pinterest.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 27 October 2026, pinterest.com's robots.txt fully blocked GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot.
Last verified 2026-10-28 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-27). Proof for that day.
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- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.pinterest.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-27 · sha2566d279ad829c55ebf…· view as recorded - The * group
- blocks applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-27
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | blocks | through the * group |
| OAI-SearchBot | blocks | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | blocks | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Claude-SearchBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Claude-User | blocks | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Perplexity-User | blocks | through the * group |
| Googlebot | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-Extended | blocks | through the * group |
| Applebot-Extended | blocks | through the * group |
| CCBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Bytespider | blocks | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | blocks | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | blocks | through the * group |
| Applebot | allows | named in its own group |
| Awario | allows | named in its own group |
| Bravebot | allows | named in its own group |
| CloudflareBrowserRenderingCrawler | allows | named in its own group |
| DuckAssistBot | allows | named in its own group |
| FacebookBot | allows | named in its own group |
| facebookexternalhit | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-Firebase | allows | named in its own group |
| Google-NotebookLM | allows | named in its own group |
| QualifiedBot | allows | named in its own group |
| SemrushBot-OCOB | allows | named in its own group |
| SemrushBot-SWA | allows | named in its own group |
| YaK | allows | named in its own group |
| YandexAdditional | blocks | named in its own group |
| YandexAdditionalBot | blocks | named in its own group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | not observed |
| Publishes /ai.txt | not observed |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | not observed |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | not observed |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | not observed |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | not observed |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | not observed |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | not observed |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
robots.txt as recorded sha256 b46869d71838331b…
# Pinterest is hiring! # # Learn about the SEO work that we're doing at https://medium.com/@Pinterest_Engineering/demystifying-seo-with-experiments-a183b325cf4c # # Check out some of our available positions at https://careers.pinterest.com/careers/engineering User-agent: * Allow: /business/create/ Allow: /pin/create/ Allow: /resource/*/get/ Disallow: /*/*/*/more_ideas/ Disallow: /*/*/activity/* Disallow: /*/*/more_ideas/* Disallow: /*/?from_navigate=true Disallow: /*/?z=1 Disallow: /*/_activities/* Disallow: /*/_followers/* Disallow: /*/_following/* Disallow: /*/boards/ Disallow: /*/communities/ Disallow: /*/discovered/* Disallow: /*/followers/* Disallow: /*/following/* Disallow: /*/likes/* Disallow: /*/pins/* Disallow: /*/scheduled-pins/* Disallow: /*/tagged/* Disallow: /*/tried/* Disallow: /?show_error=true Disallow: /_/_/* Disallow: /about/* Disallow: /addboard/ Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /autocomplete/ Disallow: /board/* Disallow: /board_activity/* Disallow: /board_activity_comment/* Disallow: /bookmarklet/ Disallow: /browserbutton/* Disallow: /business/convert/ Disallow: /communities/* Disallow: /community/* Disallow: /community_comment/* Disallow: /community_post/* Disallow: /conversation/* Disallow: /conversations/* Disallow: /create_pin/ Disallow: /creative_editor/ Disallow: /csrf_error/ Disallow: /delete_post/ Disallow: /discover/* Disallow: /editorial/*/*/ Disallow: /email/* Disallow: /email_verification_error/ Disallow: /explore/*/?p=* Disallow: /facebook/ Disallow: /fb.html Disallow: /follow_board/ Disallow: /follow_user/ Disallow: /invite/ Disallow: /invited/ Disallow: /join/?next=* Disallow: /join/signup/?next=* Disallow: /login/?next=* Disallow: /logout/ Disallow: /m/ Disallow: /merchant-center/ Disallow: /new_invite/ Disallow: /news_hub/* Disallow: /notifications/ Disallow: /oauth_error/ Disallow: /offsite/ Disallow: /parental-consent/confirmation/ Disallow: /pin-builder/ Disallow: /pin-communities/* Disallow: /pin-editor/ Disallow: /pin/*/activities Disallow: /pin/*/activity/ Disallow: /pin/*/analytics Disallow: /pin/*/email Disallow: /pin/*/feedback Disallow: /pin/*/likes Disallow: /pin/*/promote Disallow: /pin/*/repin Disallow: /pin/*/repins Disallow: /pin/*/sent Disallow: /pin/*/share Disallow: /pin/*/tag Disallow: /pin/*/visual-search Disallow: /pin/find/ Disallow: /pin/find?url=* Disallow: /pin_shop/* Disallow: /prefs/ Disallow: /product-feed/ Disallow: /professional-services/* Disallow: /pw/* Disallow: /register/ Disallow: /resource/ Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /search? Disallow: /secure/* Disallow: /sendHeaderEarly/ Disallow: /settings/extension/uninstall/ Disallow: /shop_pins/* Disallow: /showcase/settings/ Disallow: /socialmanager/* Disallow: /source/* Disallow: /suspension-appeal/* Disallow: /taggingtool/* Disallow: /tv/ Disallow: /v1/urls/count.json Disallow: /v3/pidgets/log/ Disallow: /website/confirm/download* Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v2_sitemaps/www_v2_board_sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v2_sitemaps/www_v2_user_sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v2_sitemaps/www_v2_category_sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v2_sitemaps/www_v2_topic_sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.pinterest.com/v2_sitemaps/www_v2_pin_sitemap.xml User-agent: Googlebot Allow: /business/create/ Allow: /pin/create/ Allow: /resource/*/get/ Disallow: /*/*/*/more_ideas/ Disallow: /*/*/activity/* Disallow: /*/*/more_ideas/* Disallow: /*/?from_navigate=true Disallow: /*/?z=1 Disallow: /*/_activities/* Disallow: /*/_followers/* Disallow: /*/_following/* Disallow: /*/boards/ Disallow: /*/communities/ Disallow: /*/discovered/* Disallow: /*/followers/* Disallow: /*/following/* Disallow: /*/likes/* Disallow: /*/pins/* Disallow: /*/scheduled-pins/* Disallow: /*/tagged/* Disallow: /*/tried/* Disallow: /?show_error=true Disallow: /_/_/* Disallow: /about/* Disallow: /addboard/ Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /autocomplete/ Disallow: /board/* Disallow: /board_activity/* Disallow: /board_activity_comment/* Disallow: /bookmarklet/ Disallow: /browserbutton/* Disallow: /business/convert/ Disallow: /communities/* Disallow: /community/* Disallow: /community_comment/* Disallow: /community_post/* Disallow: /conversation/* Disallow: /conversations/* Disallow: /create_pin/ Disallow: /creative_editor/ Disallow: /csrf_error/ Disallow: /delete_post/ Disallow: /discover/* Disallow: /editorial/*/*/ Disallow: /email/* Disallow: /email_verification_error/ Disallow: /explore/* Disallow: /explore/*/?p=* Disallow: /facebook/ Disallow: /fb.html Disallow: /follow_board/ Disallow: /follow_user/ Disallow: /invite/ Disallow: /invited/ Disallow: /join/?next=* Disallow: /join/signup/?next=* Disallow: /login/?next=* Disallow: /logout/ Disallow: /m/ Disallow: /merchant-center/ Disallow: /new_invite/ Disallow: /news_hub/* Disallow: /notifications/ Disallow: /oauth_error/ Disallow: /offsite/ Disallow: /parental-consent/confirmation/ Disallow: /pin-builder/ Disallow: /pin-communities/* Disallow: /pin-editor/ Disallow: /pin/*/activities Disallow: /pin/*/activity/ Disallow: /pin/*/analytics Disallow: /pin/*/email Disallow: /pin/*/feedback Disallow: /pin/*/likes Disallow: /pin/*/promote Disallow: /pin/*/repin Disallow: /pin/*/repins Disallow: /pin/*/sent Disallow: /pin/*/share Disallow: /pin/*/tag Disallow: /pin/*/visual-search Disallow: /pin/find/ Disallow: /pin/find?url=* Disallow: /pin_shop/* Disallow: /prefs/ Disallow: /product-feed/ Disallow: /professional-services/* Disallow: /pw/* Disallow: /register/ Disallow: /resource/ Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /search? Disallow: /secure/* Disallow: /sendHeaderEarly/ Disallow: /settings/extension/uninstall/ Disallow: /shop_pins/* Disallow: /showcase/settings/ Disallow: /socialmanager/* Disallow: /source/* Disallow: /suspension-appeal/* Disallow: /taggingtool/* Disallow: /tv/ Disallow: /v1/urls/count.json Disallow: /v3/pidgets/log/ Disallow: /website/confirm/download* User-agent: Twitterbot Allow: /business/create/ Allow: /pin/*/feedback Allow: /pin/*/sent Allow: /pin/create/ Allow: /resource/*/get/ Disallow: /*/*/*/more_ideas/ Disallow: /*/*/activity/* Disallow: /*/*/more_ideas/* Disallow: /*/?from_navigate=true Disallow: /*/?z=1 Disallow: /*/_activities/* Disallow: /*/_followers/* Disallow: /*/_following/* Disallow: /*/boards/ Disallow: /*/communities/ Disallow: /*/discovered/* Disallow: /*/followers/* Disallow: /*/following/* Disallow: /*/likes/* Disallow: /*/pins/* Disallow: /*/scheduled-pins/* Disallow: /*/tagged/* Disallow: /*/tried/* Disallow: /?show_error=true Disallow: /_/_/* Disallow: /about/* Disallow: /addboard/ Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /autocomplete/ Disallow: /board/* Disallow: /board_activity/* Disallow: /board_activity_comment/* Disallow: /bookmarklet/ Disallow: /browserbutton/* Disallow: /business/convert/ Disallow: /communities/* Disallow: /community/* Disallow: /community_comment/* Disallow: /community_post/* Disallow: /conversation/* Disallow: /conversations/* Disallow: /create_pin/ Disallow: /creative_editor/ Disallow: /csrf_error/ Disallow: /delete_post/ Disallow: /discover/* Disallow: /editorial/*/*/ Disallow: /email/* Disallow: /email_verification_error/ Disallow: /explore/*/?p=* Disallow: /facebook/ Disallow: /fb.html Disallow: /follow_board/ Disallow: /follow_user/ Disallow: /invite/ Disallow: /invited/ Disallow: /join/?next=* Disallow: /join/signup/?next=* Disallow: /login/?next=* Disallow: /logout/ Disallow: /m/ Disallow: /merchant-center/ Disallow: /new_invite/ Disallow: /news_hub/* Disallow: /notifications/ Disallow: /oauth_error/ Disallow: /offsite/ Disallow: /parental-consent/confirmation/ Disallow: /pin-builder/ Disallow: /pin-communities/* Disallow: /pin-editor/ Disallow: /pin/*/activities Disallow: /pin/*/activity/ Disallow: /pin/*/analytics Disallow: /pin/*/email Disallow: /pin/*/likes Disallow: /pin/*/promote Disallow: /pin/*/repin Disallow: /pin/*/repins Disallow: /pin/*/share Disallow: /pin/*/tag Disallow: /pin/*/visual-search Disallow: /pin/find/ Disallow: /pin/find?url=* Disallow: /pin_shop/* Disallow: /prefs/ Disallow: /product-feed/ Disallow: /professional-services/* Disallow: /pw/* Disallow: /register/ Disallow: /resource/ Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /search? Disallow: /secure/* Disallow: /sendHeaderEarly/ Disallow: /settings/extension/uninstall/ Disallow: /shop_pins/* Disallow: /showcase/settings/ Disallow: /socialmanager/* Disallow: /source/* Disallow: /suspension-appeal/* Disallow: /taggingtool/* Disallow: /tv/ Disallow: /v1/urls/count.json Disallow: /v3/pidgets/log/ Disallow: /website/confirm/download*
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-27 | ok 200 | 6d279ad829c5 | diff with previous |
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-26 | ok 200 | 539891c099ea |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | robots.txt changed |
Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)
From Common Crawl's robots.txt captures: what CCBot was served, one crawl per quarter. A separate series from the daily observations above; a 403 here means Common Crawl was refused, not this ledger.
| Crawl | Host | State | GPTBot | OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-SearchBot | Claude-User | PerplexityBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | blocks | allows | unknown | blocks | allows | unknown | blocks |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | blocks | allows | unknown | blocks | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | blocks | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | pinterest.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of pinterest.com is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-27: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973493)).
API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/pinterest.com