Crawler depth and homepage entry benchmark | Trakkr Research
Research tracker page for the study When AI Comes to Your Website, detailing the crawler depth and homepage entry benchmark.
Methodology: Built from 575,788 AI crawler visits across 84 brands and 314,501 unique URLs observed between June 11, 2025 and February 1, 2026.
Summary
The benchmark data demonstrates a clear pattern of shallow crawling behavior across AI bots, where the vast majority of interactions are single-page visits rather than deep site explorations. Additionally, the point of entry varies significantly by bot family, suggesting distinct data gathering strategies between different AI models.
Benchmark rows
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| One-visit sessions | 88.5% | Most AI crawler visits are one-and-done sessions. |
| 10+ visit sessions | 0.3% | Deep repeat sessions are extremely rare. |
| GPTBot homepage rate | 2.75% | GPTBot rarely starts on the homepage. |
| ClaudeBot homepage rate | 19.18% | ClaudeBot is much more likely to touch the homepage. |
Ranked view
| Item | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| One-visit sessions | 88.5% | Single-shot crawling dominates the study. |
| ClaudeBot homepage rate | 19.18% | ClaudeBot is much more likely to use the homepage. |
| GPTBot homepage rate | 2.75% | GPTBot almost never uses the homepage as a launchpad. |
| 10+ visit sessions | 0.3% | Deep sessions are vanishingly rare. |
Related pages
Continue through the same study cluster.
- do ai crawlers start on the homepage - Related answer page
- are most ai crawler visits one and done - Related answer page
- oai searchbot is the second largest crawler in the study - Related fact page
Data & Sources
- When AI Comes to Your Website - Flagship study behind this page
- Page JSON - Machine-readable companion file