Which websites block PerplexityBot?
PerplexityBot is Perplexity's crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity answers and citations. Of the 1,278 popular websites we checked, 185 (14%) block it completely and 871 restrict some paths. 228 sites name it explicitly in robots.txt.
How to block or allow PerplexityBot
# block User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / # allow User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /
Blocking PerplexityBot can keep your pages out of Perplexity's AI answers and citations. Check your robots.txt.
Sites that block PerplexityBot (185)
- instagram.com
- mail.ru
- twitter.com
- amazon.com
- whatsapp.net
- x.com
- pinterest.com
- tiktok.com
- yahoo.com
- myfritz.net
- msn.com
- baidu.com
- chatgpt.com
- reddit.com
- amazonvideo.com
- registrar-servers.com
- nytimes.com
- soundcloud.com
- cnn.com
- theguardian.com
- ebay.com
- t-online.de
- forbes.com
- bbc.com
- meraki.com
- imdb.com
- launchpad.net
- reuters.com
- nature.com
- weibo.com
- skybridge.click
- naver.com
- washingtonpost.com
- bloomberg.com
- wsj.com
- cnbc.com
- statista.com
- sohu.com
- quora.com
- ft.com
- wired.com
- uol.com.br
- usatoday.com
- threads.com
- imgsmail.ru
- telegraph.co.uk
- sharethrough.com
- primevideo.com
- elpais.com
- yelp.com
- dailymail.com
- hihonorcloud.com
- fb.com
- pinimg.com
- quantserve.com
- bild.de
- patreon.com
- apnews.com
- welt.de
- people.com
- adform.net
- pexels.com
- daum.net
- nbcnews.com
- mercadolivre.com.br
- mercadolibre.com.ar
- mailchi.mp
- repubblica.it
- btloader.com
- investopedia.com
- elmundo.es
- theatlantic.com
- pbs.org
- as.com
- huffpost.com
- marca.com
- xiaohongshu.com
- aftonbladet.se
- cookpad.com
- gsmarena.com
- nypost.com
- economist.com
- theconversation.com
- netcraze.io
- ad.nl
- nu.nl
- namu.wiki
- vg.no
- fmkorea.com
- dcinside.com
- hln.be
- kakao.com
- abc.net.au
- themoviedb.org
- ladepeche.fr
- actu.fr
- sapo.pt
- dagbladet.no
- iltalehti.fi
- eenadu.net
- tjk.org
- aka.ms
- keirin.jp
- usnews.com
- qcloud.com
- newsweek.com
- newyorker.com
- zdnet.com
- rocketmoney.dev
- hola.com
- adrta.com
- marketwatch.com
- meb.gov.tr
- iqiyi.com
- wikihow.com
- blackhub.team
- lnkd.in
- sedoparking.com
- clevertap-prod.com
- secureserver.net
- salesforceliveagent.com
- adsco.re
- mashable.com
- thesun.co.uk
- openssl.org
- mparticle.com
- variety.com
- mirror.co.uk
- instacart.com
- umd.edu
- congress.gov
- inc.com
- co.com
- guardian.co.uk
- nejm.org
- rollingstone.com
- nba.com
- redditmedia.com
- express.co.uk
- hollywoodreporter.com
- news.com.au
- zeit.de
- expressapisv2.net
- smh.com.au
- sfgate.com
- pxf.io
- leparisien.fr
- thehill.com
- tmdb.org
- grok.com
- huntress.io
- cell.com
- system-monitor.com
- newscientist.com
- ksapisrv.com
- franceinfo.fr
- salesforce-scrt.com
- sueddeutsche.de
- idnes.cz
- jwpltx.com
- chicagotribune.com
- osu.edu
- imageshack.us
- medscape.com
- nrk.no
- ctvnews.ca
- france24.com
- thetimes.co.uk
- yumpu.com
- hellotalk8.com
- newsbreak.com
- yr.no
- kahoot.it
- vogue.com
- metro.co.uk
- siteforce.com
- allrecipes.com
- nzherald.co.nz
- nate.com
- permutive.app
- cuny.edu
- nymag.com
- deadline.com
- orf.at
- ansa.it
Popular sites that allow PerplexityBot
What is PerplexityBot?
PerplexityBot is operated by Perplexity. According to Perplexity's documentation, it indexes pages for Perplexity answers and citations.
How many websites block PerplexityBot?
185 of the 1278 popular websites in our directory (14%) block it completely in robots.txt.
Should I block PerplexityBot?
Only if you don't want Perplexity's AI answers to read or cite your pages. Most businesses that want to be recommended by AI assistants allow it.