What is yandex?
yandex is a search engine crawler operated by Yandex. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Yandex |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 31, 2026 |
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Category
Expected Behavior
yandex 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 follows crawl rules better than almost any other category of bot.
yandex's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexMetrika/2.0; +http://yandex.com/bots yabs01) |
How To Block yandex With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block yandex 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: yandex # https://knownagents.com/agents/yandex
Disallow: /Global Insights for yandex
As of July 31, 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
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
7% of top websites block yandex in their robots.txt files.
Overall Search Engine Crawler Traffic
12.7% of all web traffic came from search engine crawlers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by yandex.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block yandex?
No, unless you want your pages out of search results. yandex 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. For comparison, 7% of the top websites we track already have robots.txt rules for yandex.
Does yandex Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. yandex is expected to follow 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 yandex actually follows it.
Does yandex Access Private Content?
No. yandex 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 yandex Visiting My Website?
yandex 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 yandex Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks yandex 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 "yandex". Look for steady recurring visits spread across your site. Keep in mind that yandex 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.