AI Crawler Index · category
Do entertainment websites block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-10-01, 13.2% of the 68 entertainment websites whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 8.8% block ClaudeBot and 5.9% block PerplexityBot (all sites: 17%, 16.3%, 12.7%). 7 of 77 publish an llms.txt file.
Block rate by crawler: entertainment vs all sites
| Crawler | Operator | Entertainment | All sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| cohere-ai | Cohere | 16.2% | 13.7% |
| CCBot | Common Crawl | 14.7% | 19.5% |
| GPTBot | OpenAI | 13.2% | 17% |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | 13.2% | 14.4% |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | 13.2% | 17.7% |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | 8.8% | 16.3% |
| Google-Extended | 8.8% | 14% | |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | 8.8% | 14.3% |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity | 7.4% | 8.9% |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | 7.4% | 7.2% | |
| meta-webindexer | Meta | 7.4% | 6.3% |
| MistralAI-User | Mistral | 7.4% | 8.4% |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | 5.9% | 9.6% |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | 5.9% | 12.7% |
| OAI-AdsBot | OpenAI | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Google-GeminiNotebook | 4.4% | 4.3% | |
| meta-externalfetcher | Meta | 4.4% | 8.7% |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | 4.4% | 13.1% |
| Amzn-SearchBot | Amazon | 4.4% | 5.9% |
| Amzn-User | Amazon | 4.4% | 5.5% |
| DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | 4.4% | 8.1% |
| MistralAI-Index | Mistral | 4.4% | 4.7% |
| MistralAI-Training | Mistral | 4.4% | 4.7% |
| Claude-User | Anthropic | 2.9% | 8.3% |
| Google-Agent | 1.5% | 4.5% | |
| meta-externalads | Meta | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | 0% | 6.7% |
| Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | 0% | 8.1% |
| Applebot | Apple | 0% | 2.6% |
All 77 entertainment sites in the index
✕ blocked · ◐ partially blocked (some paths) · ✓ allowed · ? robots.txt unreadable. "#" is the position in our popularity-ordered sample.
| # | Site | Policy | GPTBot | OAI-Search | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-Search | Perplexity | Google-Ext. | CCBot | llms.txt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | youtube.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 18 | netflix.com | Blocks some AI search | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | blocked | – |
| 28 | roblox.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 29 | spotify.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 36 | vimeo.com | Blocks training only | partial | allowed | allowed | partial | allowed | allowed | partial | blocked | – |
| 50 | amazonvideo.com | Blocks some AI search | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | blocked | – |
| 51 | epicgames.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 80 | soundcloud.com | Open | partial | partial | partial | partial | allowed | partial | partial | partial | – |
| 95 | twitch.tv | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 126 | steampowered.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 144 | bilibili.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 148 | ea.com | Blocks training only | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 184 | dailymotion.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 185 | steamcommunity.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 188 | supercell.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 214 | ivi.ru | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 262 | playstation.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 273 | nintendo.com | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | – |
| 291 | primevideo.com | Blocks some AI search | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | blocked | – |
| 310 | kick.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 322 | itch.io | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 326 | imgur.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 342 | curseforge.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 345 | warnerbros.com | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 352 | ted.com | Blocks training only | blocked | partial | partial | blocked | partial | partial | blocked | blocked | – |
| 357 | disneyplus.com | Blocks some AI search | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | – |
| 358 | xbox.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 385 | chess.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 419 | youku.com | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 432 | playrix.com | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 433 | nexusmods.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 435 | ubi.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 437 | pixiv.net | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | – |
| 440 | flightradar24.com | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | blocked | yes |
| 447 | poki.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 492 | crazygames.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 495 | riotgames.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 496 | tabelog.com | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | – |
| 498 | aparat.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 504 | giphy.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 508 | cookpad.com | Blocks some AI search | blocked | allowed | blocked | blocked | allowed | blocked | blocked | blocked | – |
| 532 | tbs.co.jp | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 550 | nexon.com | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 560 | lichess.org | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 562 | pandora.com | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | – |
| 572 | rutube.ru | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 604 | battle.net | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 618 | netkeiba.com | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 619 | playhop.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 624 | lookmovie2.to | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 641 | aternos.org | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 652 | cardgames.io | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 663 | mangabuff.ru | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 674 | filmweb.pl | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 676 | zedge.net | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 690 | gamewith.jp | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 700 | myinstants.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 725 | hanime1.me | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 729 | musicdel.ir | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 731 | playfabapi.com | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 745 | myreadingmanga.info | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 762 | moe.video | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 767 | plex.tv | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 770 | kingbokep.tv | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 771 | nustargame.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 784 | skipthegames.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 792 | arionplay.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 818 | yasyadong02.tv | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 820 | mangaraw.ac | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 823 | playinboss.com | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 825 | kolkataff.tv | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 826 | filmyfly.soy | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 864 | pluto.tv | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 900 | hulu.com | Blocks some AI search | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | – |
| 907 | iqiyi.com | Blocks some AI search | blocked | allowed | blocked | blocked | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | – |
| 910 | gamebanana.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 999 | videoxx.com | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
FAQ
- Do entertainment websites block AI crawlers?
- As of 2026-10-01, 13.2% of the 68 entertainment websites whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 8.8% block ClaudeBot and 5.9% block PerplexityBot (all sites: 17%, 16.3%, 12.7%). 7 of 77 publish an llms.txt file.
- Which entertainment websites block GPTBot?
- nintendo.com, ted.com, pixiv.net, flightradar24.com, tabelog.com, cookpad.com, pandora.com, zedge.net, iqiyi.com.
Other categories
- AI GPTBot 11.1%
- E-commerce GPTBot 10.3%
- Education GPTBot 0%
- Finance GPTBot 0%
- Government GPTBot 6.1%
- News & media GPTBot 43.7%
- Other GPTBot 13.5%
- Reference GPTBot 27.9%
- Social GPTBot 33.3%
- Tech GPTBot 4.5%
- Telecom GPTBot 0%
- Travel GPTBot 15.4%