You.com . tier 2
YouBot
Builds the You.com answer index.
327 of the 3,633 sites we measured deny YouBot access to their root, which is 9.0% of the index.
How to allow or block it
A group naming the token wins outright over the wildcard group. It does not inherit from it, so rules set under User-agent: * do not carry over.
# Allow YouBot everywhere
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow:
# Block YouBot entirely
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /Sites blocking YouBot
Most-visited first. Showing up to 100 of 327.
| Rank | Domain | Score | Answer-surface crawlers | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | facebook.com | Score 38 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 11 | instagram.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 12 | mail.ru | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 16 | twitter.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 18 | linkedin.com | Score 18 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 25 | amazon.comrefused GPTBot | Score 8 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 40 | netflix.com | Score 65 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 52 | x.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 53 | pinterest.com | Score 20 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 60 | yahoo.comrefused GPTBot | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js |
| 72 | chatgpt.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 74 | myfritz.net | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 86 | baidu.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 102 | reddit.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 119 | snapchat.com | Score 35 out of 100, grade F | 5 blocked | Next.js . Google Cloud / GFE |
| 120 | amazonvideo.com | Score 42 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 154 | nytimes.comrefused GPTBot | Score 38 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | WordPress . Fastly |
| 155 | tumblr.com | Score 47 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | WordPress |
| 161 | netflix.net | Score 65 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 176 | flickr.com | Score 47 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 188 | cnn.com | Score 32 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Fastly |
| 189 | theguardian.com | Score 44 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 207 | bbc.com | Score 38 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 227 | bbc.co.uk | Score 41 out of 100, grade D | 9 blocked | Fastly |
| 252 | imdb.com | Score 8 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 258 | linktr.ee | Score 84 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | 1 blocked | unidentified |
| 263 | meraki.com | Score 8 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 264 | launchpad.netrefused GPTBot | Score 19 out of 100, grade F | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 277 | reuters.com | Score 29 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 9 blocked | unidentified |
| 286 | nature.com | Score 34 out of 100, grade F | 7 blocked | Fastly |
| 292 | weibo.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 317 | amazon.co.uk | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 344 | naver.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 347 | trustpilot.com | Score 65 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 348 | wsj.com | Score 35 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 8 blocked | unidentified |
| 359 | bloomberg.comrefused GPTBot | Score 30 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | Fastly |
| 368 | vkontakte.ru | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 382 | amazon.de | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 430 | nflxvideo.net | Score 65 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 455 | sohu.com | Score 8 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 464 | gcdn.co | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 471 | edgecdn.ru | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 474 | aol.comrefused GPTBot | Score 40 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Next.js |
| 476 | quora.com | Score 14 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 10 blocked | unidentified |
| 481 | gosuslugi.ru | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 501 | amazon.co.jprefused GPTBot | Score 8 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 531 | usatoday.com | Score 27 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 554 | tripadvisor.comrefused GPTBot | Score 69 out of 100, grade C, partial assessment | 4 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 557 | uol.com.br | Score 52 out of 100, grade D | 8 blocked | Akamai |
| 568 | imgsmail.ru | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 601 | threads.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 602 | dailymail.co.ukrefused GPTBot | Score 30 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 612 | amazon.fr | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 630 | sharethrough.com | Score 17 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 641 | yelp.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 642 | amazon.ca | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 657 | cnet.com | Score 45 out of 100, grade D | 10 blocked | WordPress |
| 666 | amazon.in | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 673 | fb.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 679 | lemonde.fr | Score 53 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Fastly |
| 681 | pinimg.com | Score 20 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 683 | hihonorcloud.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 684 | quantserve.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 693 | dailymail.comrefused GPTBot | Score 30 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Akamai |
| 707 | amazon.co.za | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 710 | creativecdn.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 711 | zillow.comrefused GPTBot | Score 85 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | 2 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 728 | amazon.it | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 734 | amazon.es | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 749 | primevideo.com | Score 42 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 766 | adform.net | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 767 | bild.de | Score 63 out of 100, grade C | 3 blocked | unidentified |
| 777 | blackhub.team | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 791 | amazon.com.au | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 795 | people.com | Score 41 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 798 | welt.de | Score 55 out of 100, grade D | 3 blocked | Varnish |
| 807 | theverge.com | Score 46 out of 100, grade D | 9 blocked | WordPress . Fastly |
| 810 | daum.net | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 816 | nbcnews.com | Score 34 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Next.js . Akamai |
| 824 | lefigaro.fr | Score 58 out of 100, grade D | 7 blocked | unidentified |
| 834 | amazon.com.brrefused GPTBot | Score 8 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Akamai |
| 856 | pornhub.com | Score 73 out of 100, grade C | all allowed | unidentified |
| 881 | hstgr.net | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 908 | investopedia.com | Score 41 out of 100, grade D, partial assessment | 8 blocked | Cloudflare |
| 938 | mailchi.mp | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 946 | repubblica.it | Score 69 out of 100, grade C | 4 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 957 | corriere.itrefused GPTBot | Score 56 out of 100, grade D | 5 blocked | Fastly |
| 978 | btloader.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 982 | stbid.ru | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1002 | theconversation.com | Score 29 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Next.js . Fastly |
| 1035 | amazon.com.mx | Score 18 out of 100, grade F | 10 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 1050 | ouest-france.fr | Score 84 out of 100, grade B, partial assessment | 1 blocked | unidentified |
| 1056 | flashscore.com | Score 60 out of 100, grade C | 1 blocked | Google Cloud / GFE |
| 1079 | bfmtv.com | Score 36 out of 100, grade F | 11 blocked | Amazon CloudFront |
| 1110 | netcraze.io | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1124 | gsmarena.com | Score 45 out of 100, grade D | 6 blocked | unidentified |
| 1125 | idnes.cz | Score 58 out of 100, grade D | 4 blocked | unidentified |
| 1147 | namu.wiki | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1170 | rocketmoney.dev | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
| 1178 | namecheaphosting.com | Score 7 out of 100, grade F, partial assessment | 11 blocked | unidentified |
Using these figures
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CrawlIndex by Fidget Labs BV. "Sites blocking YouBot." https://crawlindex.org (measured 2026-08-09). Licensed CC BY 4.0.