statista.com: what it tells AI crawlers

On 27 October 2026, statista.com's robots.txt fully blocked GPTBot, ClaudeBot, 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.statista.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256 57bfb95a1d305aca… · view as recorded
The * group
partial applies to every agent without its own group

Per AI bot, 2026-10-27

User agentVerdictHow
GPTBotblocksnamed in its own group
OAI-SearchBotpartialthrough the * group
ChatGPT-Userpartialthrough the * group
ClaudeBotblocksnamed in its own group
Claude-SearchBotpartialthrough the * group
Claude-Userpartialthrough the * group
PerplexityBotblocksnamed in its own group
Perplexity-Userblocksnamed in its own group
Googlebotpartialthrough the * group
Google-Extendedblocksnamed in its own group
Applebot-Extendedblocksnamed in its own group
CCBotblocksnamed in its own group
Bytespiderblocksnamed in its own group
Meta-ExternalAgentblocksnamed in its own group
Amazonbotblocksnamed in its own group
anthropic-aiblocksnamed in its own group
Aranet-SearchBotblocksnamed in its own group
Brightbotblocksnamed in its own group
Claude-Webblocksnamed in its own group
cohere-aiblocksnamed in its own group
cohere-training-data-crawlerblocksnamed in its own group
Diffbotblocksnamed in its own group
DuckAssistBotblocksnamed in its own group
FacebookBotblocksnamed in its own group
FriendlyCrawlerblocksnamed in its own group
Google-CloudVertexBotblocksnamed in its own group
GoogleOtherblocksnamed in its own group
GoogleOther-Imageblocksnamed in its own group
GoogleOther-Videoblocksnamed in its own group
ImagesiftBotblocksnamed in its own group
LinerBotblocksnamed in its own group
meta-externalfetcherblocksnamed in its own group
omgiliblocksnamed in its own group
omgilibotblocksnamed in its own group
Operatorblocksnamed in its own group
PanguBotblocksnamed in its own group
TerraCottablocksnamed in its own group
Timpibotblocksnamed in its own group
VelenPublicWebCrawlerblocksnamed in its own group
Webzio-Extendedblocksnamed in its own group
YouBotblocksnamed in its own group

Other signals

Publishes /llms.txtno
Publishes /ai.txtno
Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.jsonno
Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta)no
Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header)no
Says ai-train=no in a Content Signalno
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 directivesno
Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge)no

