What is Googlebot-Mobile?

Googlebot-Mobile is the mobile crawling component of Google's web crawler system used to index and analyze mobile versions of websites for inclusion in Google's mobile search results. This bot focuses on discovering content as it appears on mobile devices and plays a key role in determining mobile page rankings in Google search. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Googlebot-Mobile visits your website.

Category

Search Engine Crawler
Systematically scans and indexes web pages to include in search results

Overview

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Example User Agent DoCoMo/2.0 N905i(c100;TB;W24H16) (compatible; Googlebot-Mobile/2.1; http://www.google.com/bot.html)
Operated By Google
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 Googlebot-Mobile Visiting My Website?

Googlebot-Mobile 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 Googlebot-Mobile?

No, unless you want to remove your pages from that search engine. Googlebot-Mobile supplies its index, so blocking it can eliminate your visibility and organic traffic there. Nearly every website should allow this category. For context, 6% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Googlebot-Mobile.

How Do I Block Googlebot-Mobile Using Robots.txt?

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Googlebot-Mobile 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: Googlebot-Mobile # https://knownagents.com/agents/googlebot-mobile
Disallow: /

Insights for Googlebot-Mobile

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

Not enough activity

Country of Origin

United States
Googlebot-Mobile traffic often comes from the United States

Robots.txt Blocked Percentage

6%
6% of top websites are blocking Googlebot-Mobile
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Top Visited Website Categories

Not enough activity

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

6% of top websites block Googlebot-Mobile in their robots.txts.

Googlebot-Mobile Traffic

Not enough activity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Googlebot-Mobile?

Googlebot-Mobile 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 Googlebot-Mobile Follow Robots.txt Rules?

Googlebot-Mobile 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 Googlebot-Mobile respects it.

Is Googlebot-Mobile Used for AI Model Training?

Not ordinarily. Googlebot-Mobile is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.

Does Blocking Googlebot-Mobile Affect AI Search or Citations?

Blocking Googlebot-Mobile 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 Googlebot-Mobile Access Private Content?

No special access. Googlebot-Mobile 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 Googlebot-Mobile?

Agent Analytics tracks Googlebot-Mobile visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Googlebot-Mobile". Look for recurring passes that revisit changed pages and discover new ones. Because Googlebot-Mobile does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.

How Is Googlebot-Mobile Different From Other Google Agents?

Google operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.

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