Does ecosia.org block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
ecosia.org doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from ecosia.org/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
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,025)
Can AI assistants cite ecosia.org?
- 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
ecosia.org 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 ecosia.org |
|---|---|---|
| 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 ecosia.org compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; ecosia.org does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; ecosia.org does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; ecosia.org does not.
- Among 205 sites of similar popularity, 34% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /search Disallow: /videos Disallow: /images Disallow: /install Disallow: /news Disallow: /map Disallow: /maps Disallow: /google Disallow: /settings Disallow: /firstrun Disallow: /uninstall Disallow: /account/* Disallow: /accounts Disallow: /accounts/* Disallow: /shopping Disallow: /chat Disallow: /browser/confirmation Disallow: /browser/error Disallow: /switch-to-ecosia
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does ecosia.org block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, ecosia.org's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from ecosia.org?
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 ecosia.org have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at ecosia.org/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: ecosia.org's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.