AI Crawler Index · country
Do websites in Brazil (.br) block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-10-03, 6.7% of the 90 websites in Brazil (.br) whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 5.6% block ClaudeBot and 4.4% block PerplexityBot (all 8,357 sites: 12%, 11%, 8.3%). 14 of them (15.6%) serve an llms.txt (all sites: 15.2%).
6.7%
block GPTBot (all sites 12%)
5.6%
block ClaudeBot (all sites 11%)
15.6%
serve an llms.txt (all sites 15.2%)
90
of 128 sites with a readable robots.txt
Block rate by crawler: .br (Brazil) vs all sites
| Crawler | Operator | .br (Brazil) | All sites | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCBot | Common Crawl | 10% | 12.8% | -2.8 pp |
| cohere-ai | Cohere | 6.7% | 9.1% | -2.4 pp |
| Google-Extended | 6.7% | 9.5% | -2.8 pp | |
| GPTBot | OpenAI | 6.7% | 12% | -5.3 pp |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic | 5.6% | 11% | -5.4 pp |
| Amazonbot | Amazon | 4.4% | 9.2% | -4.8 pp |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple | 4.4% | 9.6% | -5.2 pp |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | 4.4% | 12.3% | -7.9 pp |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | 4.4% | 9.5% | -5.1 pp |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity | 4.4% | 5.7% | -1.3 pp |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity | 4.4% | 8.3% | -3.9 pp |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | 3.3% | 5.2% | -1.9 pp | |
| MistralAI-User | Mistral | 3.3% | 5.4% | -2.1 pp |
| Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | 2.2% | 5.4% | -3.2 pp |
| Claude-User | Anthropic | 2.2% | 5.5% | -3.3 pp |
| DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | 2.2% | 5.8% | -3.6 pp |
| MistralAI-Training | Mistral | 2.2% | 3.3% | -1.1 pp |
| Amzn-SearchBot | Amazon | 1.1% | 4.1% | -3 pp |
| Amzn-User | Amazon | 1.1% | 3.9% | -2.8 pp |
| Applebot | Apple | 1.1% | 3.1% | -2 pp |
| ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | 1.1% | 7.5% | -6.4 pp |
| Google-Agent | 1.1% | 3.2% | -2.1 pp | |
| Google-GeminiNotebook | 1.1% | 3% | -1.9 pp | |
| meta-externalfetcher | Meta | 1.1% | 6% | -4.9 pp |
| meta-webindexer | Meta | 1.1% | 4.6% | -3.5 pp |
| MistralAI-Index | Mistral | 1.1% | 3.3% | -2.2 pp |
| OAI-AdsBot | OpenAI | 1.1% | 3% | -1.9 pp |
| OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | 1.1% | 5.7% | -4.6 pp |
| meta-externalads | Meta | 0% | 2.8% | -2.8 pp |
Who blocks what, by name: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Bytespider, Applebot-Extended.
Policy mix
| Policy | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 58 | 45.3% |
| Unreadable | 38 | 29.7% |
| No robots.txt | 22 | 17.2% |
| Blocks some AI search | 6 | 4.7% |
| Blocks training only | 4 | 3.1% |
Most restrictive .br (Brazil) sites
- uol.com.br 16 of 29 blocked
- olhardigital.com.br 16 of 29 blocked
- jusbrasil.com.br 11 of 29 blocked
- diariodolitoral.com.br 11 of 29 blocked
- chavesnamao.com.br 8 of 29 blocked
- clicrbs.com.br 8 of 29 blocked
- gazetadopovo.com.br 4 of 29 blocked
- americanas.com.br 3 of 29 blocked
- diariodocomercio.com.br 3 of 29 blocked
- ndmais.com.br 1 of 29 blocked
Sites with an llms.txt (14)
Top 100 of 128 .br (Brazil) sites
✕ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | uol.com.br | Blocks some AI search | allowed | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | blocked | blocked | blocked | – |
| 291 | shopee.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 416 | mercadolivre.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 435 | caixa.gov.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 470 | olx.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 491 | terra.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 541 | locaweb.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 564 | acesso.gov.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 593 | jusbrasil.com.br | Blocks some AI search | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | partial | blocked | yes |
| 717 | nfse.gov.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 794 | letras.mus.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 813 | tjsp.jus.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 955 | clickpetroleoegas.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 959 | alura.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 1110 | nubank.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 1511 | kinghost.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 1577 | ntp.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 1593 | intelbras.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 1723 | santander.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 1732 | usp.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 1757 | magazineluiza.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 1782 | ifood.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2033 | bb.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2085 | itau.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2103 | rnp.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2295 | abril.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2334 | netshoes.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2383 | serpro.gov.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2561 | estadao.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2591 | sicredi.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2596 | reclameaqui.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2702 | bradesco.com.br | Open | partial | partial | partial | partial | allowed | partial | partial | allowed | yes |
| 2752 | eb.mil.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2764 | correios.com.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 2845 | casasbahia.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 2850 | cnnbrasil.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 3173 | serasa.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 3189 | sympla.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 3198 | drogasil.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 3199 | scielo.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 3493 | bancointer.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 3680 | enjoei.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 3705 | zapimoveis.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 3789 | kabum.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 4047 | chavesnamao.com.br | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | yes |
