B
Evidence Grade B
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73%
73% -- share of sites with ai crawler barriers for Websites (2026)
73% of websites have technical barriers blocking AI crawler access.
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73%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
OtterlyAI
Primary
Tier B
https://www.atomicagi.com/blog/how-to-rank-in-chatgpt-the-complete-guide-to-ai-search-visibility ↗
Source Article
How to rank in ChatGPT: 2026 guide to AI search visibility
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OtterlyAI
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OtterlyAI citation study
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Websites: 73% share of sites with ai crawler barriers. Source: OtterlyAI (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sites-blocking-ai-crawlers-73
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