robots.txt as recorded sha256 57bfb95a1d305aca…

# Automated access to this website by web crawlers is allowed only for the use in public search engines (e.g. Google or Bing).
# Automated data collection, data mining or mirroring (scraping) of any content on this website for any other purpose than public search engines without explicit authorization is strictly prohibited.
# Irresponsible or illegal access may be blocked at any time, and we reserve the right to take legal action against such activities.
#
User-agent: *
#
# Legacy URLs
Disallow: /ads/
Disallow: /xml/
Disallow: /berichte/
Disallow: /blog/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /hinweis/datenleck/
Disallow: /important/dataleak/
Disallow: /important/fuite-donnees/
Disallow: /importante/fuga-de-datos/
Disallow: /favorit-hinzufuegen/
Disallow: /add-favorite/
Disallow: /ajouter-favoris/
Disallow: /anadir-busqueda/
Disallow: /favorit-loeschen/
Disallow: /remove-favorite/
Disallow: /supprimer-favoris/
Disallow: /eliminar-busqueda/
Disallow: /eliminar-favoritos/
#
# Forms
Disallow: /statistik/report-content/
Disallow: /statistics/report-content/
Disallow: /statistiques/report-content/
Disallow: /estadisticas/report-content/
#
# Products (06/24 Update)
# 03/25 companies discontinued & removed
Disallow: /perspectiva/
Disallow: /perspective/
Disallow: /global-consumer-survey/tool/
#
# Pagination (04/22)
Disallow: /statistics/popular/p/
Disallow: /statistik/top/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/populaires/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/populares/p/
# Update 03/25
Disallow: /statistics/recommendations/?p=
Disallow: /estadisticas/recomendaciones/?p=
Disallow: /statistiques/recommandees/?p=
Disallow: /statistik/empfehlungen/?p=
Disallow: /statistics/forecast/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/prevision/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/prevision/p/
Disallow: /statistik/prognose/p/
Disallow: /statistics/updated/?p=
Disallow: /estadisticas/actualizadas/?p=
Disallow: /statistiques/mis-a-jour/?p=
Disallow: /statistik/aktualisiert/?p=
Disallow: /statistics/new/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/nuevas/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/nouveau/p/
Disallow: /statistik/neu/p/
#
# Editors (08/23 opened for crawler)
#
# Study search (04/22)
Disallow: /studies-and-reports/*?q=
Disallow: /studies-and-reports/*&q=
Disallow: /studien-und-reports/*?q=
Disallow: /studien-und-reports/*&q=
#
# Personal information
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /profil/
Disallow: /perfil/
Disallow: /login/password/
Disallow: /login/passwort_vergessen/
Disallow: /acceso/contrasena/
Disallow: /login/resend-confirmation-link
Disallow: /login/bestaetigungslink-erneut-senden
Disallow: /login/reenviar-enlace-de-confirmacion
Disallow: /login/renvoyer-le-lien-de-confirmation
Disallow: /direct/purchase/
Disallow: /request/custom-solution/
#
# Internal search (04/22)
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /statistik/suche/
Disallow: /buscar/
Disallow: /recherche/
Disallow: /serp
#
# Research AI (07/24)
Disallow: /research-ai/
Allow: /research-ai/$
#
User-agent: YisouSpider
User-agent: Sogou web spider/4.0
User-agent: Sogou web spider
User-agent: sogou spider
#
# Legacy URLs
Disallow: /ads/
Disallow: /xml/
Disallow: /berichte/
Disallow: /blog/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /hinweis/datenleck/
Disallow: /important/dataleak/
Disallow: /important/fuite-donnees/
Disallow: /importante/fuga-de-datos/
Disallow: /favorit-hinzufuegen/
Disallow: /add-favorite/
Disallow: /ajouter-favoris/
Disallow: /anadir-busqueda/
Disallow: /favorit-loeschen/
Disallow: /remove-favorite/
Disallow: /supprimer-favoris/
Disallow: /eliminar-busqueda/
Disallow: /eliminar-favoritos/
#
# Forms
Disallow: /statistik/report-content/
Disallow: /statistics/report-content/
Disallow: /statistiques/report-content/
Disallow: /estadisticas/report-content/
#
# Products (06/24 Update)
# 03/25 companies discontinued & removed
Disallow: /perspectiva/
Disallow: /perspective/
Disallow: /global-consumer-survey/tool/
#
# Pagination (04/22)
Disallow: /statistics/popular/p/
Disallow: /statistik/top/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/populaires/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/populares/p/
# Update 03/25
Disallow: /statistics/recommendations/?p=
Disallow: /estadisticas/recomendaciones/?p=
Disallow: /statistiques/recommandees/?p=
Disallow: /statistik/empfehlungen/?p=
Disallow: /statistics/forecast/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/prevision/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/prevision/p/
Disallow: /statistik/prognose/p/
Disallow: /statistics/updated/?p=
Disallow: /estadisticas/actualizadas/?p=
Disallow: /statistiques/mis-a-jour/?p=
Disallow: /statistik/aktualisiert/?p=
Disallow: /statistics/new/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/nuevas/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/nouveau/p/
Disallow: /statistik/neu/p/
#
# Editors (08/23 opened for crawler)
#
# Study search (04/22)
Disallow: /studies-and-reports/*?q=
Disallow: /studies-and-reports/*&q=
Disallow: /studien-und-reports/*?q=
Disallow: /studien-und-reports/*&q=
#
# Personal information
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /profil/
Disallow: /perfil/
Disallow: /login/password/
Disallow: /login/passwort_vergessen/
Disallow: /acceso/contrasena/
Disallow: /login/resend-confirmation-link
Disallow: /login/bestaetigungslink-erneut-senden
Disallow: /login/reenviar-enlace-de-confirmacion
Disallow: /login/renvoyer-le-lien-de-confirmation
Disallow: /direct/purchase/
Disallow: /request/custom-solution/
#
# Internal search (04/22)
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /statistik/suche/
Disallow: /buscar/
Disallow: /recherche/
Disallow: /serp
#
# Research AI (07/24)
Disallow: /research-ai/
Allow: /research-ai/$
#
# Slowdown
Crawl-delay: 10
#
User-agent: AhrefsBot
# Legacy URLs
Disallow: /ads/
Disallow: /xml/
Disallow: /berichte/
Disallow: /blog/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /hinweis/datenleck/
