YaK: share of top websites blocking it
On 26 October 2026, 5.2% of the readable top 10k websites fully blocked YaK in robots.txt (bounds 4.1% to 24.3% over all 8,220 websites, 1,659 of them unreadable); 3.9% blocked it partly and 1.2% named it.
Last verified 2026-10-26 21:13 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-26). Proof for that day.
- Operator
- Meltwater
- What it is
- According to the Meltwater Consumer Intelligence page 'By applying AI, data science, and market research expertise to a live feed of global data sources, we transform unstructured data into actionable insights allowing better decision-making'.
- Description
- Retrieves data used for Meltwater's AI enabled consumer intelligence suite
- robots.txt token
User-agent: YaK- Listed since
- 2026-10-26 (in this ledger's registry)
Fully blocks
5.2%
341 sites; bounds 4.1% to 24.3%
Partly blocks
3.9%
257 sites
Name it explicitly
1.2%
80 sites; unreadable: 3,439
Over time
- blocks, reconstructed (Common Crawl)
- partly blocks, reconstructed (Common Crawl)
- blocks, daily observation
- partly blocks, daily observation
"Partly blocks" counts every robots.txt whose rules for YaK disallow some paths, including generic rules for all crawlers (for example /search); it is not a measure of targeted AI policy. Shares are of the readable websites (W − U: 8,220 websites, 1,659 unreadable); the bounds assume none / all of the unreadable sites block. Solid: daily first-party observations (top 10k of the Tranco list W3ZV9, one fixed cohort). Dashed: reconstructed from Common Crawl (top 10k, sites readable in every crawl), a separate series.
Reconstructed values per crawl
| Crawl | Date | Blocks | Sites read |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC-MAIN-2016-36 | 2016-09-05 | 3.1% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2017-39 | 2017-09-25 | 3.5% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2018-39 | 2018-09-24 | 3.6% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2019-39 | 2019-09-23 | 2.9% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2020-40 | 2020-09-28 | 2.6% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2021-39 | 2021-09-27 | 2.7% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2022-40 | 2022-10-03 | 2.6% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2024-38 | 2024-09-16 | 2.5% | 3,216 |
| CC-MAIN-2026-39 | 2026-09-21 | 3.6% | 3,216 |
Recent blockers
Sites that started fully blocking YaK since 2026-07-28, highest-ranked first.
| Date | Site | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| No changes recorded yet. The first daily run is the baseline; changes appear from the second day on. | ||
Recent unblockers
| Date | Site | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| No changes recorded yet. The first daily run is the baseline; changes appear from the second day on. | ||
Sites blocking YaK now
facebook.com · fbcdn.net · instagram.com · twitter.com (*) · googlevideo.com (*) · amazon.com · whatsapp.net · netflix.com (*) · x.com (*) · whatsapp.com · baidu.com (*) · amazonvideo.com · reddit.com (*) · skybridge.click (*) · registrar-servers.com (*) · flickr.com (*) · meraki.com (*) · t.co (*) · linktr.ee (*) · imdb.com (*) · reuters.com (*) · demdex.net (*) · weibo.com (*) · amazon.co.uk · naver.com (*) · trustpilot.com (*) · netflix.net (*) · nflxvideo.net (*) · issuu.com · wsj.com (*) · amazon.de · cookiedatabase.org (*) · intel.com · gcdn.co (*) · kwai.net (*) · amazon.co.jp · edgecdn.ru (*) · sohu.com (*) · threads.com · netcraze.io (*) · amazon.fr · amazon.ca · meta.com · sharethrough.com (*) · primevideo.com · amazon.in · hstgr.net (*) · lemonde.fr · imgsmail.ru (*) · fb.com · hihonorcloud.com (*) · amazon.es · amazon.it · quantserve.com (*) · creativecdn.com (*) · crwdcntrl.net (*) · amazon.co.za · vkontakte.ru (*) · disneyplus.com (*) · sentinelone.net (*)
(*) blocked through the * group, not by name. Full list in current.csv.
Cite this
InfraRabbit AI Crawl Ledger, "Share of top websites blocking YaK", https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/bot/YaK, retrieved 2026-10-26. CC BY 4.0.