Does douyin.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
douyin.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from douyin.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
- 6
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,240)
Can AI assistants cite douyin.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
douyin.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 douyin.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Allowed |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Allowed |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Allowed |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Allowed |
How douyin.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; douyin.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; douyin.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; douyin.com does not.
- Among 196 sites of similar popularity, 29% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: Googlebot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Bingbot User-agent: DuckDuckBot User-agent: Baiduspider User-agent: 360Spider User-agent: Sogouspider User-agent: Yisouspider User-agent: ByteSpider User-agent: ToutiaoSpider User-agent: Sogou web spider User-agent: Sogou wap spider User-agent: Sogou inst spider User-agent: Sogou blog User-agent: Sogou News Spider User-agent: Sogou Orion Spider User-agent: Sosospider User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Sogou spider2 User-agent: HaosouSpider User-agent: HaosoSpider User-agent: deepseekbot Disallow: /follow Disallow: /user/?enter_from=video_detail&from_gid=* Disallow: *seo_topic_aggr* Disallow: *general_search* Disallow: *enter_from=* Disallow: *vid=*
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does douyin.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, douyin.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from douyin.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 douyin.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at douyin.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: douyin.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.