Agent directory / Applebot
Applebot
Observed live across sites Botfall meters — measured, not copied from docs
Last seen7 hours ago
First seen60 days ago
Fetches · 24h1
Fetches · 30d426
Sites seen on3
Identity verified no published ranges
Networks observed APPLE-ENGINEERING - Apple Inc. · GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM - Google LLC · HOSTODO - Hostodo · NextGenWebs-NL NextGenWebs, S.L.
| Operator | Apple |
| Purpose | Search indexing |
| Identifies as | User-agent substring: applebot |
| Notes | Siri/Spotlight; AI-training use controlled by Applebot-Extended token. |
What the operator publishes
Their documentation, not our measurements — re-checked automatically every day.
| Verify identity by | Reverse DNS lookup — a user-agent alone proves nothing; anyone can send this string. |
| Reverse-DNS suffix | applebot.apple.com |
| robots.txt stance | Operator documents that it honors robots.txt |
| Operator documentation | https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829 link checked 2026-09-30 |
Provenance
What establishes this record, and when it was last checked — no speculative entries.
- Observed in live storefront telemetry (classifier lineage)checked 2026-07-30
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