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OAI-AdsBot

OpenAI's ads checker.

Operator
OpenAI
Type
Ads checker
In the user agent
OAI-AdsBot
robots.txt token
OAI-AdsBot
Follows robots.txt
does not say whether it follows robots.txt
Official documentation
developers.openai.com
Checked on
2026-11-04

What is OAI-AdsBot?

OAI-AdsBot is OpenAI's ads checker. It checks landing pages submitted as ads.

The operator's description: Checks landing pages submitted as ads on ChatGPT. (developers.openai.com)

How do I block or allow OAI-AdsBot?

With robots.txt, using the token OAI-AdsBot. OpenAI does not say whether it follows robots.txt. To block the whole site:

User-agent: OAI-AdsBot
Disallow: /

To allow it, use Allow instead of Disallow. Before blocking, weigh what it brings: look at how often it visits and what it brings before deciding.

How do I see whether OAI-AdsBot visits my site?

In your server or CDN access logs, look for OAI-AdsBot in the user agent. Google Analytics does not show these visits: agents do not run its JavaScript.

Anyone can copy the name in a user agent, so counting log lines is not enough. Knocklog reads your site's traffic on any host, confirms who is who, and shows how often OAI-AdsBot came, which pages it read and what that brought you.

How do I know it is really OAI-AdsBot?

OpenAI publishes OAI-AdsBot's IP addresses at https://openai.com/adsbot.json. A visit that claims to be OAI-AdsBot from outside those ranges is spoofed.

Knocklog runs this check on every visit and separates the genuine agent from impostors.

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