Does tagesschau.de block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
tagesschau.de blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from tagesschau.de/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 7 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 7
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,125)
Can AI assistants cite tagesschau.de?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
tagesschau.de 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 tagesschau.de |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| 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 tagesschau.de compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; tagesschau.de is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; tagesschau.de is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; tagesschau.de does not.
- Among 180 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /ardimport/ Disallow: /*~player.html Disallow: /suche2.html?* User-agent: applebot-extended Disallow: / User-agent: bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: ccbot Disallow: / User-agent: claudebot Disallow: / User-agent: google-extended Disallow: / User-agent: meta-externalagent Disallow: / User-agent: gptbot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does tagesschau.de block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, tagesschau.de's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from tagesschau.de?
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 tagesschau.de have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at tagesschau.de/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: tagesschau.de's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.