# Apple

Source: https://analytics.5h3ll.site/crawlers/applebot

Applebot

## ABOUT THIS CRAWLER

Apple’s crawler for search in Spotlight, Siri and Safari.

**Usually means:** Apple is indexing pages for search. Its data may also help train Apple models unless you disallow Applebot-Extended.

## USER AGENT

Applebot

We match these as user-agent tokens, not full browser strings. Providers may add surrounding version or product text.

## IP VERIFICATION

Verified when user agent and IP range both match

We first match the crawler’s user-agent token, then compare the request IP with the ranges published by the crawler’s operator.

1. User agentThe request’s user agent contains Applebot.
2. Request IPServer-side tracking forwards the IP address your server saw.
3. Range checkThe IP is compared with the operator’s published address ranges.

Sample IP ranges

- 17.241.208.160/27
- 17.241.193.160/27
- 17.241.200.160/27
- 17.166.192.48/28
- 17.166.240.48/28
- 17.166.248.48/28
- 17.166.20.0/24
- 17.166.21.0/24
- 17.166.22.0/24
- 17.166.23.0/24

Showing up to 10 of 24 ranges, published 15 September 2026. The live list is fetched from the operator.

Range endpoint

https://search.developer.apple.com/applebot.json

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