Applebot
GoodBotVerifiedAI SearchBOTOperated by Apple Docs
What is Applebot?
Generated from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data
Applebot is a web crawler operated by Apple. Applebot data is used to power various features, such as the search technology that is integrated into many user experiences in Appleʼs ecosystem including Spotlight, Siri, and Safari.
Details
- Bot Name
- Applebot
- Slug
- apple
- Kind
- BOT
- Verification
- Verified by Cloudflare
- Category
- AI Search
- Operator
- Apple
User-Agent Patterns
ApplebotFull User-Agent Strings
Main Use Cases
Why It Crawls Your Site
Applebot crawls websites to index and analyze web content for AI-powered search results. It is operated by Apple as part of their AI-powered search infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
How to Block / Whitelist
Block Applebot
Add a Disallow rule for Applebot 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 Applebot from crawling your entire site User-agent: Applebot Disallow: / # Allow Applebot full access User-agent: Applebot Allow: /
Whitelist Applebot
Ensure your robots.txt allows Applebot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Apple's documentation.
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Other crawlers operated by Apple
Traffic & Trends
Cloudflare Radar Traffic
4.2% 9.7%
Share of total bot traffic observed by Cloudflare
Google Trends Interest
Links & References
Data Sources
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Last updated: May 26, 2026