{
  "kind": "fact",
  "studySlug": "crawler-behavior",
  "slug": "gptbot-controls-more-than-half-of-observed-ai-crawler-traffic",
  "title": "GPTBot controls more than half of observed AI crawler traffic",
  "description": "GPTBot is the largest crawler family in the observed dataset.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-02-01",
  "lastTested": "2026-02-01",
  "sourceStudyUrl": "/trakkr-research/crawler-behavior",
  "sourceStudyTitle": "When AI Comes to Your Website",
  "claimIds": [
    "crawler-behavior:gptbot-share",
    "crawler-behavior:visits"
  ],
  "relatedSlugs": [
    "answer:which-ai-crawler-shows-up-most-often",
    "answer:do-ai-crawlers-start-on-the-homepage",
    "tracker:crawler-share-tracker"
  ],
  "methodologySummary": "Built from 575,788 AI crawler visits across 84 brands and 314,501 unique URLs observed between June 11, 2025 and February 1, 2026.",
  "limitations": [
    "This study measures observable crawler traffic rather than hidden fetches or internal cache reads.",
    "One dominant e-commerce brand was excluded to keep the page-type patterns more generalizable.",
    "Visit share and homepage preference vary sharply by bot family, so averages can hide crawler-specific behavior."
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "AI crawlers",
    "GPTBot behavior",
    "ClaudeBot behavior",
    "AI bot traffic"
  ],
  "schemaHints": {
    "pageType": "Article",
    "includeDataset": true
  },
  "claim": "GPTBot accounts for 57.2% of the 575,788 observed AI crawler visits in the Trakkr study.",
  "supportingMetrics": [
    {
      "label": "GPTBot share",
      "value": "57.2%",
      "detail": "GPTBot is the dominant crawler by observed visits."
    },
    {
      "label": "Crawler visits",
      "value": "575,788",
      "detail": "Observed AI crawler visits in the study window."
    }
  ],
  "whyItMatters": "This sets the default operational baseline for AI crawl visibility work. Strategists must prioritize GPTBot compatibility to capture the majority of automated AI traffic.",
  "citationBlock": {
    "quote": "GPTBot accounts for 57.2% of observed crawler visits in the Trakkr study.",
    "attribution": "When AI Comes to Your Website - Trakkr Research",
    "url": "https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/crawler-behavior/facts/gptbot-controls-more-than-half-of-observed-ai-crawler-traffic"
  }
}