Does quora.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
quora.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from quora.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 11 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 10
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#494)
Can AI assistants cite quora.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
quora.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, 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 quora.com |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How quora.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; quora.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; quora.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; quora.com is one of them.
- Among 212 sites of similar popularity, 29% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /*_POST$ Disallow: /*_POST/ Disallow: /@async Disallow: /*/@async Disallow: /log/ Disallow: /*/log Disallow: /*/about Disallow: /*/action Disallow: /*/activity Disallow: /*/all_questions Disallow: /*/all_posts$ Disallow: /*/all_posts/ Disallow: /*/blogs$ Disallow: /*/blogs/ Disallow: /*/followers Disallow: /*/following Disallow: /*/link/ Disallow: /*/manage Disallow: /*/mentions Disallow: /*/merged Disallow: /*/open_questions Disallow: /*/posts$ Disallow: /*/posts/ Disallow: /*/questions Disallow: /*/related Disallow: /*/reviews$ Disallow: /*/reviews/ Disallow: /*/share Disallow: /*/top_questions Disallow: /*/topic-bio Disallow: /*/topic_bio Disallow: /*/topics Disallow: /*/comment Disallow: /comment/ Disallow: /*/comments Disallow: /*/all_comments Disallow: /*/answer_comments Disallow: /*/mobile_collapsed Disallow: /*/mobile_expanded_voter_list User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: * Allow: /$ Allow: /about$ Allow: /about/ Allow: /challenges$ Allow: /press$ Allow: /login/ Allow: /signup$ Disallow: / Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /*_POST$ Disallow: /*_POST/ Disallow: /@async Disallow: /*/@async Disallow: /log/ Disallow: /*/log Disallow: /*/about Disallow: /*/action Disallow: /*/activity Disallow: /*/all_questions Disallow: /*/all_posts$ Disallow: /*/all_posts/ Disallow: /*/blogs$ Disallow: /*/blogs/ Disallow: /*/followers Disallow: /*/following Disallow: /*/link/ Disallow: /*/manage Disallow: /*/mentions Disallow: /*/merged Disallow: /*/open_questions Disallow: /*/posts$ Disallow: /*/posts/ Disallow: /*/questions Disallow: /*/related Disallow: /*/reviews$ Disallow: /*/reviews/ Disallow: /*/share Disallow: /*/top_questions Disallow: /*/topic-bio Disallow: /*/topic_bio
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does quora.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, quora.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from quora.com?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does quora.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at quora.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: quora.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.