What is Gigabot?
Gigabot is the web crawler used by Gigablast, an independent U.S. search engine. The crawler indexes web content using proprietary search algorithms and database systems. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Gigabot visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | Gigabot/1.0 |
| Operated By | Gigablast |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Possibly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is Gigabot Visiting My Website?
Gigabot is adding new or changed pages to its search index. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or direct submission.
Should I Block Gigabot?
No, unless you want to remove your pages from that search engine. Gigabot supplies its index, so blocking it can eliminate your visibility and organic traffic there. Nearly every website should allow this category. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Gigabot.
How Do I Block Gigabot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Gigabot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all search engine crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Gigabot # https://knownagents.com/agents/gigabot
Disallow: /Insights for Gigabot
As of October 29, 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.
Robots.txt Compliance
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Gigabot Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Gigabot?
Gigabot follows an algorithmic schedule shaped by your site's popularity, update cadence, and domain authority. It generally spreads requests across recurring crawl passes, throttles itself to limit server load, and respects crawl rules more reliably than most other bots.
Does Gigabot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Gigabot 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 Gigabot respects it.
Is Gigabot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Gigabot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Gigabot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Blocking Gigabot can remove your pages from the search engine it supplies. That may also affect AI products that rely on the same index, but it does not directly control unrelated AI search services.
Does Gigabot Access Private Content?
No special access. Gigabot can reach only content available to anonymous visitors and does not sign in. Make sure sensitive content is not public by mistake.
How Can I Verify a Request From Gigabot?
Agent Analytics tracks Gigabot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Gigabot". Look for recurring passes that revisit changed pages and discover new ones. Because Gigabot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.