Does nrk.no block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
nrk.no blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from nrk.no/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 12 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 13
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#2,967)
Can AI assistants cite nrk.no?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
nrk.no opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. 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 nrk.no |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How nrk.no compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; nrk.no is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; nrk.no is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; nrk.no is one of them.
- Among 169 sites of similar popularity, 25% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /sok/ Disallow: /testmappe/ Disallow: /_/ Disallow: /pyro/ Disallow: /programmer/radio/filmpolitiet/ Disallow: /p3/article/ Disallow: /p3/program/ Disallow: /p3tv/ Disallow: /Urort/search/Browse.aspx Disallow: /urort/user/video.aspx Disallow: /urort/WebResource.axd Disallow: /urort/ScriptResource.axd Disallow: /Urort/WebResource.axd Disallow: /Urort/ScriptResource.axd Disallow: /front/?pp-content-id=2.6642 Disallow: */wp-admin/ Disallow: */wp-includes/ Disallow: */wp-content/plugins/ Disallow: */wp-content/cache/ Disallow: */wp-content/themes/ Disallow: */trackback/ Disallow: */feed/ Disallow: */comments/ Disallow: */category/*/* Disallow: */trackback/ Disallow: */feed/ Disallow: */comments/ Disallow: /programmer/ Disallow: /nyheter/bakgrunn/ Disallow: /logginn/ Disallow: /video/nrk-tv_nrktv* Disallow: /video/PS*56957 Disallow: /innlandet/glamourmodell-blir-yrkessoldat-1.6152571 Disallow: /video/hva-jobber-aina-med_53104 Disallow: /video/hjemme-hos-ane_177823 Disallow: /dokumentar/liv-fikk-et-vapen-mot-strupen-1.11028290 Disallow: /vestland/tidlegare-krabbefabrikk-eigar-vann-forsikringskrangel-1.16561748 User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does nrk.no block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, nrk.no's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from nrk.no?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does nrk.no have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at nrk.no/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: nrk.no's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.