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Directory of AI Agents, Bots & Crawlers

A continuously updated traffic-ranked leaderboard and guide for AI agents, bots & crawlers across the web.

What you can explore

  • AI Search Index bots used to discover and rank web content.
  • AI User Initiated agents that fetch content during live user sessions.
  • AI Training crawlers that collect public data for model development.
  • Traditional SEO and search-engine crawlers that still shape visibility.

AhrefsBot

Ahrefs crawler used for backlink and SEO analysis.

Platform:
Ahrefs
User agent:
ahrefsbot
Tags:
SEO

AhrefsSiteAudit

Ahrefs site auditing bot that checks technical SEO issues.

Platform:
Ahrefs
User agent:
ahrefssiteaudit
Tags:
SEO

AI2Bot

Allen Institute crawler for AI training datasets.

Platform:
AI2
User agent:
ai2bot
Tags:
AI Training

Amazon Kendra

Enterprise search indexing crawler for Amazon Kendra.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazon-kendra
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Amazon Q Business

Amazon Q assistant fetching content to answer user queries.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazon-qbusiness
Tags:
AI Training

Amazonbot

Amazon crawling agent used for AI training and discovery.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazonbot
Tags:
AI Training

Amazon Product Discovery

Crawler for product discovery and search indexing.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazonproductdiscoverybot
Tags:
E-commerce, Search Engine Crawler

ApifyWebsiteContentCrawler

Apify actor that crawls websites and extracts text content for AI models, LLM apps, and RAG pipelines.

Platform:
Apify
User agent:
apifywebsitecontentcrawler
Tags:
AI User Initiated

APIs-Google

Google service discovery bot for API-related resources.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
apis-google
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Applebot

Apple web crawler for indexing and AI training.

Platform:
Apple
User agent:
applebot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler, AI Training

BaiduSpider

Baidu's primary crawler for web search indexing.

Platform:
Baidu
User agent:
baiduspider
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Barkrowler

Qwant's SEO crawler for site analysis and indexing.

Platform:
Qwant
User agent:
barkrowler
Tags:
SEO

Bingbot

Microsoft Bing web crawler for search indexing.

Platform:
Microsoft
User agent:
bingbot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Bytespider

ByteDance data collection bot used for AI training.

Platform:
ByteDance
User agent:
bytespider
Tags:
AI Training

Common Crawl

Open web crawl used widely in AI training datasets.

Platform:
Common Crawl
User agent:
ccbot
Tags:
AI Training

ChatGPT-User

OpenAI browsing agent fetching pages at user request.

Platform:
OpenAI
User agent:
chatgpt-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated

ClarityBot

Microsoft Clarity bot for SEO and verification checks.

Platform:
Microsoft
User agent:
claritybot
Tags:
SEO

Claude-SearchBot

Anthropic crawler that indexes content for Claude search.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claude-searchbot
Tags:
AI Search Index

Claude-User

User-initiated fetches triggered by Claude sessions.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claude-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Claude Code

Claude Code agent fetching pages during development or tooling tasks.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claude-code
Tags:
Coding, AI User Initiated

ClaudeBot

Anthropic crawler for collecting training data.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claudebot
Tags:
AI Training

DataForSeoBot

DataForSEO bot collecting ranking and SERP data.

Platform:
DataForSEO
User agent:
dataforseobot
Tags:
SEO

DotBot

Moz crawler for link analysis and SEO metrics.

Platform:
Moz
User agent:
dotbot
Tags:
SEO

DuckAssistBot

DuckDuckGo assistant fetching content for answers.

Platform:
DuckDuckGo
User agent:
duckassistbot
Tags:
AI User Initiated

DuckDuckBot

DuckDuckGo crawler for privacy-first web indexing.

Platform:
DuckDuckGo
User agent:
duckduckbot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

ExaBot

Exa agent fetching pages at user request for search and research.

Platform:
Exa
User agent:
exabot
Tags:
AI User Initiated

FirecrawlAgent

Firecrawl agent fetching pages during user-initiated web scraping tasks.

Platform:
Firecrawl
User agent:
firecrawlagent
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Gemini Deep Research

Google agent assisting users with deep research tasks.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
gemini-deep-research
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Google-Agent

Google agent navigating the web on behalf of users (e.g. Project Mariner).

