AI Crawler Index · OpenAI · GPTBot
Which news websites block GPTBot?
As of 2026-10-02, 124 of the 394 news websites whose robots.txt we could read (31.5%) block GPTBot, OpenAI's AI training crawler, on the home page, compared with 12% of all sites; 14 more block it on some paths.
31.5%
of 394 news websites block GPTBot
12%
of all sites
124
sites block it
All 124 news websites that block GPTBot
| # | Site | Policy | Crawlers blocked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | nytimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 83 | medium.com | Blocks training only | 6 of 29 |
| 90 | t-online.de | Blocks some AI search | 7 of 29 |
| 94 | forbes.com | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 95 | bbc.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 121 | reuters.com | Blocks some AI search | 23 of 29 |
| 168 | bloomberg.com | Blocks some AI search | 13 of 29 |
| 174 | espn.com | Blocks some AI search | 5 of 29 |
| 177 | globo.com | Blocks training only | 3 of 29 |
| 209 | cnbc.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 262 | usatoday.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 276 | telegraph.co.uk | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 284 | techcrunch.com | Blocks some AI search | 8 of 29 |
| 313 | dailymail.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 316 | cbsnews.com | Blocks training only | 1 of 29 |
| 328 | cnet.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 336 | wp.pl | Blocks training only | 2 of 29 |
| 355 | apnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 369 | lefigaro.fr | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 397 | hbr.org | Blocks training only | 3 of 29 |
| 401 | nbcnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 410 | latimes.com | Blocks training only | 3 of 29 |
| 430 | repubblica.it | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 433 | corriere.it | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 442 | elmundo.es | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 478 | n-tv.de | Blocks training only | 3 of 29 |
| 479 | pbs.org | Blocks some AI search | 4 of 29 |
| 495 | huffpost.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 496 | bfmtv.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 500 | marca.com | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 509 | skysports.com | Blocks training only | 2 of 29 |
| 518 | gsmarena.com | Blocks some AI search | 8 of 29 |
| 534 | economist.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 537 | theconversation.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 540 | ad.nl | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 547 | nu.nl | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 548 | elconfidencial.com | Blocks some AI search | 13 of 29 |
| 574 | gazzetta.it | Blocks some AI search | 8 of 29 |
| 583 | hln.be | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 595 | abc.net.au | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 605 | ladepeche.fr | Blocks some AI search | 8 of 29 |
| 613 | spiegel.de | Blocks some AI search | 13 of 29 |
| 618 | actu.fr | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 644 | sapo.pt | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 659 | nikkansports.com | Blocks some AI search | 5 of 29 |
| 666 | huffingtonpost.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 668 | dagbladet.no | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 673 | ilmeteo.it | Blocks training only | 8 of 29 |
| 680 | dw.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 684 | iltalehti.fi | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 692 | aljazeera.com | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 713 | ekstrabladet.dk | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 802 | sportfilm800.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 864 | newsweek.com | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 889 | zdnet.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 956 | euronews.com | Blocks training only | 3 of 29 |
| 1113 | medicalnewstoday.com | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 1287 | abcnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 5 of 29 |
| 1324 | express.co.uk | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 1327 | news.com.au | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 1345 | expressapisv2.net | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1446 | newscientist.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 1521 | chicagotribune.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 1568 | ctvnews.ca | Blocks some AI search | 5 of 29 |
| 1579 | irishtimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 2 of 29 |
| 1659 | cbssports.com | Blocks training only | 1 of 29 |
| 1662 | newsbreak.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 1754 | nzherald.co.nz | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 2016 | nydailynews.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 2126 | sportradarserving.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 2307 | ahajournals.org | Blocks training only | 1 of 29 |
| 2328 | seattletimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 2588 | feednews.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 2903 | deccanherald.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 2912 | lapresse.ca | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 2986 | chinatimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 2990 | expressen.se | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 3064 | mercurynews.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 3074 | rainews.it | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 3076 | dallasnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 3301 | theepochtimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 3341 | tribunnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 4 of 29 |
| 3459 | news24.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 3501 | suntimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 8 of 29 |
| 3664 | denverpost.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 3719 | ilpost.it | Blocks some AI search | 2 of 29 |
| 3758 | ura.news | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 3919 | journaldemontreal.com | Blocks some AI search | 7 of 29 |
| 3974 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Blocks some AI search | 25 of 29 |
| 4021 | heraldo.es | Blocks training only | 8 of 29 |
| 4025 | sportschau.de | Blocks training only | 7 of 29 |
| 4190 | newsnow.co.uk | Blocks training only | 1 of 29 |
| 4338 | buzzfeednews.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 4457 | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Blocks some AI search | 7 of 29 |
| 4478 | statnews.com | Blocks training only | 9 of 29 |
| 4787 | noticiasaominuto.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 4863 | sportingnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 4920 | hochi.news | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 5139 | tokyo-sports.co.jp | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 5193 | sciencenews.org | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 5327 | weatherspark.com | Blocks training only | 4 of 29 |
| 5470 | newsday.com | Blocks training only | 2 of 29 |
| 6386 | detroitnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 6488 | morgenpost.de | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 6562 | dailykos.com | Blocks training only | 7 of 29 |
| 6607 | inews.co.uk | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 6726 | dailystar.co.uk | Blocks some AI search | 7 of 29 |
| 6810 | radiotimes.com | Blocks training only | 6 of 29 |
| 6990 | newstatesman.com | Blocks training only | 1 of 29 |
| 7109 | posteo.de | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 7113 | lexpress.fr | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 7668 | thejournal.ie | Blocks some AI search | 2 of 29 |
| 7682 | dailyrecord.co.uk | Blocks some AI search | 7 of 29 |
| 8004 | bostonherald.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 8153 | dailycaller.com | Blocks some AI search | 7 of 29 |
| 8837 | expresso.pt | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 8900 | diepresse.com | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 8952 | heraldscotland.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 9096 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 9353 | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 9492 | townnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 9673 | abc7news.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 9683 | heraldsun.com.au | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 9967 | acpjournals.org | Blocks training only | 2 of 29 |
Popular news websites that allow GPTBot
Other AI crawlers and news websites
- ClaudeBot 32%
- PerplexityBot 27.7%
- Google-Extended 26.6%
- CCBot 35.8%
- Bytespider 33.2%
- Applebot-Extended 28.7%
- OAI-SearchBot 17.3%
GPTBot in other segments
- social websites 32.7%
- .fr (France) websites 31.8%
- reference websites 28.9%
- .au (Australia) websites 27.8%
- .it (Italy) websites 27.3%
- .nl (Netherlands) websites 27.1%
- .pl (Poland) websites 26.4%
- .de (Germany) websites 23.6%
- .es (Spain) websites 22.2%
- .uk (United Kingdom) websites 20%
- .app websites 16.7%
- .ch (Switzerland) websites 16.7%
- .net websites 13.4%
- .com websites 12.4%
FAQ
- Which news websites block GPTBot?
- nytimes.com, medium.com, t-online.de, forbes.com, bbc.com, reuters.com, bloomberg.com, espn.com, and 116 more (full list on this page).
- How many news websites block GPTBot?
- As of 2026-10-02, 124 of the 394 news websites whose robots.txt we could read (31.5%) block GPTBot, OpenAI's AI training crawler, on the home page, compared with 12% of all sites; 14 more block it on some paths.
- How do I block or allow GPTBot on my site?
- Add "User-agent: GPTBot" followed by "Disallow: /" to https://<your-site>/robots.txt to block it, or "Allow: /" to allow it. Check the result with the free AI crawler checker at tools.yukai.uk/free/ai-crawler-checker.