Does coingecko.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
coingecko.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from coingecko.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 1
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,426)
Can AI assistants cite coingecko.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
coingecko.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. 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 coingecko.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How coingecko.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; coingecko.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; coingecko.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; coingecko.com does not.
- Among 121 sites of similar popularity, 24% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /api_doc Disallow: /api/documentations/v3 Disallow: /resource_redirect Disallow: /request Disallow: /newsletter Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /*/search Disallow: /*/search/bang Disallow: /*/search_v2/shell Disallow: /*sentiment_votes Disallow: /*/news_guides$ Disallow: /*/render_hashing_algorithm_selector Disallow: /*/show_more_tickers Disallow: /*/render_platform_selector Disallow: /omniauth Disallow: /ahoy/visits Disallow: /geckoterminal/token_is_valid Disallow: /*/portfolios/ Disallow: /*/alerts Disallow: *.xls$ Disallow: *.csv$ Disallow: */news/load_more Disallow: /*/compare-cryptocurrencies?coins Disallow: /*/widget_component Disallow: /*/render_category_selector Disallow: /ar/مكونات_ Disallow: /de/widgetkomponente Disallow: /es/componente_del_widget Disallow: /fr/composant_widget Disallow: /id/komponen_widget Disallow: /it/componente_widget Disallow: /ja/ウィジェットコンポーネント Disallow: /ko/위젯컴포넌트 Disallow: /pl/element_widżetu Disallow: /pt/componente_do_dispositivo Disallow: /ru/Виджет_компонент Disallow: /th/ส่วนประกอบ_widget Disallow: /tr/widget_bileşeni Disallow: /vi/tiện_ích_widget Disallow: /zh-tw/工具組件 User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: /api_doc Disallow: /api/documentations/v3 Disallow: /resource_redirect Disallow: /request Disallow: /newsletter Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /*/search Disallow: /*/search/bang Disallow: /*/search_v2/shell Disallow: /*sentiment_votes Disallow: /*/news_guides$ Disallow: /*/render_hashing_algorithm_selector Disallow: /*/show_more_tickers Disallow: /*/render_platform_selector Disallow: /omniauth Disallow: /ahoy/visits Disallow: /geckoterminal/token_is_valid Disallow: /*/portfolios/ Disallow: /*/alerts Disallow: *.xls$ Disallow: *.csv$ Disallow: */news/load_more Disallow: /*/compare-cryptocurrencies?coins Disallow: /*/widget_component Disallow: /*/render_category_selector Disallow: /ar/مكونات_ Disallow: /de/widgetkomponente Disallow: /es/componente_del_widget Disallow: /fr/composant_widget Disallow: /id/komponen_widget Disallow: /it/componente_widget Disallow: /ja/ウィジェットコンポーネント Disallow: /ko/위젯컴포넌트 Disallow: /pl/element_widżetu Disallow: /pt/componente_do_dispositivo Disallow: /ru/Виджет_компонент Disallow: /th/ส่วนประกอบ_widget Disallow: /tr/widget_bileşeni Disallow: /vi/tiện_ích_widget Disallow: /zh-tw/工具組件
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does coingecko.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, coingecko.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from coingecko.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does coingecko.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at coingecko.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: coingecko.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.