# OpenAI

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

GPTBot

## ABOUT THIS CRAWLER

Collects public web content that may be used to train OpenAI’s generative models.

**Usually means:** OpenAI is gathering content that may improve future models. Disallowing it does not stop OAI-SearchBot from listing you in search.

## USER AGENT

GPTBot

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 GPTBot.
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

- 132.196.86.0/24
- 172.182.202.0/25
- 172.182.207.0/25
- 20.125.66.80/28
- 20.171.206.0/24
- 20.171.207.0/24
- 4.227.36.0/25
- 52.230.152.0/24
- 74.7.175.128/25
- 74.7.227.0/25

Showing up to 10 of 18 ranges, published 22 September 2026. The live list is fetched from the operator.

Range endpoint

https://openai.com/gptbot.json

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- ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini traffic in one view
- Verified against each provider’s published IP ranges
- No visitor cookies and no crawler IP addresses stored