vimeo.com: what it tells AI crawlers

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

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://vimeo.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-27 · sha256 b076c41a641a33ac… · view as recorded

The * group

allows applies to every agent without its own group

Per AI bot, 2026-10-27

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robots.txt as recorded sha256 0791ddb6be0c159d…

# Notice: The use of robots, scrapers, or other automated means to access Vimeo 
# without the express written permission of Vimeo is strictly prohibited.
# See https://vimeo.com/terms#acceptable_use_policy
# Vimeo permits limited automated access to certain public-facing pages by approved services,
# including search engines and select AI assistants, in accordance with this robots.txt file.
# Access to user-generated content, including videos, user profiles, comments, and metadata, 
# is not permitted for scraping, harvesting, or use in training machine learning models.
# For more on Vimeo's position on AI and content usage, see https://vimeo.com/blog/post/vimeos-position-on-ai

User-agent: *
Disallow: */format:thumbnail
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /*/download?
Disallow: /couchmode/
Disallow: /groups/*/forum/*
Disallow: /musicstore/preview
Disallow: /musicstore/download
Disallow: /forgot_password
Disallow: /help/forgot_login
Disallow: /help/verify_email
Disallow: /help/zendesk_sso
Disallow: /help/sso
Disallow: /user/verify
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /_*
Disallow: /*mkc=*&
Disallow: /*&mkc=*
Disallow: /_global_notifications
Disallow: /*?*referrer_vuid=
Disallow: /*?*vimeo_search
Disallow: /stock/clip
Disallow: /stock/search
Allow: /_rv/viewer
Allow: /_next/viewer
Allow: /_rv/gtm
Allow: /_rv/jwt
Allow: /_next/jwt
Allow: /_rv/title
Allow: /_next/title
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: SeznamBot
Request-rate: 1/10s
Disallow: */format:thumbnail
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /*/download?
Disallow: /couchmode/
Disallow: /_global_notifications
Disallow: /musicstore/preview
Disallow: /musicstore/download
Disallow: /forgot_password
Disallow: /help/forgot_login
Disallow: /help/verify_email
Disallow: /help/zendesk_sso
Disallow: /help/sso
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /user/verify
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /search\?
Disallow: /_*

User-agent: msnbot
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: Bingbot
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: AdIdxBot
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: BingPreview
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: Yandex
Crawl-delay: 2

# Block Open AI - Allowing specific marketing/informational paths
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
Allow: /features/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /enterprise/
Allow: /integrations/
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /create/
Allow: /ott/
Allow: /customers/
Allow: /events/
Allow: /campaigns/
Allow: /upload/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /vimeo-academy/
Allow: /$
Allow: /es/features/
Allow: /es/solutions/
Allow: /es/enterprise/
Allow: /es/integrations/
Allow: /es/blog/
Allow: /es/create/
Allow: /es/ott/
Allow: /es/customers/
Allow: /es/events/
Allow: /es/campaigns/
Allow: /es/upload/
Allow: /es/about/
Allow: /es/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /es/$
Allow: /fr/features/
Allow: /fr/solutions/
Allow: /fr/enterprise/
Allow: /fr/integrations/
Allow: /fr/blog/
Allow: /fr/create/
Allow: /fr/ott/
Allow: /fr/customers/
Allow: /fr/events/
Allow: /fr/campaigns/
Allow: /fr/upload/
Allow: /fr/about/
Allow: /fr/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /fr/$
Allow: /de/features/
Allow: /de/solutions/
Allow: /de/enterprise/
Allow: /de/integrations/
Allow: /de/blog/
Allow: /de/create/
Allow: /de/ott/
Allow: /de/customers/
Allow: /de/events/
Allow: /de/campaigns/
Allow: /de/upload/
Allow: /de/about/
Allow: /de/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /de/$
Allow: /pt-br/features/
Allow: /pt-br/solutions/
Allow: /pt-br/enterprise/
Allow: /pt-br/integrations/
Allow: /pt-br/blog/
Allow: /pt-br/create/
Allow: /pt-br/ott/
Allow: /pt-br/customers/
Allow: /pt-br/events/
Allow: /pt-br/campaigns/
Allow: /pt-br/upload/
Allow: /pt-br/about/
Allow: /pt-br/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /pt-br/$
Allow: /ko/features/
Allow: /ko/solutions/
Allow: /ko/enterprise/
Allow: /ko/integrations/
Allow: /ko/blog/
Allow: /ko/create/
Allow: /ko/ott/
Allow: /ko/customers/
Allow: /ko/events/
Allow: /ko/campaigns/
Allow: /ko/upload/
Allow: /ko/about/
Allow: /ko/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /ko/$
Allow: /jp/features/
Allow: /jp/solutions/
Allow: /jp/enterprise/
Allow: /jp/integrations/
Allow: /jp/blog/
Allow: /jp/create/
Allow: /jp/ott/
Allow: /jp/customers/
Allow: /jp/events/
Allow: /jp/campaigns/
Allow: /jp/upload/
Allow: /jp/about/
Allow: /jp/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /jp/$

