What is Kangaroo Bot?
Kangaroo Bot is used by the company Kangaroo LLM to download data to train open source AI models tailored to Australian language and culture. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Kangaroo Bot visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Kangaroo Bot; +https://www.kangaroo.com) |
| Operated By | Kangaroo LLM |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Yes |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is Kangaroo Bot Visiting My Website?
Your content matched the criteria Kangaroo LLM set for a training dataset. Kangaroo Bot typically discovers pages through external links, sitemaps, and seed lists rather than because someone selected your site individually.
Should I Block Kangaroo Bot?
Block Kangaroo Bot if you want more control over whether your work is used for AI training. Allowing it may increase the chance that your brand appears in AI-generated answers, but either choice leaves traditional search rankings unchanged. For context, 12% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Kangaroo Bot.
How Do I Block Kangaroo Bot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Kangaroo Bot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI data scrapers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot # https://knownagents.com/agents/kangaroo-bot
Disallow: /Insights for Kangaroo Bot
As of October 30, 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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Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Kangaroo Bot?
Kangaroo Bot tends to make broad, high-volume sweeps across many pages. Timing is unpredictable: traffic may remain heavy throughout a collection pass, then stop entirely.
Does Kangaroo Bot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Kangaroo Bot 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 Kangaroo Bot respects it.
Is Kangaroo Bot Used for AI Model Training?
Yes. Kangaroo Bot collects web content for use in AI training datasets. Blocking it limits future collection but cannot remove content that was collected previously.
Does Blocking Kangaroo Bot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. Blocking Kangaroo Bot limits collection for AI training rather than controlling a live AI search index or citation system.
Does Kangaroo Bot Access Private Content?
Not through legitimate access. Kangaroo Bot primarily targets public content, but some training-data scrapers also attempt to collect gated or paywalled pages. If content loads without authentication, assume it can be collected.
How Can I Verify a Request From Kangaroo Bot?
Agent Analytics tracks Kangaroo Bot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Kangaroo Bot". Look for high page counts, short gaps between requests, and deep traversal through linked content. Because Kangaroo Bot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.