Does ign.com block AI crawlers?

Can AI assistants cite ign.com?

• ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
• Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
• Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site

ign.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI. 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

How ign.com compares

• 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; ign.com is one of them.
• 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; ign.com does not.
• 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; ign.com does not.
• Among 169 sites of similar popularity, 24% block at least one AI crawler.

The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers

User-agent: *
Disallow: /_views/
Disallow: /apiproxy
Disallow: */empty/
Disallow: /beta
Disallow: /blogs/
Disallow: /debug
Disallow: /pokedex/search
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /static/pv_candidate.html
Disallow: /stf/
Disallow: /sign-in
Disallow: /sugarfif.html
Disallow: /wikis/*/edit
Disallow: /wikis/*/compare/*

User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
User-agent: ApifyBot
User-agent: ApifyWebsiteContentCrawler
User-agent: AzureAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Brightbot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ExaBot
User-agent: FirecrawlAgent
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: iAskBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: opencode
User-agent: TerraCotta
User-agent: Trae
Disallow: /

User-agent: "008"
User-agent: AddSearchBot
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-DeepResearchEval
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: AmazonBuyForMe
User-agent: Anchor Browser
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Applebot-extended
User-agent: atlassian-bot
User-agent: AutoRAG
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Big Sur AI
User-agent: bigsur.ai
User-agent: Brandwatch
User-agent: Bravebot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Channel3Bot
User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Cotoyogi
User-agent: Crawl4AI
User-agent: Datenbank Crawler
User-agent: DDM*
User-agent: DDM-DCipher*
User-agent: DDM-DCipher/1.0.7
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
User-agent: Devin
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: Direqt Anomura
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: Echobot Bot
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Factset_spyderbot
User-agent: HTTrack
User-agent: iAsk
User-agent: iaskspider
User-agent: ICC Crawler
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: ImageSiftBot
User-agent: imageSpider
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: KlaviyoAIBot
User-agent: Kunato
User-agent: laion-huggingface-processor
User-agent: LCC
User-agent: LINER Bot
User-agent: LinerBot
User-agent: LinkupBot
User-agent: Manus-User
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
User-agent: meta-webindexer
User-agent: mistral.ai
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: netEstate Imprint Crawler
User-agent: NovaAct
User-agent: Novellum AI Crawl
User-agent: Nutch
User-agent: Offline Explorer
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: PeopleInc-DCipher-Scraper/1.1.0
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Poggio-Citations
User-agent: QualifiedBot
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: SeekrBot
User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
User-agent: SemrushBotSwa
User-agent: ShapBot
User-agent: Spider
User-agent: TavilyBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: TwinAgent
User-agent: Velen Crawler
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: Wrtn
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: ZanistaBot
Allow: /articles/experimenting-with-galaxy-ai-camera-features-like-night-mode-generative-edit-and-more
Allow: /articles/how-ai-assisted-gaming-on-the-galaxy-s25-means-extended-play-time-and-optimized-performance
Allow: /articles/007-first-light-review
Allow: /articles/1080p-at-30fps-valve-steam-machines-verified-program
Allow: /articles/alien-earth-review
Allow: /articles/avatar-fire-and-ash-is-now-available-to-watch-at-home
Allow: /articles/battlefield-6-global-release-times-confirmed
Allow: /articles/battlefield-6-review-multiplayer
Allow: /articles/best-assassins-creed-games
Allow: /articles/best-games-like-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim
Allow: /articles/best-gaming-headset
Allow: /articles/best-gaming-keyboard
Allow: /articles/best-gaming-laptop
Allow: /articles/best-gaming-monitor
Allow: /articles/best-graphics-card
Allow: /articles/best-handheld-gaming-pc
Allow: /articles/best-horror-games
Allow: /articles/best-lego-games
Allow: /articles/best-pc-controller
Allow: /articles/best-playstation-portal-accessories
Allow: /articles/best-ps5-accessories
Allow: /articles/best-samsung-galaxy-s26-cases
Allow: /articles/best-tv-for-gaming
Allow: /articles/best-xbox-series-x-games
Allow: /articles/blox-fruits-codes
Allow: /articles/blue-lock-rivals-codes
Allow: /articles/borderlands-4-review
Allow: /articles/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-campaign-review
Allow: /articles/conjuring-movies-in-order
Allow: /articles/crimson-desert-global-release-time-confirmed-as-preload-goes-live
Allow: /articles/crimson-desert-review
Allow: /articles/disney-debuts-new-avengers-doomsday-trailer-at-cinemacon-2026
Allow: /articles/dress-to-impress-codes
Allow: /articles/ghost-of-yotei-review
Allow: /articles/gta-6-release-date-about-18-months-behind-original-target-take-two-boss-reveals-suggesting-spring-2025-was-once-the-goal-internally
Allow: /articles/hollow-knight-silksong-global-release-times-confirmed
Allow: /articles/ign-awards-2025-winners
Allow: /articles/jurassic-world-rebirth-review-scarlett-johansson-mahershala-ali
Allow: /articles/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review
Allow: /articles/new-xbox-ceo-comments-on-game-pass

Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.

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