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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does behance.net block AI crawlers?

Yes. behance.net’s robots.txt blocks 7 of the 19 AI crawlers we track, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended and 4 more. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.

GPTBotBlocked OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotBlocked PerplexityBotAllowed Google-ExtendedBlocked CCBotBlocked

robots.txt: www.behance.net/robots.txt · 51 lines
llms.txt: none
Checked: 9 November 2026, as canaicrawl. We check again every week.

Every bot, and the line that decides

Search engines

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`Googlebot`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Applebot`	Apple	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`PetalBot`	Huawei	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YandexBot`	Yandex	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Baiduspider`	Baidu	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI search

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YouBot`	You.com	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Blocked	line 24 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: GPTBot`
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Blocked	line 24 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: ClaudeBot`
`Google-Extended`	Google	Blocked	line 24 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: Google-Extended`
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Blocked	line 24 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: CCbot`
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Blocked	line 24 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: Applebot-Extended`
`GoogleOther`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Blocked	line 24 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent`
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Blocked	line 24 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: Bytespider`

User-triggered fetchers

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalFetcher`	Meta	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

SEO tools

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`AhrefsBot`	Ahrefs	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`SemrushBot`	Semrush	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`MJ12bot`	Majestic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DotBot`	Moz	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

View www.behance.net/robots.txt · 51 lines

1Sitemap: https://www.behance.net/sitemap

3# Disallow AI bots

4User-agent: AI2Bot

5User-agent: anthropic-ai

6User-agent: Applebot-Extended

7User-agent: Bytespider

8User-agent: CCbot

9User-agent: Claude-Web

10User-agent: ClaudeBot

11User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler

12User-agent: Diffbot

13User-agent: FacebookBot

14User-agent: Google-Extended

15User-agent: GPTBot

16User-agent: ImagesiftBot

17User-agent: Kangaroo Bot

18User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent

19User-agent: Omgili

20User-agent: Omgilibot

21User-agent: PanguBot

22User-agent: Timpibot

23User-agent: Webzio-Extended

24Disallow: /

26User-agent: *

27Disallow: /v2/

28Disallow: /v3/

29Disallow: /log$

30Disallow: /search/*?*assetsCategory=*

31Disallow: /search/*?*assetsPriceTier=*

32Disallow: /search/*?*assetsExtensionTypes=*

33Disallow: /search/*?*color_hex=*

34Disallow: /search/*?*country=*

35Disallow: /search/*?*exif_aperture=*

36Disallow: /search/*?*exif_focal_length=*

37Disallow: /search/*?*exif_lens_brand=*

38Disallow: /search/*?*exif_make=*

39Disallow: /search/*?*exif_shutter_speed=*

40Disallow: /search/*?*exif_zoom=*

41Disallow: /search/*?*field=*

42Disallow: /search/*?*gif=*

43Disallow: /search/*?*premium=*

44Disallow: /search/*?*sort=*

45Disallow: /search/*?*schools=*

46Disallow: /search/*?*tools=*

47Disallow: /search/*?*time=*

48Disallow: /search/*?*userAvailability=*

49Disallow: /hire/browse

50Disallow: /*/undefined

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what behance.net asks of crawlers. A firewall or CDN can still refuse a bot that robots.txt allows. The live check requests the page as each bot and shows the status it gets.

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History

19 October 2026: first checked.

Questions

Does behance.net block GPTBot?

Yes. behance.net’s robots.txt disallows GPTBot from the whole site (line 24: Disallow: /). GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does behance.net block ClaudeBot?

Yes. behance.net’s robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot from the whole site (line 24: Disallow: /). ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does behance.net block Google-Extended?

Yes. behance.net’s robots.txt disallows Google-Extended from the whole site (line 24: Disallow: /). Google-Extended is the token that controls whether Google may use pages for Gemini training and grounding; it doesn’t affect Google Search. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does behance.net block PerplexityBot?

No. behance.net’s robots.txt lets PerplexityBot crawl the site. PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find behance.net?

Yes. behance.net’s robots.txt lets OAI-SearchBot crawl the site. OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search; blocking it keeps the site out of ChatGPT’s search answers. Checked 9 November 2026.