scientificamerican.com

scientificamerican.com · United States · measured 8 Oct 2026

Google Search

Allowed

Google-Extended

Blocked

OpenAI

Blocked

Anthropic

Blocked

Perplexity

Blocked

robots.txt

As read on 8 Oct 2026, 642 bytes. 1 rule group name AI crawlers; shown first.

User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: RepoLookupBot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: PerplexityAI
Allow: /travel/
Allow: /getsciam/
Disallow: /

User-agent: 008
Disallow: /

User-agent: *
Sitemap: https://www.scientificamerican.com/platform/syndication/sitemaps/
Crawl-Delay: 5
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /upgrade-offer/
Disallow: /platform/customercare/
Disallow: /preview/

History

Changes recorded since June 2026.

No change recorded.

In context

United States

63.2% block at least one AI crawler

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