What is ChatGPT-User?
ChatGPT-User is OpenAI's web crawler that visits websites when ChatGPT users request information. This enables ChatGPT to include links in its responses. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when ChatGPT-User visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; ChatGPT-User/1.0; +https://openai.com/bot |
| Operated By | OpenAI |
| Source | Official Website |
| Identity |
Verified
Verified Identification
Requests claiming to be this agent can be authenticated using its published verification method. |
| Triggered By | User action |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Yes |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is ChatGPT-User Visiting My Website?
A user asked OpenAI's assistant a question your page could help answer. ChatGPT-User retrieved the page to support its response, often with a citation linking back to your site.
Should I Block ChatGPT-User?
Usually not. Blocking ChatGPT-User can keep your pages out of AI-generated answers and eliminate potential citation traffic. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 15% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for ChatGPT-User.
How Do I Block ChatGPT-User Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block ChatGPT-User from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI assistants at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: ChatGPT-User # https://knownagents.com/agents/chatgpt-user
Disallow: /Insights for ChatGPT-User
As of October 31, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From ChatGPT-User?
ChatGPT-User makes isolated, on-demand requests rather than crawling your site. Traffic follows user demand, ranging from sporadic fetches to steady visits for a popular assistant.
Does ChatGPT-User Follow Robots.txt Rules?
ChatGPT-User is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether ChatGPT-User respects it.
Is ChatGPT-User Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. ChatGPT-User is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking ChatGPT-User Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes, for requests handled by ChatGPT-User. Blocking it can prevent the assistant from retrieving your pages for an answer or linking to them, but a separate crawler may control automatic AI search indexing.
Does ChatGPT-User Access Private Content?
Not ordinarily. ChatGPT-User fetches pages as an anonymous visitor without a stored login. Content protected by a paywall or login remains out of reach.
How Can I Verify a Request From ChatGPT-User?
Agent Analytics tracks visits from ChatGPT-User and every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper, then authenticates each visit using ChatGPT-User's published verification method. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "ChatGPT-User". Look for a single-page request with no follow-up navigation. A matching log entry alone is not proof because any bot can claim to be ChatGPT-User.
How Is ChatGPT-User Different From Other OpenAI Agents?
OpenAI operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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