Applebot
Apple · Siri & Spotlight Search index
10 of 1201 monitored sites (0.8%) block Applebot by name, 2 restrict it.
Applebot blocking over time share of monitored sites · weekly snapshot
Sites blocking
Applebot
2026-06-20
2026-09-19
12 earlier weeks omitted (archive building) · 14 weekly snapshots with reliable coverage
Recent Applebot events
- 2026-09-18 — Commonwealth Bank: Added Allow: /digital/home-loans/borrowing-power-calculator for Applebot-Extended; Added Allow: /etc/designs/commbank/favicon.ico for Applebot-Extended diff
- 2026-09-17 — The Atlantic: Unblocked user-agent ‘Applebot’; Added Allow: / for Applebot diff
- 2026-09-17 — Best Buy: Removed Disallow: *?cp=*&id=*&st=* for Applebot; Removed Disallow: *?id*_facet*&st=* for Applebot; Removed Disallow: *?id*_facet*_facet*&st=* for Applebot diff
- 2026-09-16 — Weather: Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — Sony Music: Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — Expeditors International: Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — Tenet Healthcare: Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — Guyana (Office of the President): Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — Costa Rica (Presidencia): Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — EPFL: Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — AI21 Labs: Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — Iceland (Government.is): Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-15 — Reuters: Removed Disallow: /jp/ for Applebot diff
- 2026-09-15 — xAI: Removed rules for AI crawler Applebot-Extended (Apple) diff
- 2026-09-11 — Zscaler: Added Disallow: /8199ac63-be6c-4cba-9bd9-45500a02d64f.txt for Applebot-Extended; Removed Disallow: /indexNowKey.txt for Applebot-Extended diff
- 2026-09-11 — Canva: Added Allow: /*/ai-connector/ for Applebot-Extended; Added Allow: /ai-connector/ for Applebot-Extended; Added Allow: /developers/ for Applebot-Extended diff
- 2026-09-10 — Corriere della Sera: Added Allow: /nativeadv/ for AppleBot diff
- 2026-09-09 — Commonwealth Bank: Removed Disallow: /personal/eform/ for Applebot-Extended diff
- 2026-09-08 — Tripadvisor: Removed Disallow: /OwnerEmailManage for applebot; Removed Disallow: /developerslegacy for applebot diff
- 2026-09-07 — DBLP: Blocked user-agent ‘Applebot’ entirely; Blocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) entirely diff
- 2026-09-04 — Canva: Added Allow: /*/design-school/ for Applebot-Extended; Added Allow: /design-school/ for Applebot-Extended diff
- 2026-09-03 — Best Buy: Removed Disallow: */site/searchpage.jsp?st=* for Applebot diff
- 2026-08-31 — Roblox: Unblocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) - rules removed diff
- 2026-08-28 — Reuters: Blocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) entirely diff
- 2026-08-27 — Tripadvisor: Removed Disallow: /AIAssistant for applebot; Removed Disallow: /ProxyToolsAccountSettingsTool for applebot diff
- 2026-08-26 — Toyota: Removed Disallow: /espanol/vehicles/ for Applebot; Removed Disallow: /vehicles/ for Applebot diff
- 2026-08-26 — IGN: Added Allow: /sponsored/ for Applebot; Added Allow: /sponsored/ for Applebot-extended diff
- 2026-08-25 — Qwant: Added Disallow: /?*bottomMenu=* for Applebot-Extended; Added Disallow: /?*drawer=* for Applebot-Extended; Added Disallow: /?*home=* for Applebot-Extended … and 1 more change(s) diff
- 2026-08-25 — Europe PMC: Blocked Applebot-Extended (Apple) entirely diff
- 2026-08-24 — Best Buy: Added rules for user-agent ‘Applebot’ diff
Sites blocking Applebot
| Site | Sector | Badge |
|---|---|---|
| bioRxiv | Preprint server |  |
| Burlington Stores | Retailing |  |
| Corriere della Sera | News |  |
| DBLP | CS bibliography |  |
| IGN | Web |  |
| Ireland (Gov.ie) | Europe |  |
| Msn | Web |  |
| Politico | News |  |
| Uol | Web |  |
| USA Today | News |  |