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-agent
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Google-CloudVertexBot

Vertex AI agent used to retrieve and index documents.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-cloudvertexbot
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Google-Extended

Opt-in crawler for Google AI model training.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-extended
Tags:
AI Training

Google Read Aloud

Accessibility agent that reads page content aloud.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-read-aloud
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google Feedfetcher

Feed fetcher used by Google for RSS/Atom polling.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
feedfetcher-google
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google Publisher Center

Crawler for Google Publisher Center submissions.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleproducer
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google Site Verifier

Verification bot for site ownership checks.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-site-verification
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google NotebookLM

NotebookLM agent that fetches sources for notes.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-notebooklm
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI), SEO

Google StoreBot

Google Store bot for product content and search.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
storebot-google
Tags:
E-commerce, Search Engine Crawler

Googlebot

Primary Google crawler for search indexing.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googlebot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Googlebot Image

Google image crawler for indexing visual content.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googlebot-image
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Googlebot Video

Google video crawler for indexing video pages.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googlebot-video
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

GoogleOther

Internal Google crawler used for non-public systems.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleother
Tags:

GoogleOther-Image

Internal Google image crawler.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleother-image
Tags:

GoogleOther-Video

Internal Google video crawler.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleother-video
Tags:

Google Inspection Tool

Crawler used by Search Console URL Inspection.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-inspectiontool
Tags:
SEO

GPTBot

OpenAI crawler used to gather training data for GPT.

Platform:
OpenAI
User agent:
gptbot
Tags:
AI Training

Naverbot

Naver search crawler used in Korean search index.

Platform:
Naver
User agent:
yeti
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

OAI-SearchBot

OpenAI crawler indexing content for answer engines.

Platform:
OpenAI
User agent:
oai-searchbot
Tags:
AI Search Index

OAI-AdsBot

OpenAI crawler used to evaluate ad landing pages for safety and relevance.

Platform:
OpenAI
User agent:
oai-adsbot
Tags:
AI Search Index

ShapBot

Parallel crawler that discovers and indexes websites for search APIs.

Platform:
Parallel
User agent:
shapbot
Tags:
AI Search Index

Similarweb

Similarweb crawler used for competitive web traffic and SEO analysis.

Platform:
Similarweb
User agent:
similarweb
Tags:
SEO

Perplexity-User

User-initiated fetches triggered from Perplexity sessions.

Platform:
Perplexity
User agent:
perplexity-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated

PerplexityBot

Perplexity crawler that indexes the public web.

Platform:
Perplexity
User agent:
perplexitybot
Tags:
AI Search Index

ScreamingFrogBot

Desktop SEO spider used for audits and site maps.

Platform:
Screaming Frog
User agent:
screaming frog seo spider
Tags:
SEO

SemrushSiteAudit

SEMrush crawler for site audits and technical checks.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
siteauditbot
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Backlink Audit

SEMrush backlink audit crawler for link profiles.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
semrushbot-ba
Tags:
SEO

Semrush SWA

SEMrush site-wide audit crawler.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
semrushbot-swa
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Split Signal

SEMrush SplitSignal experimentation crawler.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
splitsignalbot
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Content Toolkit

Content toolkit crawler for content optimization.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
semrushbot-ocob
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Rytebot

SEMrush Ryte integration crawler.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
rytebot
Tags:
SEO

TikTokSpider

ByteDance crawler used internally and for social media.

Platform:
ByteDance
User agent:
twilio knowledge
Tags:
AI Training

Yahoo! Slurp

Yahoo legacy crawler for web indexing.

Platform:
Yahoo
User agent:
slurp
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Yandexbot

Yandex crawler for Russian search indexing.

Platform:
Yandex
User agent:
yandexbot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

YisouSpider

Sogou search crawler.

Platform:
Sogou
User agent:
yisouspider
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

YouBot

You.com agent fetching pages at user request for AI search answers.

Platform:
You.com
User agent:
youbot
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Meta-ExternalFetcher

Meta agent fetching content triggered by users.

Platform:
Meta
User agent:
meta-externalfetcher
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Meta-WebIndexer

Meta crawler that indexes public web pages.

Platform:
Meta
User agent:
meta-webindexer
Tags:
AI Search Index

Meta-ExternalAgent

Meta agent used for AI training data collection.

Platform:
Meta
User agent:
meta-externalagent
Tags:
AI Training

MistralAI-User

User-initiated fetches from Mistral sessions.

Platform:
Mistral AI
User agent:
mistralai-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated