Does nypost.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
nypost.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from nypost.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 9 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 10
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 2,000 (#1,147)
Can AI assistants cite nypost.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
nypost.com opts out of AI training by 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 nypost.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| 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 nypost.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; nypost.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; nypost.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; nypost.com is one of them.
- Among 206 sites of similar popularity, 31% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /wp-admin/ Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Disallow: /wp-json/ Disallow: /wp-login.php User-agent: * Disallow: /tag/credible/ Disallow: /personal-finance/ Disallow: /banking/ Disallow: /credit-cards/ Disallow: /loans/ Disallow: /personal-loans/ Disallow: /refinance-student-loans/ Disallow: /student-loans/ Disallow: /mortgages/ Disallow: /home-equity/ Disallow: /mortgage-rates/ Disallow: /mortgage-refinance/ Disallow: /account/ Allow: /account/subscribe User-agent: * Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /horoscope/ Disallow: /*?x= Disallow: /*?action= Disallow: /*&action= Disallow: /*?adid= Disallow: /*&adid= Disallow: /*?bitrate= Disallow: /*&bitrate= Disallow: /*?channel= Disallow: /*&channel= Disallow: /*?clipid= Disallow: /*&clipid= Disallow: /*?contentCollection= Disallow: /*&contentCollection= Disallow: /*?contentId= Disallow: /*&contentId= Disallow: /*?ei= Disallow: /*&ei= Disallow: /*?format= Disallow: /*&format= Disallow: /*?height= Disallow: /*&height= Disallow: /*?iframe= Disallow: /*&iframe= Disallow: /*?mediaId= Disallow: /*&mediaId= Disallow: /*?module= Disallow: /*&module= Disallow: /*?monthnum= Disallow: /*&monthnum= Disallow: /*?pgtype= Disallow: /*&pgtype= Disallow: /*?preview= Disallow: /*&preview= Disallow: /*?priority= Disallow: /*&priority= Disallow: /*?ref= Disallow: /*&ref= Disallow: /*?referrer= User-agent: * Disallow: /new-york-post-instagram-feed/ Disallow: /new-york-post-tiktok-feed/ Disallow: /alexa-new-york-post-instagram-feed/ Disallow: /alexa-new-york-post-tiktok-feed/ User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: claude-searchbot Disallow: / User-agent: claude-user Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: meta-externalagent Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent 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 nypost.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, nypost.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from nypost.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 nypost.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at nypost.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: nypost.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.