Disallow: /important/dataleak/
Disallow: /important/fuite-donnees/
Disallow: /importante/fuga-de-datos/
Disallow: /favorit-hinzufuegen/
Disallow: /add-favorite/
Disallow: /ajouter-favoris/
Disallow: /anadir-busqueda/
Disallow: /favorit-loeschen/
Disallow: /remove-favorite/
Disallow: /supprimer-favoris/
Disallow: /eliminar-busqueda/
Disallow: /eliminar-favoritos/
#
# Forms
Disallow: /statistik/report-content/
Disallow: /statistics/report-content/
Disallow: /statistiques/report-content/
Disallow: /estadisticas/report-content/
#
# Products (06/24 Update)
# 03/25 companies discontinued & removed
Disallow: /perspectiva/
Disallow: /perspective/
Disallow: /global-consumer-survey/tool/
#
# Pagination (04/22)
Disallow: /statistics/popular/p/
Disallow: /statistik/top/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/populaires/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/populares/p/
# Update 03/25
Disallow: /statistics/recommendations/?p=
Disallow: /estadisticas/recomendaciones/?p=
Disallow: /statistiques/recommandees/?p=
Disallow: /statistik/empfehlungen/?p=
Disallow: /statistics/forecast/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/prevision/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/prevision/p/
Disallow: /statistik/prognose/p/
Disallow: /statistics/updated/?p=
Disallow: /estadisticas/actualizadas/?p=
Disallow: /statistiques/mis-a-jour/?p=
Disallow: /statistik/aktualisiert/?p=
Disallow: /statistics/new/p/
Disallow: /estadisticas/nuevas/p/
Disallow: /statistiques/nouveau/p/
Disallow: /statistik/neu/p/
#
# Editors (08/23 opened for crawler)
#
# Study search (04/22)
Disallow: /studies-and-reports/*?q=
Disallow: /studies-and-reports/*&q=
Disallow: /studien-und-reports/*?q=
Disallow: /studien-und-reports/*&q=
#
# Personal information
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /profil/
Disallow: /perfil/
Disallow: /login/password/
Disallow: /login/passwort_vergessen/
Disallow: /acceso/contrasena/
Disallow: /login/resend-confirmation-link
Disallow: /login/bestaetigungslink-erneut-senden
Disallow: /login/reenviar-enlace-de-confirmacion
Disallow: /login/renvoyer-le-lien-de-confirmation
Disallow: /direct/purchase/
Disallow: /request/custom-solution/
#
# Internal search (04/22)
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /statistik/suche/
Disallow: /buscar/
Disallow: /recherche/
Disallow: /serp
#
# Research AI (07/24)
Disallow: /research-ai/
Allow: /research-ai/$
#
# Slowdown
Crawl-delay: 2
#
# Scraping protection
User-agent: sitecheck.internetseer.com
User-agent: Zealbot
User-agent: MSIECrawler
User-agent: SiteSnagger
User-agent: WebStripper
User-agent: WebCopier
User-agent: Fetch
User-agent: Offline Explorer
User-agent: Teleport
User-agent: TeleportPro
User-agent: WebZIP
User-agent: linko
User-agent: HTTrack
User-agent: Microsoft.URL.Control
User-agent: Xenu
User-agent: larbin
User-agent: libwww
User-agent: ZyBORG
User-agent: Download Ninja
User-agent: Brightbot 1.0
Disallow: /
#
# Disallow selected LLMs and other bots/crawlers (update 05/26)
#
# Amazon https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot
User-agent: Amazonbot
#
# Anthropic https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-data-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: ClaudeBot
#
# OpenAI https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots
User-agent: Operator
User-agent: GPTBot
#
# Cohere https://knownagents.com/operators/cohere
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: cohere-ai
#
# Facebook/Meta https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers/
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: FacebookBot
#
# Google https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
#
# Perplexity https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/perplexity-crawlers#perplexity-crawlers
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
#
# Other
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Aranet-SearchBot
User-agent: archive.org_bot
User-agent: Arquivo-web-crawler
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Cincraw
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
User-agent: ia_archiver
User-agent: ia_archiver-web.archive.org
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: img2dataset
User-agent: Kangaroo LLM
User-agent: LinerBot
User-agent: Magpie-crawler
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: omgilibot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: Peer39_crawler
User-agent: TerraCotta
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /
Allow: /$
Allow: /statistik/info$
Allow: /kontakt/
Allow: /contact/
Allow: /contacto/
Allow: /accounts/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /getting-started/
Allow: /infografik/
Allow: /chartoftheday/
Allow: /chart/
Allow: /graphique-du-jour/
Allow: /infographie/
Allow: /grafico-del-dia/
Allow: /grafico/
#
Allow: /karriere/
Allow: /working-at-statista/
Allow: /business/
Allow: /impressum/
Allow: /imprint/
Allow: /lexikonListe/
Allow: /lexikon/
Allow: /statistics-glossary/
Allow: /presse/
Allow: /press/
Allow: /prensa/
Allow: /research-ai/$
Allow: /webinar$
Allow: /webinar/
Allow: /site/
#
# Sitemaps all languages
Sitemap: https://www.statista.com/sitemap/
Sitemap: https://de.statista.com/sitemap/

robots.txt versions

FromThroughStateVersion
2026-10-262026-10-28ok 20057bfb95a1d30

Timeline of changes

DateWhat 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.

CrawlHostStateGPTBotOAI-SearchBotChatGPT-UserClaudeBotClaude-SearchBotClaude-UserPerplexityBot
2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39www.statista.comok viewblockspartialunknownblockspartialunknownblocks
2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38www.statista.comok viewblocksblocksunknownblockspartialunknownblocks
2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40www.statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial
2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36www.statista.comok viewpartialpartialunknownpartialpartialunknownpartial

Evidence

Every daily observation of statista.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/statista.com