Does leboncoin.fr block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
leboncoin.fr blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from leboncoin.fr/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 1 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 12
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,195)
Can AI assistants cite leboncoin.fr?
- 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
leboncoin.fr opts out of AI training by ByteDance. 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 leboncoin.fr |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Allowed |
How leboncoin.fr compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; leboncoin.fr does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; leboncoin.fr does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; leboncoin.fr does not.
- Among 207 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Applebot User-agent: DuckAssistBot User-agent: MistralAI-Index User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: MistralAI-User Disallow: /account Disallow: /messages/ Disallow: /profile/ Disallow: /oauth2callback Disallow: /support Disallow: /report-abuse Disallow: /pub Disallow: /partners/ Disallow: /discovery/ Disallow: /recherche Disallow: /*/demandes Disallow: /*/vacancier/ Disallow: /ad/*/lp/ Disallow: /ad/animaux/ Disallow: /ad/animaux_perdus/ Disallow: /ad/autres/ Allow: /ad/voitures/ Disallow: /ad/ Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: CCBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: /account Disallow: /messages/ Disallow: /profile/ Disallow: /oauth2callback Disallow: /support Disallow: /report-abuse Disallow: /pub Disallow: /partners/ Disallow: /discovery/ Disallow: /recherche Disallow: /ad/ Allow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does leboncoin.fr block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, leboncoin.fr's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from leboncoin.fr?
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 leboncoin.fr have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at leboncoin.fr/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: leboncoin.fr's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.