snapchat.com: what it tells AI crawlers

On 27 October 2026, snapchat.com's robots.txt fully blocked GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended and CCBot.

Last verified 2026-10-28 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-27). Proof for that day.

Panel: top 1k (Tranco)
robots.txt: ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.snapchat.com:443/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256 ee1ba42e1ce0f9bf… · view as recorded
The * group: allows applies to every agent without its own group

Per AI bot, 2026-10-27

User agent	Verdict	How
GPTBot	blocks	named in its own group
OAI-SearchBot	allows	named in its own group
ChatGPT-User	allows	named in its own group
ClaudeBot	blocks	named in its own group
Claude-SearchBot	allows	named in its own group
Claude-User	allows	named in its own group
PerplexityBot	allows	named in its own group
Perplexity-User	allows	named in its own group
Googlebot	allows	named in its own group
Google-Extended	blocks	named in its own group
Applebot-Extended	blocks	named in its own group
CCBot	blocks	named in its own group
Bytespider	blocks	named in its own group
Meta-ExternalAgent	blocks	named in its own group
Amazonbot	blocks	named in its own group
anthropic-ai	blocks	named in its own group
Brightbot	blocks	named in its own group
Claude-Web	blocks	named in its own group
cohere-ai	blocks	named in its own group
cohere-training-data-crawler	blocks	named in its own group
Crawlspace	blocks	named in its own group
Diffbot	blocks	named in its own group
DuckAssistBot	allows	named in its own group
FacebookBot	blocks	named in its own group
FriendlyCrawler	blocks	named in its own group
GoogleOther	blocks	named in its own group
GoogleOther-Image	blocks	named in its own group
GoogleOther-Video	blocks	named in its own group
iaskspider	blocks	named in its own group
ICC-Crawler	blocks	named in its own group
ImagesiftBot	blocks	named in its own group
ISSCyberRiskCrawler	blocks	named in its own group
meta-externalfetcher	blocks	named in its own group
meta-webindexer	allows	named in its own group
omgili	blocks	named in its own group
omgilibot	blocks	named in its own group
PanguBot	blocks	named in its own group
PetalBot	blocks	named in its own group
Scrapy	blocks	named in its own group
SemrushBot-OCOB	blocks	named in its own group
SemrushBot-SWA	blocks	named in its own group
Timpibot	blocks	named in its own group
VelenPublicWebCrawler	blocks	named in its own group
Webzio-Extended	blocks	named in its own group
YouBot	blocks	named in its own group

Other signals

Publishes /llms.txt	no
Publishes /ai.txt	no
Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json	no
Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta)	no
Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header)	no
Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal	no
Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header)	no
Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed)	no
Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed)	no
Sends noai / noimageai directives	no
Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge)	no

robots.txt as recorded sha256 85612dc1ddfd725b…

# *
User-agent: *
Disallow: /verificationofemployment
Disallow: /static_files/deletion_request.pdf
Disallow: /static/gla/
Disallow: /invite/

# AI2Bot
User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /

# Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
Disallow: /

# Amazonbot
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

# anthropic-ai
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

# Applebot
User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /

# Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

# Brightbot 1.0
User-agent: Brightbot 1.0
Disallow: /

# Bytespider
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

# CCBot
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

# ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

# Claude-Web
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

# ClaudeBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

# cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

# cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Disallow: /

# Crawlspace
User-agent: Crawlspace
Disallow: /

# Diffbot
User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

# DuckAssistBot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow: /

# FacebookBot
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

# FriendlyCrawler
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Disallow: /

# Googlebot
User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /getreplies
Disallow: /explore/

# Google-Extended
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

# GoogleOther
User-agent: GoogleOther
Disallow: /

# GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
Disallow: /

# GoogleOther-Video
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
Disallow: /

# GPTBot
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

# iaskspider/2.0
User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
Disallow: /

# ICC-Crawler
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
Disallow: /

# ImagesiftBot
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

# img2dataset
User-agent: img2dataset
Disallow: /

# ISSCyberRiskCrawler
User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
Disallow: /

# Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
Disallow: /

# Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

# Meta-ExternalFetcher
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow: /

# OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow: /

# omgili
User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /

# omgilibot
User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /

# PanguBot
User-agent: PanguBot
Disallow: /

# PerplexityBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

# Perplexity‑User
User-agent: Perplexity‑User
Disallow: /

# PetalBot
User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

# Scrapy
User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /

# SemrushBot-OCOB
User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
Disallow: /

# SemrushBot-SWA
User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
Disallow: /

# Sidetrade indexer bot
User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
Disallow: /

# Timpibot
User-agent: Timpibot
Disallow: /

# VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
Disallow: /

# Webzio-Extended
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Disallow: /

# YouBot
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /

# Host
Host: https://www.snapchat.com

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/lens/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/add/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/p/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/sitemaps/place/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/sitemaps/add/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/sitemaps/p/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.snapchat.com/sitemaps/tag/sitemap-index.xml

robots.txt versions

From	Through	State	Version
2026-10-26	2026-10-27	ok 200	`ee1ba42e1ce0`

Timeline of changes

Date	What changed
No changes since the first observation (2026-10-26).

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.snapchat.com	ok view	blocks	allows	unknown	blocks	allows	unknown	allows
2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38	www.snapchat.com	ok view	blocks	blocks	unknown	blocks	allows	unknown	blocks
2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38	www.snapchat.com	ok view	blocks	allows	unknown	blocks	allows	unknown	blocks
2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40	snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17	snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04	snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows
2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36	www.snapchat.com	ok view	allows	allows	unknown	allows	allows	unknown	allows

Evidence

Every daily observation of snapchat.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/snapchat.com