Datenbank Crawler
Few readable files block Datenbank Crawler in October 2026, at 0 sites or 0.0%. The community reference lists its operator as Datenbank.
Who runs Datenbank Crawler?
| Fact | Datenbank Crawler reference entry |
|---|---|
| Operator | “Datenbank” |
| Purpose | “AI Data Scrapers” |
| Does Datenbank Crawler obey robots.txt? | “Unclear at this time.” |
| Frequency | “Unclear at this time.” |
| Cloudflare managed list for Datenbank Crawler | No |
These facts quote the stored community ai.robots.txt reference.
“Datenbank Crawler is an AI data scraper operated by Datenbank. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related.”
This entry is classed as a crawler collecting data for AI. Using a page as a search result can send people to it. Training models uses its contents for another purpose, which an owner may refuse.
How many sites block it?
A User-agent line mentions it in 88 of 6,171 files, or 1.4%. The whole-site Disallow: / block count is 0. All 6,171 files are therefore without a ban in this measure.
Its name appears in 21 files near the top, compared with 67 farther down. The shares are 3.8% of 552 readable files in the top 1,000, and 1.2% of 5,619 in remaining ranks. Both samples have no recorded whole-site blocks.
| Readable files | Named by | Named share | Blocked by | Blocked share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datenbank Crawler, all ranks | 88 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Datenbank Crawler, top 1,000 | 21 | 3.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Datenbank Crawler, remaining ranks | 67 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
For this entry, we counted whole-site bans attached to its own name, leaving general rules for all crawlers out of the total. Looking just at named files gives 0 blocks and 88 without a whole-site block. For 6,083 readable files, we found no mention by name. We ignore capitalization and repeated names.
How to block or allow it
These lines go in robots.txt at the root. User-agent: * yields to a group naming Datenbank Crawler under the robots.txt standard.
Block the whole site
User-agent: Datenbank Crawler
Disallow: /Allow access
User-agent: Datenbank Crawler
Allow: /It's the 68th most-named crawler of the 171 we counted in the crawler index.
How we counted
For Datenbank Crawler, we surveyed Tranco’s top 10,000 sites on 19 October 2026. A request timed out after 8 seconds, with files capped at 262,144 bytes. Missing, unreachable and oversized files do not contribute to these shares. scripts/robots_2026_08_06.py (robots.py at app commit 07104ff) parsed both initial and repeat readings. See the full survey method.
Common questions
Can a file name it and still allow it?
The 88 files that mention its name do not all record a whole-site ban. Those without one total 88.
How do the shares compare by rank?
Leading files record 3.8% with the name and 0.0% blocking it. Across all readable files, the corresponding shares are 1.4% and 0.0%.
What other entry is close in the index?
iAskBot is named by 88 files and blocked by 83, or 1.3%. For this crawler, 88 files name it and 0 block it, a 0.0% share.