Agent Grade / AI bots by site / netflix.com
Does netflix.com block ChatGPT?
netflix.com lets Google and AI search in. ChatGPT search is allowed, and OpenAI's training bot is allowed. From its public robots.txt, checked 23 to 24 October 2026. It ranks #44 on the Tranco list of top sites.
| Bot | What it does | Home page | Deciding rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Googlebot | Google Search | Allowed | User-agent: Googlebot / Allow: / |
| Bingbot | Bing / Copilot | Allowed | User-agent: Bingbot / Allow: / |
| OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search | Allowed | User-agent: OAI-SearchBot / Allow: / |
| ChatGPT-User | ChatGPT (user asks) | Allowed | User-agent: ChatGPT-User / Allow: / |
| GPTBot | OpenAI training | Allowed | User-agent: GPTBot / Allow: / |
| Claude-SearchBot | Claude search | Allowed | User-agent: Claude-SearchBot / Allow: / |
| Claude-User | Claude (user asks) | Allowed | User-agent: Claude-User / Allow: / |
| ClaudeBot | Anthropic training | Allowed | User-agent: ClaudeBot / Allow: / |
| PerplexityBot | Perplexity search | Allowed | User-agent: PerplexityBot / Allow: / |
| Perplexity-User | Perplexity (user asks) | Blocked (blanket rule) | User-agent: * / Disallow: / |
| Google-Extended | Gemini training | Allowed | User-agent: Google-Extended / Allow: / |
| Applebot-Extended | Apple AI training | Blocked (blanket rule) | User-agent: * / Disallow: / |
| CCBot | Common Crawl | Blocked (blanket rule) | User-agent: * / Disallow: / |
| meta-externalagent | Meta AI | Blocked (blanket rule) | User-agent: * / Disallow: / |
| Bytespider | ByteDance | Blocked (blanket rule) | User-agent: * / Disallow: / |
"Blanket rule": netflix.com never names that bot; a rule for every bot (User-agent: *) applies. llms.txt: No. robots.txt is what a site asks bots to do; some sites also block bots at the network edge.
Questions
Does netflix.com block ChatGPT search?
No. In its robots.txt as checked 23 to 24 October 2026, netflix.com lets OAI-SearchBot, the crawler behind ChatGPT search, read its home page.
Does netflix.com block GPTBot?
No. netflix.com lets GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler, read its home page.
Does netflix.com block Claude?
ClaudeBot (Anthropic training): allowed. Claude-SearchBot (Claude search): allowed. Claude-User (fetches for a person): allowed.
Does netflix.com have an llms.txt file?
We did not find an llms.txt file on netflix.com, or its robots.txt did not allow us to fetch it.
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