CrawlerPulse
Last updated 10 Oct 2026
CrawlerPulse / Africa / South Africa

South Africa

331 news outlets in the directory, 204 measured on 10 Oct 2026.

22.1%

of 204 measured outlets block at least one AI crawler.

Each square ≈ 2 outlets

By crawler

Share of 204 outlets blocking each crawler.

Common Crawl
20.1%
OpenAI
19.1%
ByteDance
19.1%
Anthropic
18.6%
Apple
17.6%
Amazon
17.2%
Google-Extended
16.7%
Meta
14.2%
Perplexity
5.9%
Google Search
1.5%

Largest outlets

One cell per crawler. Count excludes Google Search.

View all 331 outlets
Google SearchGoogle-ExtendedOpenAIAnthropicPerplexityMetaCommon CrawlByteDanceAppleAmazonof 9
News24
news24.com · South Africa
9
IOL
iol.co.za · South Africa
4
The Citizen
citizen.co.za · South Africa
0
timeslive.co.za
timeslive.co.za · South Africa
9
Mail & Guardian
mg.co.za · South Africa
0
Daily Maverick
dailymaverick.co.za · South Africa
0
thesouthafrican.com
thesouthafrican.com · South Africa
0
EWN
ewn.co.za · South Africa
6
ENCA
enca.com · South Africa
0
iafrica.com
iafrica.com · South Africa
0
soccerladuma.co.za
soccerladuma.co.za · South Africa
6
maroelamedia.co.za
maroelamedia.co.za · South Africa
4
kickoff.com
kickoff.com · South Africa
6
BusinessLive
businesslive.co.za · South Africa
9
itweb.co.za
itweb.co.za · South Africa
0
cnbcafrica.com
cnbcafrica.com · South Africa
0
capetownetc.com
capetownetc.com · South Africa
0
sanews.gov.za
sanews.gov.za · South Africa
0
Sunday World
sundayworld.co.za · South Africa
1
defenceweb.co.za
defenceweb.co.za · South Africa
8
SNL24
snl24.com · South Africa
8
power987.co.za
power987.co.za · South Africa
0
polity.org.za
polity.org.za · South Africa
0
groundup.org.za
groundup.org.za · South Africa
0
sabc.co.za
sabc.co.za · South Africa
0
Sowetan Live
sowetanlive.co.za · South Africa
9
biznews.com
biznews.com · South Africa
0
itnewsafrica.com
itnewsafrica.com · South Africa
0
dailyvoice.co.za
dailyvoice.co.za · South Africa
7
bdlive.co.za
bdlive.co.za · South Africa
0
Google SearchGoogle-ExtendedOpenAIAnthropicPerplexityMetaCommon CrawlByteDanceAppleAmazonof 9
politicsweb.co.za
politicsweb.co.za · South Africa
0
son.co.za
son.co.za · South Africa
9
radio12345.com
radio12345.com · South Africa
0
George Herald
georgeherald.com · South Africa
0
thisisafrica.me
thisisafrica.me · South Africa
0
capetalk.co.za
capetalk.co.za · South Africa
0
capetownmagazine.com
capetownmagazine.com · South Africa
0
702.co.za
702.co.za · South Africa
0
africannewsagency.com
africannewsagency.com · South Africa
0
businessreport.co.za
businessreport.co.za · South Africa
7
southafricatoday.net
southafricatoday.net · South Africa
0
cbn.co.za
cbn.co.za · South Africa
0
vocfm.co.za
vocfm.co.za · South Africa
0
gq.co.za
gq.co.za · South Africa
7
Landbou Weekblad
landbou.com · South Africa
9
vukuzenzele.gov.za
vukuzenzele.gov.za · South Africa
0
stuff.co.za
stuff.co.za · South Africa
2
mambaonline.com
mambaonline.com · South Africa
0
techinafrica.com
techinafrica.com · South Africa
0
slikouronlife.co.za
slikouronlife.co.za · South Africa
0
glamour.co.za
glamour.co.za · South Africa
0
Herald Live
heraldlive.co.za · South Africa
0
health-e.org.za
health-e.org.za · South Africa
0
bhekisisa.org
bhekisisa.org · South Africa
0
newcastillian.com
newcastillian.com · South Africa
5
isolezwe.co.za
isolezwe.co.za · South Africa
7
derebus.org.za
derebus.org.za · South Africa
0
Dispatch Live
dispatchlive.co.za · South Africa
0
CHANNELAFRICA
channelafrica.co.za · South Africa
0
bloemfonteincourant.co.za
bloemfonteincourant.co.za · South Africa
8
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Changes since the previous run

0
Started blocking
Google-Extended
2
Stopped blocking
Google-Extended
2026-10-08Dispatch Livedispatchlive.co.za
2026-10-08Herald Liveheraldlive.co.za