Does issuu.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
issuu.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from issuu.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
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#376)
Can AI assistants cite issuu.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
issuu.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 issuu.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 issuu.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; issuu.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; issuu.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; issuu.com does not.
- Among 195 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /home$ Disallow: /home/ Disallow: /home? Disallow: /mylibrary$ Disallow: /mylibrary/ Disallow: /mylibrary? Disallow: /publish$ Disallow: /publish/ Disallow: /publish? Disallow: /user/settings Disallow: /user/upload Disallow: /sections$ Disallow: /sections/ Disallow: /sections? Disallow: /business/signup Disallow: /embed/guide Disallow: /oembed/ Disallow: /oembed? Disallow: /oembed_wp/ Disallow: /oembed_wp? Disallow: /oembed_tumblr/ Disallow: /oembed_tumblr? Disallow: /prv/originalfile Disallow: /flag/document Disallow: /flag/profile Disallow: /action$ Disallow: /action/ Disallow: /action? Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /students/ Allow: /call/notifier/friendly/get Allow: /call/document-page/stream/ Allow: /call/stream/ Allow: /call/profile/ Allow: /query?*action=issuu.documents.list_anonymous& Allow: /query?*action=issuu.documents.list_anonymous$ Allow: /query?*action=issuu.stacks.list_anonymous& Allow: /query?*action=issuu.stacks.list_anonymous$ Allow: /query?*action=issuu.user.list_subscribers& Allow: /query?*action=issuu.user.list_subscribers$
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does issuu.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, issuu.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from issuu.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 issuu.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at issuu.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: issuu.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.