{"slug": "gptbot-is-the-most-blocked-crawler-among-websites-that-get-organic-traffic", "title": "GPTBot is the most blocked crawler among websites that get organic traffic", "summary": "GPTBot, OpenAI's web crawler, is the most blocked bot among websites with organic traffic, according to data from Site Stats Database tracking 880,858 sites. Over 45,000 websites block GPTBot, surpassing other AI trainers like ClaudeBot and SEO bots such as AhrefsBot and Bingbot.", "body_md": "Loading…\n\nWebsites that disallow specific crawlers in robots.txt, from AI trainers like GPTBot and ClaudeBot to SEO and search bots like AhrefsBot and Bingbot. Based on the 880,858 websites tracked by Site Stats Database.\n\n883 blocked crawlers & bots are used by 100 or more of the 125,901 sites we track in this dimension. Pick one to see the top websites, ranked by traffic.\n\n| # | Name | Websites |\n|---|---|---|\n| 1 |\n|\n\n| 4 |\n\n|\n\n| 45,564 |\n\n| 5 |\n|\n\n| 6 |\n|\n\n| 7 |\n|\n\n| 8 |\n|\n\n| 9 |\n|\n\n| 10 |\n|\n\n| 11 |\n|\n\n| 12 |\n|\n\n| 13 |\n|\n\n| 14 |\n|\n\n| 15 |\n|\n\n| 16 |\n|\n\n| 17 |\n|\n\n| 18 |\n|\n\n| 19 |\n|\n\n| 20 |\n|\n\n| 21 |\n|\n\n| 22 |\n|\n\n| 23 |\n|\n\n| 24 |\n|\n\n| 25 |\n|\n\n| 26 |\n|\n\n| 27 |\n|\n\n| 28 |\n|\n\n| 29 |\n|\n\n| 30 |\n|\n\n| 31 |\n|\n\n| 32 |\n|\n\n| 33 |\n|\n\n| 34 |\n|\n\n| 35 |\n|\n\n| 36 |\n|\n\n| 37 |\n|\n\n| 38 |\n|\n\n| 39 |\n|\n\n| 40 |\n|\n\n| 41 |\n|\n\n| 42 |\n|\n\n| 43 |\n|\n\n| 44 |\n|\n\n| 45 |\n|\n\n| 46 |\n|\n\n| 47 |\n|\n\n| 48 |\n|\n\n| 49 |\n|\n\n| 50 |\n|", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gptbot-is-the-most-blocked-crawler-among-websites-that-get-organic-traffic", "canonical_source": "https://sitestatsdb.com/explore/blocked-bots", "published_at": "2026-07-07 05:10:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 05:29:42.896966+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["GPTBot", "OpenAI", "ClaudeBot", "AhrefsBot", "Bingbot", "Site Stats Database"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gptbot-is-the-most-blocked-crawler-among-websites-that-get-organic-traffic", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gptbot-is-the-most-blocked-crawler-among-websites-that-get-organic-traffic.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gptbot-is-the-most-blocked-crawler-among-websites-that-get-organic-traffic.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gptbot-is-the-most-blocked-crawler-among-websites-that-get-organic-traffic.jsonld"}}