PerplexityBot
Perplexity · Answer-engine indexing
62 of 1201 monitored sites (5.2%) block PerplexityBot by name.
PerplexityBot blocking over time share of monitored sites · weekly snapshot
Sites blocking
PerplexityBot
2026-06-20
2026-09-19
12 earlier weeks omitted (archive building) · 14 weekly snapshots with reliable coverage
Recent PerplexityBot events
- 2026-09-18 — Commonwealth Bank: Added Allow: /digital/home-loans/borrowing-power-calculator for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /etc/designs/commbank/favicon.ico for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-17 — GoDaddy: Added Allow: */domain-auctions/ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: */domainsearch/ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /v1/search/ for PerplexityBot … and 2 more change(s) diff
- 2026-09-17 — The Atlantic: Added Allow: /sponsored/ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-17 — Best Buy: Removed Disallow: *?cp=*&id=*&st=* for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-16 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /blog/try-these-5-weave-tools-and-share-your-own/$ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /webinars/intro-to-weave-workflow/$ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-16 — GoDaddy: Added rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-16 — Weather: Unblocked PerplexityBot (Perplexity) - rules removed diff
- 2026-09-16 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /blog/source-material-zach-lieberman/$ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-15 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /es-la/blog/source-material-thom-bettridge/$ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-15 — xAI: Removed rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-12 — GitHub: Added rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-11 — Zscaler: Added Disallow: /8199ac63-be6c-4cba-9bd9-45500a02d64f.txt for PerplexityBot; Removed Disallow: /indexNowKey.txt for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-11 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /blog/japan-local-data-hosting/$ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /blog/source-material-marisa-chentakul/$ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /blog/source-material-thom-bettridge/$ for PerplexityBot … and 4 more change(s) diff
- 2026-09-11 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /webinars/code-connect-to-the-test-coinbase/$ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-10 — Corriere della Sera: Added rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-10 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /de-de/blog/source-material-i-d-magazine-editor-in-chief-thom-bettridge/$ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /es-es/blog/source-material-i-d-magazine-editor-in-chief-thom-bettridge/$ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /fr-fr/blog/source-material-i-d-magazine-editor-in-chief-thom-bettridge/$ for PerplexityBot … and 3 more change(s) diff
- 2026-09-09 — Commonwealth Bank: Removed Disallow: /personal/eform/ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-09 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /blog/source-material-creative-technologist-marisa-chentakul-meshtimes/$ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-08 — Tripadvisor: Removed Disallow: /OwnerEmailManage for PerplexityBot; Removed Disallow: /developerslegacy for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-08 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /id-id/resource-library/alat-desain-ai/$ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /it-it/resource-library/strumenti-design-ai/$ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /ko-kr/resource-library/ai-design-tools/$ for PerplexityBot … and 3 more change(s) diff
- 2026-09-08 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /pl-pl/rozwiazania/generator-systemow-projektowania-ai/$ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-08 — LG Corp: Removed rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-07 — Intel: Added rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-07 — Europe PMC: Removed rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-07 — Europe PMC: Added rules for AI crawler PerplexityBot (Perplexity) diff
- 2026-09-05 — USA Today: Added Allow: /branded-story/ for PerplexityBot; Removed Allow: /story/sponsor-story/address-usa/2026/08/21/should-sellers-accept-the-first-offer-what-to-consider-beyond-price/91390104007/ for PerplexityBot; Removed Allow: /story/sponsor-story/real-estate-ausa/2026/08/21/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026/91389661007/ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-05 — USA Today: Added Allow: /story/sponsor-story/address-usa/2026/08/21/should-sellers-accept-the-first-offer-what-to-consider-beyond-price/91390104007/ for PerplexityBot; Added Allow: /story/sponsor-story/real-estate-ausa/2026/08/21/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026/91389661007/ for PerplexityBot; Removed Allow: /branded-story/ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-04 — USA Today: Added Allow: /branded-story/ for PerplexityBot; Removed Allow: /story/sponsor-story/address-usa/2026/08/21/should-sellers-accept-the-first-offer-what-to-consider-beyond-price/91390104007/ for PerplexityBot; Removed Allow: /story/sponsor-story/real-estate-ausa/2026/08/21/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026/91389661007/ for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-03 — Best Buy: Removed Disallow: */site/searchpage.jsp?st=* for PerplexityBot diff
- 2026-09-03 — Figma Community: Added Allow: /es-la/blog/start-anywhere/$ for PerplexityBot diff
Sites blocking PerplexityBot
| Site | Sector | Badge |
|---|---|---|
| Al Jazeera | Broadcast News | |
| Amazon | Retailing | |
| Arrow Electronics | Technology | |
| Ars Technica | Technology | |
| BBC | Broadcast News | |
| Bild | News | |
| bioRxiv | Preprint server | |
| Bloomberg | News & Financial | |
| Burlington Stores | Retailing | |
| BuzzFeed | Digital Media | |
| ChatGPT | LLM | |
| CNN | Broadcast News | |
| Daily Mail | News | |
| DBLP | CS bibliography | |
| De Telegraaf | News | |
| Die Zeit | News | |
| eBay | Technology | |
| El País | News | |
| Figma Community | Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | |
| Financial Times | News & Financial | |
| Forbes | Business | |
| Grok | LLM | |
| HuffPost | Digital Media | |
| IGN | Web | |
| Social Network | ||
| Professional Network | ||
| Lufthansa Group | Airlines | |
| Mercado Libre | E-commerce | |
| Msn | Web | |
| NBC News | Broadcast News | |
| Newsweek | Magazine | |
| Nikkei | News & Financial | |
| NPR | Public Radio | |
| Politico | News | |
| Quora | Q&A | |
| Sky News | Broadcast News | |
| The Asahi Shimbun | News | |
| The Associated Press | Newswire | |
| The Atlantic | Magazine | |
| The Economist | Magazine | |
| The Globe and Mail | News | |
| The Guardian | News | |
| The Hill | Politics | |
| The Intercept | Investigative | |
| The New York Times | News | |
| The New Yorker | Magazine | |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | News | |
| The Telegraph | News | |
| The Verge | Technology | |
| The Washington Post | News | |
| Threads | Social Network | |
| TikTok | Video | |
| Toronto Star | News | |
| Toyota | Motor Vehicles | |
| Uol | Web | |
| USA Today | News | |
| Vox | News | |
| Messaging | ||
| wikiHow | Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | |
| Wired | Technology | |
| Yahoo Search | Search engine | |
| Yelp | Web |