Does soundcloud.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
soundcloud.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from soundcloud.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 10 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 11
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#194)
Can AI assistants cite soundcloud.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
soundcloud.com 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 soundcloud.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| 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 | Blocked |
How soundcloud.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; soundcloud.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; soundcloud.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; soundcloud.com is one of them.
- Among 171 sites of similar popularity, 34% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-Web User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: CCBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Applebot-Extended User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: cohere-ai Allow: /$ Allow: /terms-of-use Allow: /community-guidelines Allow: /transparency-reports Allow: /accessibility-statement Allow: /imprint Allow: /discover Allow: /stories Allow: /topic Allow: /pro Allow: /download Allow: /jobs Allow: /go Allow: /getstarted Allow: /company Allow: /sitemap Allow: /sitemapIndex Disallow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /search Disallow: /you/ Disallow: /stream Disallow: /upload Disallow: /settings Disallow: /messages 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 soundcloud.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, soundcloud.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from soundcloud.com?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does soundcloud.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at soundcloud.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: soundcloud.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.