Does spiegel.de block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
spiegel.de blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from spiegel.de/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 2,000 (#1,289)
Can AI assistants cite spiegel.de?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
spiegel.de 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 spiegel.de |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Some paths restricted |
| 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 spiegel.de compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; spiegel.de is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; spiegel.de is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; spiegel.de does not.
- Among 191 sites of similar popularity, 28% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /*CR-Dokumentation.pdf$ User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: /ausland/ Allow: /partnerschaft/ Allow: /gesundheit/ Allow: /familie/ Allow: /reise/ Allow: /psychologie/ Allow: /stil/ Allow: /tests/ Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: /ausland/ Allow: /partnerschaft/ Allow: /gesundheit/ Allow: /familie/ Allow: /reise/ Allow: /psychologie/ Allow: /stil/ Allow: /tests/ Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Allow: /ausland/ Allow: /partnerschaft/ Allow: /gesundheit/ Allow: /familie/ Allow: /reise/ Allow: /psychologie/ Allow: /stil/ Allow: /tests/ Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: /ausland/ Allow: /partnerschaft/ Allow: /gesundheit/ Allow: /familie/ Allow: /reise/ Allow: /psychologie/ Allow: /stil/ Allow: /tests/ Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider 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 spiegel.de block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, spiegel.de's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from spiegel.de?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does spiegel.de have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at spiegel.de/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: spiegel.de's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.