# Applebot

Operator: Apple
Purpose: Web search
Reviewed: 2026-09-14
HTTP identifier: Applebot
robots.txt token: Applebot

## What is Applebot?

Indexes content for Apple search experiences including Siri, Spotlight and Safari.

## How to identify it

Look for the Applebot identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.

## How to check identity

Use Apple’s published IP ranges and crawler verification guidance linked in the source.

## Access and robots.txt

Applebot follows its own robots.txt rules, falling back to Googlebot rules when no Applebot group exists. Crawl-delay is not supported. Applebot-Extended controls model-training use separately.

Optional full-site opt-out; merge with existing rules only if intended. Not a security control.

```text
User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /
```

## What it means in your analytics

A fetch shows access by a claimed Apple crawler, not a Siri referral. Compare successful content access with actual referral evidence.

## Useful measures

Requested pages; Response codes; Crawl volume.

## What to check next

Check indexable public pages and their rendered content. Decide generative-model training permission separately with Applebot-Extended.

## Sources

- [support.apple.com](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829)

Operator facts are source-backed; interpretation and actions are Apostl guidance.

## Related profiles

- [Applebot-Extended](https://apostl.dev/bots/applebot-extended)
- [Googlebot](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot)

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