Does elmundo.es block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
elmundo.es blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from elmundo.es/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 6 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 7
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#993)
Can AI assistants cite elmundo.es?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
elmundo.es opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Google, Common Crawl. 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 elmundo.es |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How elmundo.es compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; elmundo.es is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; elmundo.es does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; elmundo.es is one of them.
- Among 195 sites of similar popularity, 32% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /1998/ Disallow: /2002/ Disallow: /s/ Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /perl/ Disallow: /foros/ Disallow: /yodona/hemeroteca/ Disallow: /metropoli/hemeroteca/ Disallow: /eventos/en-directo/*.json Disallow: /eventos/en-directo/resources.html* Disallow: /noticias/envia_noticia.html Disallow: /enviaropinion.html?* Disallow: /micuenta/ Disallow: */pruebas-abierto/* Disallow: */elmundo/hemeroteca/*/*/*/*/* Allow: */elmundo/hemeroteca/*/*/*/*/index* User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /ofertas-regalos/ User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /ofertas-regalos/ User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /ofertas-regalos/ User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /ofertas-regalos/ User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /ofertas-regalos/ User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /ofertas-regalos/ User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / Allow: /uestudio/ Allow: /ofertas-regalos/
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does elmundo.es block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, elmundo.es's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from elmundo.es?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does elmundo.es have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at elmundo.es/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: elmundo.es's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.