Does amazon.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
amazon.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from amazon.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 11 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 11
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 100 (#26)
Can AI assistants cite amazon.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
amazon.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on amazon.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How amazon.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; amazon.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; amazon.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; amazon.com is one of them.
- Among 97 sites of similar popularity, 38% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /exec/obidos/account-access-login Disallow: /exec/obidos/change-style Disallow: /exec/obidos/flex-sign-in Disallow: /exec/obidos/handle-buy-box Disallow: /exec/obidos/tg/cm/member/ Disallow: /gp/aw/help/id=sss Disallow: /gp/cart Disallow: /gp/flex Disallow: /gp/product/e-mail-friend Disallow: /gp/product/product-availability Disallow: /gp/product/rate-this-item Disallow: /gp/sign-in Disallow: /gp/reader Disallow: /gp/sitbv3/reader Disallow: /gp/richpub/syltguides/create Disallow: /gp/gfix Disallow: /gp/associations/wizard.html Disallow: /gp/dmusic/order Disallow: /gp/legacy-handle-buy-box.html Disallow: /gp/aws/ssop Disallow: /gp/yourstore Disallow: /gp/gift-central/organizer/add-wishlist Disallow: /gp/vote Disallow: /gp/voting/ Disallow: /gp/music/wma-pop-up Disallow: /gp/customer-images Disallow: /gp/richpub/listmania/createpipeline Disallow: /gp/content-form Disallow: /gp/pdp/invitation/invite Disallow: /gp/customer-reviews/common/du Disallow: /gp/customer-reviews/write-a-review.html Disallow: /gp/associations/wizard.html Disallow: /gp/music/clipserve Disallow: /gp/customer-media/upload Disallow: /gp/history Disallow: /gp/item-dispatch Disallow: /gp/dmusic/order/handle-buy-box.html Disallow: /gp/recsradio Disallow: /gp/slredirect Disallow: /dp/shipping/ User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: meta-externalagent Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does amazon.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, amazon.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from amazon.com?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does amazon.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at amazon.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: amazon.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.