What is Qwantbot-official?
Qwantbot-official is the web crawler for Qwant, a European search engine that indexes web pages to include them in search results. This bot visits websites to discover and collect content for Qwant's search index. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Qwant |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 9, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Qwantbot-official crawls on a schedule set by algorithms, not a calendar. Expect visit frequency to track your site's popularity, how often your content changes, and your domain authority. It throttles itself to avoid loading your server and honors crawl rules better than almost any other category of bot.
How To Block Qwantbot-official With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Qwantbot-official from accessing your entire 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: Qwantbot-official # https://knownagents.com/agents/qwantbot-official
Disallow: /Qwantbot-official Global Insights
As of July 9, 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
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block Qwantbot-official in their robots.txt files.
Overall Search Engine Crawler Traffic
6.4% of all web traffic came from search engine crawlers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Qwantbot-official?
No, unless you want your pages out of search results. Qwantbot-official feeds a search engine index, and blocking it erases your visibility and organic traffic from that engine. This is the one category almost every website should allow. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for Qwantbot-official right now.
Does Qwantbot-official Respect Robots.txt?
Yes. Qwantbot-official is expected to honor robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms Qwantbot-official actually honors it.
Does Qwantbot-official Access Private Content?
No. Qwantbot-official indexes public pages only and does not sign in anywhere. Watch for accidentally public content though, because anything reachable without a login can end up in search results.
Why Is Qwantbot-official Visiting My Website?
Qwantbot-official is keeping its search index current. Links, sitemaps, or direct submission brought it to your site, and it comes back at a rate tuned to how often your content changes and how popular your site is.
How Can I Tell if Qwantbot-official Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Qwantbot-official 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 "Qwantbot-official". Look for steady recurring visits spread across your site. Keep in mind that Qwantbot-official 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.