What is RankurBot?
RankurBot is a web crawler operated by Rankur, an online reputation management and social media monitoring service. The bot scans web pages to collect data about brand mentions, online reviews, and conversations across the web for Rankur's clients who use the platform to monitor their online reputation. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when RankurBot visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Rankur |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | September 13, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
RankurBot's traffic pattern depends on the intelligence being collected. It may revisit specific pages on a schedule, crawl broader sections of your site, or appear only when information is requested. Its request scope and frequency reflect the underlying objective.
RankurBot's User Agent
| User Agent | RankurBot/3.3 (+http://rankur.com) |
How To Block RankurBot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block RankurBot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all intelligence gatherers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: RankurBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/rankurbot
Disallow: /Insights for RankurBot
As of September 13, 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 Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
7% of top websites block RankurBot in their robots.txts.
Overall Intelligence Gatherer Traffic
3.5% of all web traffic came from intelligence gatherers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by RankurBot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block RankurBot?
Confirm RankurBot's purpose before blocking it. Intelligence gatherers may collect competitive research, measure advertisements, or evaluate pages for brand safety. Weigh any benefit against sharing business or page-level data with its operator or clients. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for RankurBot.
Does RankurBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. RankurBot is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether RankurBot respects it.
Does RankurBot Access Private Content?
No special access. RankurBot can read publicly available pages but cannot bypass authentication. Assume anything you publish openly may be collected.
How Can I Tell if RankurBot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks RankurBot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "RankurBot". Traffic may range from repeated requests to the same pages to broader crawls or one-off fetches. Because RankurBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
Why Is RankurBot Visiting My Website?
Rankur or one of its clients may be gathering competitive intelligence, measuring advertisements, or evaluating content for brand safety. The pages requested reflect the underlying objective.