IndexHalo
MEASURED STUDY · 13 AUGUST 2026

AI crawler access:
social and media platforms

Communities, streaming and creative platforms. 27 domains measured; 13 block at least one of the fifteen tracked AI crawlers.

13of 27 social and media platforms block at least one AI crawler · median access 100%

Every domain in this category

Sorted by the share of tracked AI crawlers permitted, lowest first. Each report shows all fifteen verdicts and the robots.txt rule behind them.

DomainAccessAllowedBlockedNot listed
reddit.com0%0150
pinterest.com7%1140
imdb.com13%2130
quora.com13%2130
flickr.com40%690
behance.net53%870
pexels.com53%870
medium.com60%960
netflix.com60%960
vimeo.com67%1050
goodreads.com87%1320
metacritic.com87%1320
disneyplus.com93%1410
500px.com100%0015
deviantart.com100%1500
dribbble.com100%1500
giphy.com100%1500
hbomax.com100%1500
hulu.com100%0015
linkedin.com100%0015
rottentomatoes.com100%1500
soundcloud.com100%1500
spotify.com100%1500
substack.com100%1500
twitch.tv100%1500
unsplash.com100%1500
youtube.com100%1500

Method and caveats are described on the full study page: one robots.txt fetch per domain, resolved against fifteen published AI user-agents, reported as the voluntary policy it is. Check any site yourself with the free crawler access checker.

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