What is 2ip bot?
2ip bot is a developer helper operated by 2IP. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | 2IP |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | August 1, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
2ip bot's traffic is as regular as a cron job, because it usually is one. Uptime monitors hit the same endpoint every few minutes, while performance and audit tools run deeper scans on demand. Expect narrow, repetitive access to specific pages rather than crawling.
2ip bot's User Agent
| User Agent | 2ip bot/1.1 (+https://2ip.io/bot/) |
How To Block 2ip bot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that 2ip bot not access your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to request the same of all developer helpers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: 2ip bot # https://knownagents.com/agents/2ip-bot
Disallow: /Global Insights for 2ip bot
As of August 1, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block 2ip bot in their robots.txt files.
Overall Developer Helper Traffic
0.4% of all web traffic came from developer helpers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by 2ip bot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block 2ip bot?
Only if nobody you work with uses it. 2ip bot is the kind of tool a team points at its own site for uptime checks, performance tests, and audits. If someone on your team relies on it, blocking it silently breaks their monitoring. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for 2ip bot right now.
Does 2ip bot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. 2ip bot is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only states your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then confirm in Agent Analytics that its requests actually stop.
Does 2ip bot Access Private Content?
Only if its owner sets that up. Monitoring tools check whatever they are configured to check, which can include staging sites and private health endpoints when a team grants access. Uninvited, 2ip bot sees only public pages.
Why Is 2ip bot Visiting My Website?
Someone pointed 2ip bot at your site, most likely your own team. Uptime monitors, performance testers, and audit tools only visit the sites they are configured to watch.
How Can I Tell if 2ip bot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks 2ip bot visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "2ip bot". Look for regular checks of the same pages or endpoints, often minutes apart. Keep in mind that 2ip bot doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.