# Googlebot-Video

Operator: Google
Purpose: Web search
Reviewed: 2026-09-14
HTTP identifier: Googlebot-Video
robots.txt token: Googlebot-Video

## What is Googlebot-Video?

Fetches video for Google’s video-related search features.

## How to identify it

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

## How to check identity

Use Google’s published IP ranges for this crawler class and its forward-confirmed reverse DNS procedure.

## Access and robots.txt

The operator documents robots.txt rules for this identifier.

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

```text
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Disallow: /
```

## What it means in your analytics

A video fetch shows access to media, while watch time requires player analytics.

## Useful measures

URL coverage; Crawl errors; Repeat crawls.

## What to check next

Inspect video responses and the pages that expose the media URL.

## Sources

- [developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-common-crawlers)

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

## Related profiles

- [Googlebot](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot)
- [Google-Extended](https://apostl.dev/bots/google-extended)
- [Googlebot-Image](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot-image)

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