EchoboxBot
EchoboxBot is blocked by 70 sites in the October 2026 survey, or 1.1% of readable files. The community reference lists its operator as Echobox.
Who runs EchoboxBot?
| Fact | EchoboxBot reference entry |
|---|---|
| Operator | “Echobox” |
| Purpose | “Data collection to support AI-powered products.” |
| Does EchoboxBot obey robots.txt? | “Unclear at this time.” |
| Frequency | “Unclear at this time.” |
| Cloudflare managed list for EchoboxBot | No |
These facts quote the stored community ai.robots.txt reference.
“Supports company's AI-powered social and email management products.”
This entry’s stated use is quoted above. Search referrals or a user’s question can give an owner a reason to allow access while declining collection of page text for training.
How many sites block it?
Within 6,171 readable robots.txt files, the name appears in 74, or 1.2%. Instructions blocking every path, Disallow: /, appear in 70, a 1.1% share. No whole-site ban is recorded for 6,101 files.
Across Tranco’s top 1,000 ranks, there were 552 readable files. Among them, 22 files carry the name, or 4.0%, with 22 files blocking the whole site. Blocking is more common among the leading sites, at 4.0%. Farther down, 48 of 5,619 files record a block, 0.9% of that group.
| Readable files | Named by | Named share | Blocked by | Blocked share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EchoboxBot, all ranks | 74 | 1.2% | 70 | 1.1% |
| EchoboxBot, top 1,000 | 22 | 4.0% | 22 | 4.0% |
| EchoboxBot, remaining ranks | 52 | 0.9% | 48 | 0.9% |
For this entry, we counted whole-site bans attached to its own name, leaving general rules for all crawlers out of the total. Of 70 blocks, 3 do not also appear in our count of files naming it. Names and bans overlap in 67 files. We also found 7 files with a name and no whole-site ban, plus 6,097 files omitting the name. Case changes and repeated spellings are merged.
How to block or allow it
Use your site’s root file, robots.txt. Specific groups for EchoboxBot take precedence over User-agent: *, according to the robots.txt standard.
Block the whole site
User-agent: EchoboxBot
Disallow: /Allow access
User-agent: EchoboxBot
Allow: /It's the 79th most-named crawler of the 171 we counted in the crawler index.
Which other crawlers does this operator run?
How we counted
For EchoboxBot, on 19 October 2026, we requested robots.txt from Tranco’s top 10,000 sites. Each file had 8 seconds to arrive, up to 262,144 bytes. Only available files we could read enter the percentages. Collection and repeat readings used scripts/robots_2026_08_06.py (robots.py at app commit 07104ff). See the full survey method.
Common questions
What does naming this crawler tell me?
The 74 files naming it include 7 files without a whole-site ban.
Are leading sites different?
For naming rules, 4.0% of the leading sample mentions it, compared with 1.2% overall. Whole-site blocking is 4.0% at leading ranks and 1.1% across the full sample.
How does the nearby crawler compare?
The nearby TerraCotta entry reports 73 files that name it and 70 whole-site blocks, 1.1% of readable files. Here, 74 files mention the name and 70 block access, or 1.1%.