Does n-tv.de block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
n-tv.de blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from n-tv.de/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 3 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 3
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,053)
Can AI assistants cite n-tv.de?
- 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
n-tv.de 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 n-tv.de |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| 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 | 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 n-tv.de compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; n-tv.de is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; n-tv.de does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; n-tv.de does not.
- Among 206 sites of similar popularity, 34% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /suche/ Disallow: /boersenkurse/suche/ Disallow: /stat/ Disallow: /archiv/ Disallow: /auth/ Disallow: /mediathek/videos/etf-masterclass/ User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / Allow: /vergleiche/ Allow: /casino-vergleich/ Allow: /sportwetten/ Allow: /wettanbieter-vergleich/ Allow: /online-sprachschule/ Allow: /kreditvergleich/ Allow: /broker-vergleich/ Allow: /webtools-im-vergleich/ Allow: /ratgeber/So-findest-du-den-Streamingdienst-der-wirklich-zu-deinem-Alltag-passt-id31165054.html Allow: /ratgeber/Welcher-Streamingdienst-passt-zu-dir-Warum-RTL-fuer-Fans-deutscher-Serien-Reality-und-Live-TV-ideal-ist-id31160570.html Allow: /ratgeber/Wer-fuer-eine-Waermepumpe-bis-zu-22-400-Euro-Zuschuss-erhalten-kann-id31217878.html Allow: /ratgeber/Wann-sich-der-Umstieg-finanziell-rechnet-id31358008.html User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / Allow: /vergleiche/ Allow: /casino-vergleich/ Allow: /sportwetten/ Allow: /wettanbieter-vergleich/ Allow: /online-sprachschule/ Allow: /kreditvergleich/ Allow: /broker-vergleich/ Allow: /webtools-im-vergleich/ Allow: /ratgeber/So-findest-du-den-Streamingdienst-der-wirklich-zu-deinem-Alltag-passt-id31165054.html Allow: /ratgeber/Welcher-Streamingdienst-passt-zu-dir-Warum-RTL-fuer-Fans-deutscher-Serien-Reality-und-Live-TV-ideal-ist-id31160570.html Allow: /ratgeber/Wer-fuer-eine-Waermepumpe-bis-zu-22-400-Euro-Zuschuss-erhalten-kann-id31217878.html Allow: /ratgeber/Wann-sich-der-Umstieg-finanziell-rechnet-id31358008.html User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / Allow: /vergleiche/ Allow: /casino-vergleich/ Allow: /sportwetten/ Allow: /wettanbieter-vergleich/ Allow: /online-sprachschule/ Allow: /kreditvergleich/ Allow: /broker-vergleich/ Allow: /webtools-im-vergleich/ Allow: /ratgeber/So-findest-du-den-Streamingdienst-der-wirklich-zu-deinem-Alltag-passt-id31165054.html Allow: /ratgeber/Welcher-Streamingdienst-passt-zu-dir-Warum-RTL-fuer-Fans-deutscher-Serien-Reality-und-Live-TV-ideal-ist-id31160570.html Allow: /ratgeber/Wer-fuer-eine-Waermepumpe-bis-zu-22-400-Euro-Zuschuss-erhalten-kann-id31217878.html Allow: /ratgeber/Wann-sich-der-Umstieg-finanziell-rechnet-id31358008.html
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does n-tv.de block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, n-tv.de's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from n-tv.de?
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 n-tv.de have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at n-tv.de/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: n-tv.de's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.