What is Discordbot?
Discordbot scrapes URLs shared in Discord chats to generate link previews, extracting titles, descriptions, and images to provide contextual content previews within the platform. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Discord |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Discordbot usually makes a single request within seconds of a URL being shared, without crawling further. Traffic rises and falls with sharing activity, so a widely circulated link can produce a sharp burst of fetches.
Discordbot's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Discordbot/2.0; +https://discordapp.com) |
How To Block Discordbot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that Discordbot not access your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to request the same of all fetchers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Discordbot # https://knownagents.com/agents/discordbot
Disallow: /Global Statistics for Discordbot
As of August 11, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
2% of top websites block Discordbot in their robots.txt files.
Overall Fetcher Traffic
2.6% of all web traffic came from fetchers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by Discordbot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Discordbot?
Usually not. Blocking Discordbot may leave shared links without a title or image, making them less inviting to click. If it begins fetching at unexpected volume, try rate limiting before blocking it outright. For context, 2% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Discordbot.
Does Discordbot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. Discordbot is not expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule only communicates your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then use Agent Analytics to verify that its requests stop.
Does Discordbot Access Private Content?
No. Discordbot has no credentials and should access only the public URL and assets needed for a preview. It does not continue through the rest of your site.
Why Is Discordbot Visiting My Website?
Someone shared a link to your page. Discordbot fetched it to build a preview card, and each new share may trigger another request. A spike often means your content is circulating more widely.
How Can I Tell if Discordbot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Discordbot visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Discordbot". Look for a page and its preview assets being requested without follow-up navigation. Because Discordbot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.