Akismet

GoodBotVerifiedWebhooksBOT

Operated by Akismet Docs

What is Akismet?

Generated from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data

Akismet is a web crawler operated by Akismet. The integration API for the Akismet spam filtering service.

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Details

Bot Name
Akismet
Slug
akismet
Kind
BOT
Verification
Verified by Cloudflare
Category
Webhooks
Operator
Akismet

User-Agent Patterns

Akismet

Full User-Agent Strings

Akismet

Main Use Cases

Web crawlingData collection

Why It Crawls Your Site

Akismet crawls websites to deliver webhook payloads and verify endpoints. It is operated by Akismet as part of their webhook delivery infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

How to Block / Whitelist

Block Akismet

Add a Disallow rule for Akismet in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.

# Block Akismet from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Akismet
Disallow: /

# Allow Akismet full access
User-agent: Akismet
Allow: /

Whitelist Akismet

Ensure your robots.txt allows Akismet. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Akismet's documentation.

Traffic & Trends

Cloudflare Radar Traffic

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Google Trends Interest

Links & References

Akismet Documentation

akismet.com

Cloudflare Radar: Akismet

radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/bots/akismet

Data Sources

This profile was compiled from the following sources:

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Last updated: May 26, 2026