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18%
18% -- chatgpt referral traffic change for Amazon (2026)
Amazon saw an 18% month-over-month drop in ChatGPT referral traffic after blocking AI crawlers.
- Attributed to blocking AI crawlers and refusing open standards
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18%
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Data Vintage
2026
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45
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95
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r-sun.ai
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https://r-sun.ai/insights/agentic-commerce-stack ↗
Source Article
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Topics
- agentic commerce stack
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r-sun.ai
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Cited as consequence of blocking AI crawlers; original measurement not named
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IndustryRetail
Company SizeEnterprise
Channelsearch
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Amazon: 18% chatgpt referral traffic change. Source: r-sun.ai (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/amazon-chatgpt-referral-fall-18pct-mom
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