AI crawler comparison
GPTBot vs Bytespider OpenAI
Model training Respects robots.txt
2,429,877
websites block it · 4.817% of the web · #1
VS
ByteDance
Model training Ignores robots.txt
2,291,645
websites block it · 4.543% of the web · #4
The verdict
GPTBot is blocked by more websites than Bytespider (2,429,877 vs 2,291,645). GPTBot honours robots.txt; Bytespider does not , so a Disallow rule may not stop it.
GPTBot Bytespider Operator OpenAI ByteDance Purpose Model training Model training Respects robots.txt Respects robots.txt Ignores robots.txt Category AI Data Scrapers AI Data Scrapers Websites blocking it 2,429,877 2,291,645 Share of the web 4.817% 4.543% Rank #1 most-blocked #4 most-blocked Verify method ip-range none
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Block both in robots.txt Add this to your site’s /robots.txt:
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: Bytespider
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