# Block Google (Gemini) - Allowing specific marketing/informational paths
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
Allow: /features/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /enterprise/
Allow: /integrations/
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /create/
Allow: /ott/
Allow: /customers/
Allow: /events/
Allow: /campaigns/
Allow: /upload/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /vimeo-academy/
Allow: /$
Allow: /es/features/
Allow: /es/solutions/
Allow: /es/enterprise/
Allow: /es/integrations/
Allow: /es/blog/
Allow: /es/create/
Allow: /es/ott/
Allow: /es/customers/
Allow: /es/events/
Allow: /es/campaigns/
Allow: /es/upload/
Allow: /es/about/
Allow: /es/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /es/$
Allow: /fr/features/
Allow: /fr/solutions/
Allow: /fr/enterprise/
Allow: /fr/integrations/
Allow: /fr/blog/
Allow: /fr/create/
Allow: /fr/ott/
Allow: /fr/customers/
Allow: /fr/events/
Allow: /fr/campaigns/
Allow: /fr/upload/
Allow: /fr/about/
Allow: /fr/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /fr/$
Allow: /de/features/
Allow: /de/solutions/
Allow: /de/enterprise/
Allow: /de/integrations/
Allow: /de/blog/
Allow: /de/create/
Allow: /de/ott/
Allow: /de/customers/
Allow: /de/events/
Allow: /de/campaigns/
Allow: /de/upload/
Allow: /de/about/
Allow: /de/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /de/$
Allow: /pt-br/features/
Allow: /pt-br/solutions/
Allow: /pt-br/enterprise/
Allow: /pt-br/integrations/
Allow: /pt-br/blog/
Allow: /pt-br/create/
Allow: /pt-br/ott/
Allow: /pt-br/customers/
Allow: /pt-br/events/
Allow: /pt-br/campaigns/
Allow: /pt-br/upload/
Allow: /pt-br/about/
Allow: /pt-br/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /pt-br/$
Allow: /ko/features/
Allow: /ko/solutions/
Allow: /ko/enterprise/
Allow: /ko/integrations/
Allow: /ko/blog/
Allow: /ko/create/
Allow: /ko/ott/
Allow: /ko/customers/
Allow: /ko/events/
Allow: /ko/campaigns/
Allow: /ko/upload/
Allow: /ko/about/
Allow: /ko/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /ko/$
Allow: /jp/features/
Allow: /jp/solutions/
Allow: /jp/enterprise/
Allow: /jp/integrations/
Allow: /jp/blog/
Allow: /jp/create/
Allow: /jp/ott/
Allow: /jp/customers/
Allow: /jp/events/
Allow: /jp/campaigns/
Allow: /jp/upload/
Allow: /jp/about/
Allow: /jp/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /jp/$

# Block Claude - Allowing specific marketing/informational paths
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: Claudebot
Disallow: /
Allow: /features/
Allow: /solutions/
Allow: /enterprise/
Allow: /integrations/
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /create/
Allow: /ott/
Allow: /customers/
Allow: /events/
Allow: /campaigns/
Allow: /upload/
Allow: /about/
Allow: /vimeo-academy/
Allow: /$
Allow: /es/features/
Allow: /es/solutions/
Allow: /es/enterprise/
Allow: /es/integrations/
Allow: /es/blog/
Allow: /es/create/
Allow: /es/ott/
Allow: /es/customers/
Allow: /es/events/
Allow: /es/campaigns/
Allow: /es/upload/
Allow: /es/about/
Allow: /es/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /es/$
Allow: /fr/features/
Allow: /fr/solutions/
Allow: /fr/enterprise/
Allow: /fr/integrations/
Allow: /fr/blog/
Allow: /fr/create/
Allow: /fr/ott/
Allow: /fr/customers/
Allow: /fr/events/
Allow: /fr/campaigns/
Allow: /fr/upload/
Allow: /fr/about/
Allow: /fr/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /fr/$
Allow: /de/features/
Allow: /de/solutions/
Allow: /de/enterprise/
Allow: /de/integrations/
Allow: /de/blog/
Allow: /de/create/
Allow: /de/ott/
Allow: /de/customers/
Allow: /de/events/
Allow: /de/campaigns/
Allow: /de/upload/
Allow: /de/about/
Allow: /de/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /de/$
Allow: /pt-br/features/
Allow: /pt-br/solutions/
Allow: /pt-br/enterprise/
Allow: /pt-br/integrations/
Allow: /pt-br/blog/
Allow: /pt-br/create/
Allow: /pt-br/ott/
Allow: /pt-br/customers/
Allow: /pt-br/events/
Allow: /pt-br/campaigns/
Allow: /pt-br/upload/
Allow: /pt-br/about/
Allow: /pt-br/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /pt-br/$
Allow: /ko/features/
Allow: /ko/solutions/
Allow: /ko/enterprise/
Allow: /ko/integrations/
Allow: /ko/blog/
Allow: /ko/create/
Allow: /ko/ott/
Allow: /ko/customers/
Allow: /ko/events/
Allow: /ko/campaigns/
Allow: /ko/upload/
Allow: /ko/about/
Allow: /ko/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /ko/$
Allow: /jp/features/
Allow: /jp/solutions/
Allow: /jp/enterprise/
Allow: /jp/integrations/
Allow: /jp/blog/
Allow: /jp/create/
Allow: /jp/ott/
Allow: /jp/customers/
Allow: /jp/events/
Allow: /jp/campaigns/
Allow: /jp/upload/
Allow: /jp/about/
Allow: /jp/vimeo-academy/
Allow: /jp/$

# Block CommonCrawl
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: CC-Crawler
User-agent: Common Crawl
User-agent: CommonCrawl
Disallow: /

# Block Diffbot
User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

# Block Meta (Facebook)
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

# Block ByteDance
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

# Block Webz.io
User-agent: Omgilibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Omgili
Disallow: /

# Block ImagesiftBot
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

# Block Meltwater
User-agent: Meltwater
Disallow: /

# Block Seekr
User-agent: Seekr
Disallow: /

# Block Grok
User-agent: Grok
Disallow: /

# Sitemap declaration
Sitemap: https://vimeo.com/marketing.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://vimeo.com/videos.xml.gz

robots.txt versions

Timeline of changes

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.

Evidence

Every daily observation of vimeo.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/vimeo.com