AI Crawler Index · OpenAI · OAI-SearchBot
Which .com websites block OAI-SearchBot?
As of 2026-10-03, 255 of the 4,463 .com websites whose robots.txt we could read (5.7%) block OAI-SearchBot, OpenAI's AI search crawler, on the home page, compared with 5.7% of all sites; 173 more block it on some paths.
5.7%
of 4,463 .com websites block OAI-SearchBot
5.7%
of all sites
255
sites block it
All 255 .com websites that block OAI-SearchBot
| # | Site | Policy | Crawlers blocked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | facebook.com | Blocks some AI search | 22 of 29 |
| 7 | instagram.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 9 | twitter.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 13 | amazon.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 21 | x.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 25 | pinterest.com | Blocks some AI search | 25 of 29 |
| 26 | tiktok.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 48 | reddit.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 67 | nytimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 95 | bbc.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 110 | meraki.com | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 115 | imdb.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 129 | weibo.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 209 | cnbc.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 215 | quora.com | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 262 | usatoday.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 264 | threads.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 313 | dailymail.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 320 | fb.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 328 | cnet.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 401 | nbcnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 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 |
| 534 | economist.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 537 | theconversation.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 548 | elconfidencial.com | Blocks some AI search | 13 of 29 |
| 666 | huffingtonpost.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 680 | dw.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 802 | sportfilm800.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 849 | qcloud.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 889 | zdnet.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 903 | adrta.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 910 | scientificamerican.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 940 | wikihow.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 1006 | sedoparking.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 1010 | sogou.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 1027 | ign.com | Blocks some AI search | 22 of 29 |
| 1032 | salesforceliveagent.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 1073 | mashable.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 1123 | mparticle.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 1128 | variety.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 1131 | constellix.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1233 | co.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1246 | juicyscore.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1257 | tappx.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1269 | rollingstone.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 1278 | redditmedia.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 1326 | hollywoodreporter.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 1353 | technologyreview.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 1364 | urldefense.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1389 | thehill.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 1413 | theglobeandmail.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 1431 | nextdoor.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 1439 | system-monitor.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1446 | newscientist.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 1466 | salesforce-scrt.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 1520 | jwpltx.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1521 | chicagotribune.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 1552 | asahi.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 1563 | thehindu.com | Blocks some AI search | 9 of 29 |
| 1583 | france24.com | Blocks some AI search | 13 of 29 |
| 1627 | hellotalk8.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1646 | today.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 1662 | newsbreak.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 1740 | billboard.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 1766 | flipboard.com | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 1848 | lifehacker.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 1860 | deadline.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 1866 | lenovomm.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 1909 | smugmug.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 1961 | thefreedictionary.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 1995 | zimbra.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 2016 | nydailynews.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 2124 | gitea.com | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 2126 | sportradarserving.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 2157 | backblazeb2.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 2201 | wordreference.com | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 2253 | thestar.com | Blocks some AI search | 23 of 29 |
| 2328 | seattletimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 2412 | zoominfo.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 2413 | kompas.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 2588 | feednews.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 2599 | huya.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 2668 | boxofficemojo.com | Blocks some AI search | 25 of 29 |
| 2713 | channel4.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 2767 | msnbc.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 2773 | dayforcehcm.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 2792 | ilsole24ore.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 2903 | deccanherald.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 2923 | michelin.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 2986 | chinatimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 3064 | mercurynews.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 3065 | everydayhealth.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 3164 | braintreegateway.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 3216 | mypurecloud.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 3256 | sankei.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 3261 | nj.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 3268 | lexisnexis.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 3280 | afterpay.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 3371 | jivosite.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 3409 | ibtimes.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 3448 | haaretz.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 3459 | news24.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 3473 | sporcle.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 3538 | nyt.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 3643 | securedvisit.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 3645 | oregonlive.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 3661 | azcentral.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 3664 | denverpost.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 3727 | parismatch.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 3809 | rateyourmusic.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 3818 | freep.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 3820 | musixmatch.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 3888 | expediapartnercentral.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 3927 | wwd.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 3974 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Blocks some AI search | 25 of 29 |
| 3990 | salesforce-sites.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 4002 | elcorreo.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 4007 | altavista.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 4094 | nicematin.com | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 4106 | togetter.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 4130 | midasbuy.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 4241 | scotsman.com | Blocks some AI search | 8 of 29 |
| 4253 | yclients.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 4338 | buzzfeednews.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 4347 | bhaskar.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 4412 | sanspo.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 4417 | cleveland.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 4427 | baltimoresun.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 4555 | mathrubhumi.com | Blocks some AI search | 5 of 29 |
| 4592 | theonion.com | Blocks some AI search | 13 of 29 |
