Who blocks AI · #164 in the Majestic Million
robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026
Does canva.com block AI crawlers?
Yes. canva.com’s robots.txt blocks 6 of the 19 AI crawlers we track, including GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot and 3 more. Search engines such as Googlebot and Bingbot may crawl it.
GPTBotBlockedOAI-SearchBotAllowedClaudeBotBlockedPerplexityBotAllowedGoogle-ExtendedAllowedCCBotBlocked- robots.txt
- www.canva.com/robots.txt · 262 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 | 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 | line 138 · Allow: / under User-agent: PerplexityBot |
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 146 · Disallow: / under User-agent: GPTBot |
ClaudeBot | Anthropic | Blocked | line 146 · Disallow: / under User-agent: ClaudeBot |
Google-Extended | Allowed | no rule matches the home page | |
CCBot | Common Crawl | Blocked | line 146 · Disallow: / under User-agent: CCBot |
Applebot-Extended | Apple | Blocked | line 146 · Disallow: / under User-agent: Applebot-Extended |
GoogleOther | Allowed | no rule matches the home page | |
Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | Blocked | line 254 · Disallow: / under User-agent: meta-externalagent |
Bytespider | ByteDance | Blocked | line 254 · 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 | line 138 · Allow: / under User-agent: Perplexity-User |
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.canva.com/robots.txt · 262 lines
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16# See something you can improve? We're hiring SEOs and Engineers!
17# Checkout canva.com/careers and get in touch
18User-agent: *
19Disallow:
20Disallow: /media/*
21Disallow: /template/*
22Disallow: /_ok
23Disallow: /_blank
24Disallow: *v=
25Disallow: *utm_expid=
26Disallow: *source=
27Disallow: *utm_source=
28Disallow: *utm_campaign=
29Disallow: *utm_content=
30Disallow: *__hstc=
31Disallow: *reviews_page=
32Disallow: *gclid=
33Disallow: *magazineName=
34Disallow: *_ga=
35Disallow: *like=
36Disallow: *sp_url=
37Disallow: *fbclid=
38Disallow: *country=
39Disallow: *company_size=
40Disallow: *_hsenc=
41Disallow: *zd_source=
42Disallow: *wt.mc_id=
43Disallow: *via=
44Disallow: *utm_medium=
45Disallow: *spc-source=
46Disallow: *sp=
47Disallow: *sort=
48Disallow: *sf11500465=
49Disallow: *sa=
50Disallow: *ref=
51Disallow: *preview=
52Disallow: *pr=
53Disallow: *o=
54Disallow: *NoCode=
55Disallow: *mod=
56Disallow: *kui=
57Disallow: *industry=
58Disallow: *iframe=
59Disallow: *hsLang=
60Disallow: *hsCtaTracking=
61Disallow: *hash=
62Disallow: *gh_jid=
63Disallow: *filterTags=
64Disallow: *clickId=
65Disallow: *ca_referer=
66Disallow: *author=
67Disallow: *ak_action=
68Disallow: *ad=
69Disallow: *__hstc=
70Disallow: *__+hsfp=
71Disallow: /_ajax/
72Disallow: /design/
73Disallow: /design?create*
74Disallow: /font-combinations/search/*
75Disallow: /*/followers
76Disallow: /*/followers/
77Disallow: /*/following
78Disallow: /*/following/
79Disallow: /templates/*/*/?uid=*
80Disallow: /templates/?uid=*
81Allow: /templates/classroom-decoration
82Allow: /t/E
83Disallow: /templates/M
84Disallow: /pt_br/modelos/M
85Disallow: /es_es/plantillas/M
86Disallow: /es_mx/plantillas/M
87Disallow: /fr_fr/modeles/M
88Disallow: /de_de/vorlagen/M
89Disallow: /ru_ru/shablony/M
90Disallow: /tr_tr/sablonlar/M
91Disallow: /ja_jp/templates/M
92Disallow: /ar_eg/templates/M
93Disallow: /id_id/contoh/M
94Disallow: /es_ar/plantillas/M
95Disallow: /it_it/modelli/M
96Disallow: /es_co/plantillas/M
97Disallow: /pl_pl/szablony/M
98Disallow: /th_th/templates/M
99Disallow: /pt_pt/modelos/M
100Disallow: /vi_vn/mau/M
101Disallow: /nl_nl/sjablonen/M
102Disallow: /ko_kr/templates/M
103Disallow: /sv_se/mallar/M
104Disallow: /zh_tw/templates/M
105Disallow: /hi_in/templates/M
106Disallow: /templates/*/MA
107Disallow: /*/_m2/
108Disallow: /_upload-widget
109Disallow: /*/_upload-widget
110Disallow: /_print/*
111Disallow: /en_oz/
112Disallow: /join/*
113Disallow: /q/*
114Disallow: *?filters=
115Disallow: *&filters=
116Disallow: /*/help/*?query=
117Disallow: /*/help/*&query=
118Disallow: /zh_cn/
119Disallow: /en_psaccent/
120Disallow: /en_instrume/
121Disallow: /ar/
122Disallow: /ar_ae/
123Disallow: /ar_sa/
124Disallow: /en_ph/
125Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
126Disallow: /*/login/verify-email
