone.de | Not scored | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2389 | web.de | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2434 | mpg.de | Score 67 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2456 | ioam.de | Score 45 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 2576 | ionos.de | Score 79 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | Next.js |
| 2607 | zeit.derefused GPTBot | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 7 blocked | Fastly |
| 2613 | ccc.de | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2669 | admatic.de | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | WordPress . Cloudflare |
| 2721 | heise.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2723 | webgo.de | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2849 | strato.de | Score 79 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2869 | sueddeutsche.de | Score 48 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 2915 | chip.de | Score 75 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | unidentified |
| 2920 | zdf.de | Score 71 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Next.js |
| 2974 | check24.de | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3097 | innogames.de | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | TYPO3 . Fastly |
| 3148 | idealo.de | Score 83 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | all allowed | Akamai |
| 3176 | tagesschau.de | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Varnish |
| 3198 | nic.de | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | TYPO3 . Varnish |
| 3301 | joyn.de | Score 67 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Next.js . Vercel |
| 3309 | dhl.de | Score 67 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Akamai |
| 3364 | tfkc.de | Score 49 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3387 | tagesspiegel.de | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 3445 | bahn.de | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Akamai |
| 3476 | fraunhofer.de | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Adobe Experience Manager |
| 3505 | br.de | Score 63 out of 100, grade C | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 3509 | e-recht24.de | Score 91 out of 100, grade A | all allowed | WordPress |
| 3584 | ndr.de | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Varnish |
| 3608 | adscale.de | Score 72 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | TYPO3 . Cloudflare |
| 3616 | second-ns.de | Not scored | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3682 | ardmediathek.de | Score 48 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 3693 | immobilienscout24.de | Not scored | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3763 | freenet.de | Score 69 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Cloudflare |
| 3769 | your-storageshare.derefused GPTBot | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3782 | arbeitsagentur.de | Score 64 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Next.js |
| 3811 | aol.derefused GPTBot | Score 37 out of 100, grade F | 5 blocked | Next.js |
| 3826 | gesetze-im-internet.de | Not scored | all allowed | unidentified |
| 3838 | tum.de | Score 83 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | TYPO3 |
| 3976 | stern.de | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | Akamai |
| 4035 | goethe.de | Score 82 out of 100, grade B | all allowed | Akamai |
| 4060 | bayern.de | Score 62 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | WordPress . Varnish |
| 4063 | rwth-aachen.de | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 4124 | elster.de | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | unidentified |
| 4308 | wdr.de | Score 50 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 4344 | vodafone-ip.de | Not scored | all allowed | unidentified |
| 4382 | swr.de | Score 51 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | unidentified |
| 4432 | nrw.de | Score 59 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Drupal |
| 4518 | uni-heidelberg.de | Score 68 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Drupal . Varnish |
| 4622 | siemens.de | Score 63 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | Amazon CloudFront |
| 4630 | mdr.de | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Varnish |
| 4673 | blogspot.derefused GPTBot | Score 54 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 4755 | hosteurope.de | Score 53 out of 100, grade D | all allowed | Akamai |
| 4959 | fu-berlin.de | Score 67 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
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CrawlIndex by Fidget Labs BV. "Agent readiness on .de." https://crawlindex.org (measured 2026-08-09). Licensed CC BY 4.0.