| 4700 | cargocollective.com | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 4775 | mlive.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 4793 | healow.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 4800 | calciomercato.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 4820 | spokeo.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 4849 | servedbyadbutler.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 4917 | indiewire.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 4944 | ayhal.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5009 | afr.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 5147 | nefisyemektarifleri.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 5149 | freeones.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 5164 | metacritic.com | Blocks some AI search | 3 of 29 |
| 5197 | hs-sites.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5243 | javbus.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5275 | refinery29.com | Blocks some AI search | 22 of 29 |
| 5288 | bloomberglaw.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 5359 | al.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 5384 | novelpia.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 5429 | steamrip.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 5441 | decafeligiblyhad.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 5487 | buffermotivatorsuffice.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 5503 | wuytg.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5510 | novel543.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 5590 | yangkeduo.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5624 | klczy.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 5655 | icalculator.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5658 | towardsdatascience.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 5722 | spiceworks.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5895 | krx18.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5983 | nofeu.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 5993 | 0lin.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6037 | redhandsvid.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6067 | azureserv.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6116 | niconsul.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6165 | law.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 6337 | alastonsuomi.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6386 | detroitnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 6416 | glip.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6427 | jsonline.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 6443 | expansion.com | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 6513 | twiket.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6546 | tencentcs.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6598 | klingai.com | Blocks some AI search | 3 of 29 |
| 6676 | fireeye.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 6706 | goldfishouncereburial.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 6723 | hao123.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 6729 | digitalspy.com | Blocks some AI search | 3 of 29 |
| 6791 | chittorgarh.com | Blocks some AI search | 4 of 29 |
| 6818 | 1kuji.com | Blocks some AI search | 5 of 29 |
| 6858 | ocregister.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 6887 | parimatchs123.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 7061 | yospace.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 7091 | etahub.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 7096 | free-dating4you.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 7165 | letyshops.com | Blocks some AI search | 14 of 29 |
| 7230 | attacheatableoverlabor.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 7262 | livestrong.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 7300 | linguee.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 7350 | babycenter.com | Blocks some AI search | 19 of 29 |
| 7384 | mypikpak.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 7389 | nola.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 7404 | trycloudflare.com | Blocks some AI search | 25 of 29 |
| 7465 | orlandosentinel.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 7485 | jiji.com | Blocks some AI search | 16 of 29 |
| 7514 | thehindubusinessline.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 7556 | getrockerbox.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 7577 | 99xo4.com | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 7593 | sun-sentinel.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 7649 | techpowerup.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 7972 | cloudflarestream.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 7980 | hearstnp.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 8004 | bostonherald.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 8034 | holahupa.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 8141 | extremetech.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 8158 | tvguide.com | Blocks some AI search | 3 of 29 |
| 8251 | epubgame.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 8290 | sociogames.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 8304 | merchantcircle.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 8313 | mix.com | Blocks some AI search | 10 of 29 |
| 8401 | syracuse.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 8404 | governmentjobs.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 8455 | indystar.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 8464 | hupu.com | Blocks some AI search | 27 of 29 |
| 8529 | hellomagazine.com | Blocks some AI search | 8 of 29 |
| 8533 | ktla.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 8552 | 300624.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 8574 | sphostserver.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 8644 | masslive.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 8722 | amcrestcloud.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 8751 | ke.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 8764 | publishersweekly.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 8792 | planningcenteronline.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 8802 | pennlive.com | Blocks some AI search | 21 of 29 |
| 8847 | soso.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 8944 | tennessean.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 8952 | heraldscotland.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 8971 | stltoday.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 9018 | starshield.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 9039 | wtop.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 9071 | sheknows.com | Blocks some AI search | 12 of 29 |
| 9102 | themuse.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 9150 | dispatch.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 9193 | hc-ping.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 9207 | adventori.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 9231 | cnnturk.com | Blocks some AI search | 6 of 29 |
| 9248 | anime-planet.com | Blocks some AI search | 15 of 29 |
| 9271 | talksport.com | Blocks some AI search | 26 of 29 |
| 9302 | courant.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 9407 | cincinnati.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 9480 | rockpapershotgun.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 9482 | cmail20.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 9492 | townnews.com | Blocks some AI search | 11 of 29 |
| 9534 | healio.com | Blocks some AI search | 13 of 29 |
| 9635 | placed.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 9695 | h3c.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 9734 | desmoinesregister.com | Blocks some AI search | 24 of 29 |
| 9758 | astronautlividlyreformer.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 9770 | diariovasco.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
| 9802 | cmail19.com | Blocks all AI search | 29 of 29 |
| 9860 | salesforce-setup.com | Blocks some AI search | 28 of 29 |
| 9873 | statesman.com | Blocks some AI search | 17 of 29 |
| 9884 | rappler.com | Blocks some AI search | 18 of 29 |
| 9983 | pcgamesn.com | Blocks some AI search | 20 of 29 |
Popular .com websites that allow OAI-SearchBot
Other AI crawlers and .com websites
- GPTBot 12.4%
- ClaudeBot 12.2%
- PerplexityBot 9%
- Google-Extended 10.2%
- CCBot 14%
- Bytespider 13.9%
- Applebot-Extended 10.6%
OAI-SearchBot in other segments
- .nl (Netherlands) websites 20.8%
- .fr (France) websites 20%
- social websites 19.2%
- .au (Australia) websites 18.9%
- news websites 17.3%
- .uk (United Kingdom) websites 16.7%
- .es (Spain) websites 13.9%
- .app websites 13.3%
- .ch (Switzerland) websites 8.3%
- .net websites 8%
- .it (Italy) websites 7.3%
- .ca (Canada) websites 7.1%
- reference websites 6.7%
- .de (Germany) websites 6.4%
FAQ
- Which .com websites block OAI-SearchBot?
- facebook.com, instagram.com, twitter.com, amazon.com, x.com, pinterest.com, tiktok.com, reddit.com, and 247 more (full list on this page).
- How many .com websites block OAI-SearchBot?
- As of 2026-10-03, 255 of the 4,463 .com websites whose robots.txt we could read (5.7%) block OAI-SearchBot, OpenAI's AI search crawler, on the home page, compared with 5.7% of all sites; 173 more block it on some paths.
- How do I block or allow OAI-SearchBot on my site?
- Add "User-agent: OAI-SearchBot" 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.