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Which websites block Bytespider?

Bytespider is ByteDance's crawler that crawls for ByteDance's AI products. Of the 1,278 popular websites we checked, 252 (20%) block it completely and 829 restrict some paths. 209 sites name it explicitly in robots.txt.

How to block or allow Bytespider

# block
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

# allow
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

Bytespider is a training crawler: blocking it opts out of model training but doesn't by itself remove you from AI answers. Check your robots.txt.

Sites that block Bytespider (252)

Popular sites that allow Bytespider

What is Bytespider?

Bytespider is operated by ByteDance. According to ByteDance's documentation, it crawls for ByteDance's AI products.

How many websites block Bytespider?

252 of the 1278 popular websites in our directory (20%) block it completely in robots.txt.

Should I block Bytespider?

It depends on whether you're comfortable with your content being used for AI training. Blocking it doesn't remove you from AI answers, which use separate crawlers.