| 4200 | cifraclub.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 4272 | boticario.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 4281 | webmotors.com.br | Open | partial | partial | partial | partial | allowed | allowed | partial | allowed | – |
| 4381 | privacy.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4461 | bling.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 4482 | lance.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 4530 | bcb.gov.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4561 | americanas.com.br | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | yes |
| 4591 | climatempo.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4601 | itatiaia.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4607 | voeazul.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 4657 | ndmais.com.br | Blocks training only | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | blocked | – |
| 4698 | unicamp.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4710 | correio24horas.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4764 | catho.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 4837 | bibliaonline.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 4839 | drogariasaopaulo.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 4884 | radios.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4896 | ig.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4918 | ufmg.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4936 | tudogostoso.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 4995 | vivareal.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 5094 | imovelweb.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 5142 | esocial.gov.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5163 | quintoandar.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5205 | olhardigital.com.br | Blocks some AI search | blocked | blocked | blocked | blocked | allowed | blocked | blocked | blocked | – |
| 5376 | pciconcursos.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5414 | diariodocomercio.com.br | Blocks training only | blocked | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | – |
| 5679 | ridigital.org.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5687 | resultadofacil.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5690 | pje.jus.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5696 | prefeitura.sp.gov.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 5697 | portaltemponovo.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 5873 | educacao.sp.gov.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5893 | portal6.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5966 | garotocomlocal.com.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5987 | riovagas.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 5994 | sertastore.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6033 | detran.sp.gov.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 6299 | operacoes.sp.gov.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6439 | nsctotal.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 6596 | oantagonista.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6622 | tecconcursos.com.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6651 | colaboraread.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 6708 | tse.jus.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 6799 | diariodolitoral.com.br | Blocks some AI search | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | allowed | allowed | blocked | blocked | – |
| 6829 | drogaraia.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 6888 | netvasco.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6889 | ufrj.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 6921 | ligapokemon.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 6981 | placardefutebol.com.br | Unreadable | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | – |
| 6988 | unb.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 7009 | travesticomlocal.com.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | yes |
| 7106 | fieltorcedor.com.br | No robots.txt | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
| 7114 | goias.gov.br | Open | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | – |
Sorted by popularity; the rest are on the A-Z lists.
Categories on .br (Brazil)
- Other 103 sites
- Government 16 sites
- E-commerce 4 sites
- Finance 3 sites
- News & media 2 sites
FAQ
- Do websites in Brazil (.br) block AI crawlers?
- As of 2026-10-03, 6.7% of the 90 websites in Brazil (.br) whose robots.txt we could read block GPTBot, 5.6% block ClaudeBot and 4.4% block PerplexityBot (all 8,357 sites: 12%, 11%, 8.3%). 14 of them (15.6%) serve an llms.txt (all sites: 15.2%).
- Which .br (Brazil) websites block the most AI crawlers?
- uol.com.br (16 of 29), olhardigital.com.br (16 of 29), jusbrasil.com.br (11 of 29), diariodolitoral.com.br (11 of 29), chavesnamao.com.br (8 of 29). The full per-site status is on each site page.
- How is this measured?
- We fetch each site's robots.txt every day from one residential IP in Taiwan with an honest user agent, and apply the rules to 29 AI crawlers for the home page. 128 .br (Brazil) sites are in the sample, 90 had a readable robots.txt (38 did not answer or returned an error page).
Other countries and suffixes
- .com GPTBot 12.4%
- .org GPTBot 11.1%
- .net GPTBot 13.6%
- .ru (Russia) GPTBot 5.1%
- .de (Germany) GPTBot 23.6%
- .jp (Japan) GPTBot 6%
- .io GPTBot 4.3%
- .edu GPTBot 3.7%
- .gov GPTBot 4.6%
- .uk (United Kingdom) GPTBot 20%
- .fr (France) GPTBot 31.8%
- .in (India) GPTBot 4.1%
- .cn (China) GPTBot 3.8%
- .it (Italy) GPTBot 27.3%
- .ai GPTBot 4.9%
- .pl (Poland) GPTBot 26.4%
- .au (Australia) GPTBot 27%
- .tv GPTBot 6%
- .nl (Netherlands) GPTBot 27.1%
- .es (Spain) GPTBot 25%
- .co GPTBot 8.9%
- .ca (Canada) GPTBot 7.1%
- .ch (Switzerland) GPTBot 16.7%
- .ir (Iran) GPTBot 0%