Does repubblica.it block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
repubblica.it blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from repubblica.it/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
- 7
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#965)
Can AI assistants cite repubblica.it?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
repubblica.it opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance. 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 repubblica.it |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How repubblica.it compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; repubblica.it is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; repubblica.it does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; repubblica.it is one of them.
- Among 197 sites of similar popularity, 31% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /ultimora/24ore/nazionale/news-dettaglio/3688417 Disallow: /ultimora/24ore/AUTO-IN-CAMBIO-DI-DROGA-13-ARRESTI-DELLA-POLIZIA-DI-PESCARA-(2)/news-dettaglio/3746479 Disallow: /sport/ciclismo/2023/10/24/news/doping_ciclismo_virtuale_azzurro_zanasca_rischia_una_lunga_squalifica-418660589/ Disallow: /spettacoli/people/2023/09/07/news/kanye_west_e_bianca_censori_in_italia_la_lunga_estate_calda_degli_scandali-413629176/< Disallow: /speciale/ Disallow: /social/sites/repubblica/d/boxes/shares/ Disallow: /servizi/ Disallow: /ricerca/ Disallow: /politica/2017/01/19/news/il_fratello_del_ministro_alfano_rischia_il_posto_e_costera_all_erario_mezzo_milione_di_euro[1]156371739/ Disallow: /politica/2/10/13/news/da_maroni_a_fontana_c_e_sempre_quel_notaio_nelle_indagini_sulla_lega-301070805/ Disallow: /persone/ Disallow: /online/cronaca/veronaecstasy/bologna/bologna.html Disallow: /online/ Disallow: /news/ired/ultimora/cronaca/rep_cronaca_n_3487677.html Disallow: /java Disallow: /ipad/ Disallow: /interstitial/ Disallow: /indici/ Disallow: /il-gusto/2022/04/27/news/frode_fiscale_bancarotta_fraudolenta_arrestato_giovanni_maspero_ristorante_i_tigli_in_theoria-347110162/ Disallow: /esteri/2024/07/24/diretta/kamala_harris_nel_mirino_dei_repubblicani_usa_ricorso_contro_il_trasferimento_dei_fondi_dalla_campagna_di_biden-423411481/ Disallow: /embed/* Disallow: /economia/miojob/ Disallow: /economia/2013/01/31/news/mps_verso_sequestro_conservativo- 51615470/ Disallow: /dal-quotidiano/ Disallow: /corporate/privacy/index_static.html? Disallow: /cgi-bin/back.cgi Disallow: /blaize/datalayer Disallow: /audio/i-daily-di-repubblica Disallow: /audio-test-app Disallow: /api/checkpw-v1/premium/amp/pingback* Disallow: /api/* Disallow: /annunci/ Disallow: /2010/ Disallow: /2009/ Disallow: /2008/ Disallow: /2007/ Disallow: /2006/05/gallerie/politica/offese-da-premier-102/esterne130937331310093801_big.jpg Disallow: /2006/05/gallerie/politica/farabutti-foto-lettori-95/esterne191030071909103240_big.jpg Disallow: /2006/05/gallerie/politica/farabutti-foto-lettori-95/esterne191030071909103240.jpg User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended 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 repubblica.it block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, repubblica.it's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from repubblica.it?
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 repubblica.it have an llms.txt file?
Yes — repubblica.it/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: repubblica.it's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.