Does vimeo.com block AI crawlers?

Can AI assistants cite vimeo.com?

• 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

vimeo.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, 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

How vimeo.com compares

• 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; vimeo.com is one of them.
• 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; vimeo.com is one of them.
• 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; vimeo.com does not.
• Among 126 sites of similar popularity, 37% block at least one AI crawler.

The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers

User-agent: *
Disallow: /*/format:thumbnail
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /*/download?
Disallow: /couchmode/
Disallow: /groups/*/forum/*
Disallow: /musicstore/preview
Disallow: /musicstore/download
Disallow: /forgot_password
Disallow: /help/forgot_login
Disallow: /help/verify_email
Disallow: /help/zendesk_sso
Disallow: /help/sso
Disallow: /user/verify
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /search\?
Disallow: /_
Disallow: /*mkc=*&
Disallow: /*&mkc=*
Disallow: /*gl=*&
Disallow: /*&gl=*
Disallow: /_global_notifications
Disallow: /*?*referrer_vuid=
Disallow: /*?*vimeo_search
Disallow: /store/
Disallow: /*?*_gl=
Disallow: /*/collections/channels
Disallow: /manage/videos/
Disallow: /flarepoint/
Disallow: /*/likes
Disallow: /reviews/
Disallow: /*/sort:*/*:
Disallow: /ablincoln/
Disallow: /*tag:
Disallow: /*/videos/
Disallow: /legal/~gitbook/
Disallow: /manage/showcase
Allow: /api/*/likes
Allow: /_rv/viewer
Allow: /_next/viewer

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
Allow: /features/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /product/
Allow: /video-uploader
Allow: /upgrade-plan
Allow: /enterprise/
Allow: /integrations/
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /create/
Allow: /ott/
Allow: /customers/
Allow: /events/
Allow: /campaigns/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /vimeo-academy/
Allow: /$
Allow: /es/features/
Allow: /es/solutions/
Allow: /es/product/
Allow: /es/video-uploader
Allow: /es/enterprise/
Allow: /es/integrations/
Allow: /es/blog/
Allow: /es/create/
Allow: /es/ott/
Allow: /es/customers/
Allow: /es/events/
Allow: /es/campaigns/
Allow: /es/about/
Allow: /es/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /es/$
Allow: /fr/features/
Allow: /fr/solutions/
Allow: /fr/product/
Allow: /fr/video-uploader
Allow: /fr/enterprise/
Allow: /fr/integrations/
Allow: /fr/blog/
Allow: /fr/create/

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
Allow: /features/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /product/
Allow: /video-uploader
Allow: /upgrade-plan
Allow: /enterprise/
Allow: /integrations/
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /create/
Allow: /ott/
Allow: /customers/
Allow: /events/
Allow: /campaigns/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /vimeo-academy/
Allow: /$
Allow: /es/features/
Allow: /es/solutions/
Allow: /es/product/
Allow: /es/video-uploader
Allow: /es/enterprise/
Allow: /es/integrations/
Allow: /es/blog/
Allow: /es/create/
Allow: /es/ott/
Allow: /es/customers/
Allow: /es/events/
Allow: /es/campaigns/
Allow: /es/about/
Allow: /es/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /es/$
Allow: /fr/features/
Allow: /fr/solutions/
Allow: /fr/product/
Allow: /fr/video-uploader
Allow: /fr/enterprise/
Allow: /fr/integrations/
Allow: /fr/blog/
Allow: /fr/create/

User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: Claudebot
Disallow: /
Allow: /features/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /product/
Allow: /video-uploader
Allow: /upgrade-plan
Allow: /enterprise/
Allow: /integrations/
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /create/
Allow: /ott/
Allow: /customers/
Allow: /events/
Allow: /campaigns/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /vimeo-academy/
Allow: /$
Allow: /es/features/
Allow: /es/solutions/
Allow: /es/product/
Allow: /es/video-uploader
Allow: /es/enterprise/
Allow: /es/integrations/
Allow: /es/blog/
Allow: /es/create/
Allow: /es/ott/
Allow: /es/customers/
Allow: /es/events/
Allow: /es/campaigns/
Allow: /es/about/
Allow: /es/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /es/$
Allow: /fr/features/
Allow: /fr/solutions/
Allow: /fr/product/
Allow: /fr/video-uploader
Allow: /fr/enterprise/
Allow: /fr/integrations/
Allow: /fr/blog/
Allow: /fr/create/

User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: CC-Crawler
User-agent: Common Crawl
User-agent: CommonCrawl
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.

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