Does primevideo.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
primevideo.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from primevideo.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 6 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 6
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#670)
Can AI assistants cite primevideo.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
primevideo.com opts out of AI training by 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 primevideo.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How primevideo.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; primevideo.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; primevideo.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; primevideo.com is one of them.
- Among 194 sites of similar popularity, 27% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /hp/video/ Disallow: /-/*/hp/video/ Disallow: /api Disallow: /gp/video/api Disallow: /region/*/api Disallow: /-/*/api Disallow: /mystuff Disallow: /gp/video/mystuff Disallow: /region/*/mystuff Disallow: /-/*/mystuff Disallow: /search Disallow: /gp/video/search Disallow: /region/*/search Disallow: /-/*/search Disallow: /ap/ Disallow: /gp/video/ap/ Disallow: /region/*/ap/ Disallow: /-/*/ap/ Disallow: /auth Disallow: /gp/video/auth Disallow: /region/*/auth Disallow: /-/*/auth Disallow: /salp/i Disallow: /gp/video/salp/i Disallow: /region/*/salp/i Disallow: /-/*/salp/i Disallow: /detail/Login Disallow: /gp/video/detail/Login Disallow: /region/*/detail/Login Disallow: /-/*/detail/Login Disallow: */src/ Disallow: */node_modules/ Disallow: /review/create-review/ User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: / User-agent: meta-externalagent Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot 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 primevideo.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, primevideo.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from primevideo.com?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does primevideo.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at primevideo.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: primevideo.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.