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Which news outlets block AI crawlers, measured from their robots.txt.

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By country

Share of outlets blocking Google-Extended. Countries with fewer than five outlets measured are left blank.

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Largest outlets

One cell per crawler. Count excludes Google Search.

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Changes since the previous run

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Over time

Outlets blocking OpenAI, one point per run. The series starts in September 2026.

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