127Disallow: /M/
128
129User-agent: AdsBot-Google
130User-agent: AdsIdxBot
131User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
132User-agent: facebookexternalhit
133User-agent: LinkedInBot
134User-agent: PerplexityBot
135User-agent: Perplexity-User
136User-agent: Canva-Slackapp-LinkExpanding
137User-agent: Canva-Teamsapp-LinkExpanding
138Allow: /
139
140User-agent: GPTBot
141User-agent: ClaudeBot
142User-agent: CCBot
143User-agent: Applebot-Extended
144User-agent: anthropic-ai
145User-agent: Claude-Web
146Disallow: /
147Allow: /create/
148Allow: /ar_eg/create/
149Allow: /da_dk/skabe/
150Allow: /de_de/erstellen/
151Allow: /es_ar/crear/
152Allow: /es_co/crear/
153Allow: /es_es/crear/
154Allow: /es_mx/crear/
155Allow: /es_us/crear/
156Allow: /fr_fr/creer/
157Allow: /hi_in/banaye/
158Allow: /id_id/membuat/
159Allow: /it_it/creare/
160Allow: /ja_jp/create/
161Allow: /ko_kr/create/
162Allow: /ms_my/buat/
163Allow: /nb_no/skape/
164Allow: /nl_nl/maken/
165Allow: /pl_pl/tworzyc/
166Allow: /pt_br/criar/
167Allow: /pt_pt/criar/
168Allow: /ru_ru/sozdat/
169Allow: /sv_se/skapa/
170Allow: /th_th/create/
171Allow: /tr_tr/yapma/
172Allow: /uk_ua/stvoryty/
173Allow: /vi_vn/thiet-ke/
174Allow: /zh_hk/create/
175Allow: /zh_tw/create/
176Allow: /features/
177Allow: /ar_eg/features/
178Allow: /da_dk/funktioner/
179Allow: /de_de/funktionen/
180Allow: /es_ar/funciones/
181Allow: /es_co/funciones/
182Allow: /es_es/funciones/
183Allow: /es_mx/funciones/
184Allow: /es_us/funciones/
185Allow: /fr_fr/outils/
186Allow: /hi_in/features/
187Allow: /id_id/fitur/
188Allow: /it_it/strumenti/
189Allow: /ja_jp/features/
190Allow: /ko_kr/features/
191Allow: /nl_nl/functies/
192Allow: /pt_pt/ferramentas/
193Allow: /sv_se/funktioner/
194Allow: /th_th/features/
195Allow: /tr_tr/ozellikler/
196Allow: /vi_vn/tinh-nang/
197Allow: /zh_hk/features/
198Allow: /zh_tw/features/
199Allow: /graphs/
200Allow: /ar_eg/graphs/
201Allow: /da_dk/grafer/
202Allow: /de_de/diagramme/
203Allow: /es_ar/graficos/
204Allow: /es_co/graficos/
205Allow: /es_es/graficos/
206Allow: /es_mx/graficas/
207Allow: /es_us/graficas/
208Allow: /fr_fr/graphiques/
209Allow: /hi_in/graphs/
210Allow: /it_it/diagramma/
211Allow: /ja_jp/graphs/
212Allow: /ko_kr/graphs/
213Allow: /nb_no/grafer/
214Allow: /nl_nl/grafieken/
215Allow: /pt_br/graficos/
216Allow: /pt_pt/graficos/
217Allow: /sv_se/grafer/
218Allow: /th_th/graphs/
219Allow: /tr_tr/grafik/
220Allow: /tr_tr/sema/
221Allow: /vi_vn/bieu-do/
222Allow: /zh_hk/graphs/
223Allow: /zh_tw/graphs/
224Allow: /learn/
225Allow: /de_de/lernen/
226Allow: /fr_fr/decouvrir/
227Allow: /ja_jp/learn/
228Allow: /ko_kr/learn/
229Allow: /pt_br/aprenda/
230Allow: /ru_ru/obuchenie/
231Allow: /help/
232Allow: /*/help/
233Allow: /design-school/
234Allow: /*/design-school/
235Allow: /ai-connector/
236Allow: /*/ai-connector/
237Allow: /developers/
238
239User-agent: Bytespider
240User-agent: meta-externalagent
241User-agent: ImagesiftBot
242User-agent: Timpibot
243User-agent: Scrapy
244User-agent: Ai2Bot
245User-agent: Diffbot
246User-agent: img2dataset
247User-agent: ICC-Crawler
248User-agent: FacebookBot
249User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
250User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
251User-agent: omgili
252User-agent: Webzio-Extended
253User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
254Disallow: /
255
256User-agent: Twitterbot
257Allow: /
258
259
260Sitemap: https://sitemap.canva.com/sitemap_index.xml
261Sitemap: https://www.canva.com/landing_page_sitemap_index.xml
262
What do the bots actually get?
This page reads robots.txt, which states what canva.com 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 canva.com block GPTBot?
Yes. canva.com’s robots.txt disallows GPTBot from the whole site (line 146: 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 canva.com block ClaudeBot?
Yes. canva.com’s robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot from the whole site (line 146: Disallow: /). ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.
Does canva.com block Google-Extended?
No. canva.com’s robots.txt lets Google-Extended crawl the site. 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 canva.com block PerplexityBot?
No. canva.com’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 canva.com?
Yes. canva.com’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.