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.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.statista.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha25657bfb95a1d305aca…· view as recorded - The * group
- partial 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 | partial | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | partial | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| Claude-SearchBot | partial | through the * group |
| Claude-User | partial | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| Perplexity-User | blocks | named in its own group |
| Googlebot | partial | through the * 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 |
| Aranet-SearchBot | 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 |
| Diffbot | blocks | named in its own group |
| DuckAssistBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| FacebookBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| FriendlyCrawler | blocks | named in its own group |
| Google-CloudVertexBot | 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 |
| ImagesiftBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| LinerBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| meta-externalfetcher | blocks | named in its own group |
| omgili | blocks | named in its own group |
| omgilibot | blocks | named in its own group |
| Operator | blocks | named in its own group |
| PanguBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| TerraCotta | 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 d05a36d6cfda2541…
# 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: * 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 (08/22 Update) Disallow: /companies/c/ Allow: /companies/o/ Disallow: /unternehmen/c/ Allow: /unternehmen/o/ Disallow: /compagnie/ Disallow: /empresa/ Disallow: /companydb/suche Disallow: /companydb/search Disallow: /unternehmen/suche Disallow: /companies/search Disallow: /companydb/buscar Disallow: /companydb/recherche Disallow: /perspectiva/ Disallow: /perspective/ # Pagination (04/22) Disallow: /statistics/popular/p/ Disallow: /statistik/top/p/ Disallow: /statistiques/populaires/p/ Disallow: /estadisticas/populares/p/ Disallow: /statistik/aktuell/p/ Disallow: /statistics/recent/p/ Disallow: /statistiques/recentes/p/ Disallow: /estadisticas/recientes/p/ # Editors (04/22) Disallow: /aboutus/our-research-commitment/ Disallow: /acercadenosotros/nuestro-compromiso-con-la-calidad/ # 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: /profil/ 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/ # Sitemaps all languages Sitemap: https://www.statista.com/sitemap/ Sitemap: https://de.statista.com/sitemap/ Sitemap: https://es.statista.com/sitemap/ Sitemap: https://fr.statista.com/sitemap/ #Ahrefs Slowdown User-Agent: AhrefsBot 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 Disallow: /
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | 57bfb95a1d30 |
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.statista.com | ok view | blocks | partial | unknown | blocks | partial | unknown | blocks |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.statista.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | partial | unknown | blocks |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | www.statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | www.statista.com | ok view | partial | partial | unknown | partial | partial | unknown | partial |
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