Does whatsapp.net block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
whatsapp.net blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from whatsapp.net/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 5 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 5
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 100 (#33)
Can AI assistants cite whatsapp.net?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
whatsapp.net opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple. 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 whatsapp.net |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How whatsapp.net compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; whatsapp.net is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; whatsapp.net is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; whatsapp.net is one of them.
- Among 101 sites of similar popularity, 39% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /*cursor= Disallow: /*fb_comment_id= Disallow: /ajax/ Disallow: /tealium/ Disallow: /intern/ Disallow: /internal/ Disallow: /login/ Disallow: /oidc/callback/ Disallow: /*.php Disallow: /android/third_party Disallow: /settings
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does whatsapp.net block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, whatsapp.net's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from whatsapp.net?
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 whatsapp.net have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at whatsapp.net/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: whatsapp.net's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.