FacebookBot
Meta · Meta AI crawler (legacy)
58 of 1195 monitored sites (4.9%) block FacebookBot by name.
FacebookBot blocking over time share of monitored sites · weekly snapshot
Sites blocking
FacebookBot
2026-06-23
2026-08-04
19 earlier weeks omitted (archive building) · 7 weekly snapshots with reliable coverage
Recent FacebookBot events
- 2026-07-31 — Morgan Stanley: Added rules for AI crawler FacebookBot (Meta) diff
- 2026-07-18 — Ford Motor: Removed rules for AI crawler FacebookBot (Meta) diff
- 2026-07-16 — Ford Motor: Added rules for AI crawler FacebookBot (Meta) diff
- 2026-07-08 — Huntington Ingalls Industries: Added rules for AI crawler FacebookBot (Meta) diff
- 2026-07-01 — Volvo Cars: Added Disallow: /*/build/* for FacebookBot; Added Disallow: /*/order-request/* for FacebookBot; Removed Disallow: /*/build/*?* for FacebookBot … and 1 more change(s) diff
- 2026-06-29 — Kimberly-Clark: Added rules for AI crawler FacebookBot (Meta) diff
- 2026-06-17 — W.W. Grainger: Blocked FacebookBot (Meta) entirely diff
- 2026-06-17 — Evonik: Added rules for AI crawler FacebookBot (Meta) diff
- 2026-06-17 — Nikkei: Blocked FacebookBot (Meta) entirely diff
Sites blocking FacebookBot
| Site | Sector | Badge |
|---|---|---|
| ABC News | Broadcast News |  |
| Ars Technica | Technology |  |
| Axios | News |  |
| Bandcamp | Music |  |
| Behance | Graphics Multimedia and Web Design |  |
| BuzzFeed | Digital Media |  |
| Canva | Web |  |
| ChatGPT | LLM |  |
| CNN | Broadcast News |  |
| Daily Mail | News |  |
| De Telegraaf | News |  |
| Der Spiegel | News |  |
| Die Zeit | News |  |
| ESPN | Web |  |
| Figma Community | Graphics Multimedia and Web Design |  |
| Financial Times | News & Financial |  |
| Forbes | Business |  |
| Genius | Music |  |
| HuffPost | Digital Media |  |
| IGN | Web |  |
| Insight Enterprises | Technology |  |
| Le Monde | News |  |
| Letterboxd | Arts and Entertainment |  |
| Lufthansa Group | Airlines |  |
| Medium | Publishing |  |
| Midjourney | LLM |  |
| Msn | Web |  |
| NBC News | Broadcast News |  |
| Newsweek | Magazine |  |
| Nikkei | News & Financial |  |
| Nintendo | Video Games |  |
| Northrop Grumman | Aerospace & Defense |  |
| NPR | Public Radio |  |
| Pixiv | Art |  |
| Politico | News |  |
| Realtor | Web |  |
| Sky News | Broadcast News |  |
| Slate | Digital Media |  |
| Snapchat | Messaging |  |
| TechCrunch | Technology |  |
| The Asahi Shimbun | News |  |
| The Guardian | News |  |
| The Hill | Politics |  |
| The New York Times | News |  |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | News |  |
| The Telegraph | News |  |
| The Verge | Technology |  |
| The Washington Post | News |  |
| Toronto Star | News |  |
| Tumblr | Social Network |  |
| Uol | Web |  |
| USA Today | News |  |
| Vimeo | Video |  |
| Vox | News |  |
| W.W. Grainger | Wholesale |  |
| Weather | Weather |  |
| wikiHow | Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |  |
| Yahoo Search | Search engine |  |