Does telegraph.co.uk block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
telegraph.co.uk blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from telegraph.co.uk/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
- 13
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#625)
Can AI assistants cite telegraph.co.uk?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
telegraph.co.uk 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 telegraph.co.uk |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Allowed |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How telegraph.co.uk compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; telegraph.co.uk is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; telegraph.co.uk is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; telegraph.co.uk is one of them.
- Among 198 sites of similar popularity, 29% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /etc.clientlibs/settings/wcm/designs/telegraph/core/clientlibs/save-article. Disallow: /etc.clientlibs/settings/wcm/designs/telegraph/core/clientlibs/page-refresh. Disallow: /*?mobile=true Disallow: /*?mobile=basic Disallow: /*?ModPagespeed=noscript Disallow: /*_jcr_content* Disallow: /*?source=rss Disallow: /puzzles/puzzle/*?source= Disallow: /search/ Allow: /search/$ Disallow: /news/main.jhtml Disallow: /p/*/embed/ Disallow: /secure/login/* Disallow: /content/telegraph/ Disallow: /customer/secure/checkout/tesco/ Disallow: /customer/secure/reset-password/ Disallow: /telegraph/* Disallow: /news-app/* Disallow: /amp$ Disallow: */application/* Disallow: */ixale/ Disallow: /core/Content/ Disallow: /promotions/emails/ Disallow: /r/ Disallow: /sponsored/travel/msc-cruises/ Disallow: /travel/8711559/The-Telegraph-Travel-Awards-2011.html Disallow: /travel/hotel/e/* Disallow: /sponsored/staging/ Disallow: /sponsored/business/lloyds-tsb-enterprise-awards/ Disallow: /sponsored/earth/statoil/ Disallow: /sponsored/motoring/alfa-romeo-cars/ Disallow: /sponsored/motoring/vw-up/ Disallow: /sponsored/property/all-saints-eastbourne/ Disallow: /sponsored/supplement-portfolio/ Disallow: /sponsored/travel/cunard-cruises/ Disallow: /sponsored/travel/cruise-holidays/ Disallow: /sponsored/travel/macau/macaumap/ Disallow: /sponsored/travel/telegraph-cottages/ Disallow: /sponsored/finance/spread-betting/ Disallow: /sponsored/finance/retirement-annuity/ User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot 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 telegraph.co.uk block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, telegraph.co.uk's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from telegraph.co.uk?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does telegraph.co.uk have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at telegraph.co.uk/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: telegraph.co.uk's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.