The rise of the AI crawler
Vercel data shows OpenAI's GPTBot generated 569 million requests and Anthropic's ClaudeBot 370 million in one month, together representing about 20% of Googlebot's volume.
AI crawlers have become a significant presence on the web. OpenAI's GPTBot generated 569 million requests across Vercel's network in the past month, while Anthropic's Claude followed with 370 million. For perspective, this combined volume represents about 20% of Googlebot's 4.5 billion requests during the same period. After with , we turned our attention to these AI assistants. Our new data reveals how Open AI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and other AI tools crawl and process web content.analyzing how Googlebot handles JavaScript renderingMERJ We uncovered clear patterns in how these crawlers handle JavaScript, prioritize content types, and navigate the web, which directly impact how AI tools understand and interact with modern web applications. Read more
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