What is EzoicBot-Nicheiq?
EzoicBot-Nicheiq is a web crawler operated by Ezoic, a platform that provides ad optimization and site testing services for publishers. This bot gathers intelligence about websites to analyze content, performance, and ad placements to help improve monetization and user experience for sites using the Ezoic platform. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Ezoic |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
EzoicBot-Nicheiq usually returns to a small set of pages rather than crawling an entire site. Visits may follow an hourly, daily, or weekly schedule, while websites its clients do not monitor may never encounter it.
EzoicBot-Nicheiq's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.0; Pixel 2 Build/OPD3.170816.012) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; EzoicBot-Nicheiq; +http://www.ezoic.com/bot) |
How To Block EzoicBot-Nicheiq With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block EzoicBot-Nicheiq from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all intelligence gatherers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: EzoicBot-Nicheiq # https://knownagents.com/agents/ezoicbot-nicheiq
Disallow: /Global Statistics for EzoicBot-Nicheiq
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
0% of top websites block EzoicBot-Nicheiq in their robots.txt files.
Overall Intelligence Gatherer Traffic
3.5% of all web traffic came from intelligence gatherers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block EzoicBot-Nicheiq?
If you run ads, confirm EzoicBot-Nicheiq's purpose before blocking it. Some intelligence gatherers measure ad placements or evaluate pages for brand safety, and blocking those agents can interfere with advertising systems. If this one serves a different purpose, weigh any research visibility against sharing business or page-level data with third parties. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for EzoicBot-Nicheiq.
Does EzoicBot-Nicheiq Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. EzoicBot-Nicheiq is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether EzoicBot-Nicheiq respects it.
Does EzoicBot-Nicheiq Access Private Content?
No special access. EzoicBot-Nicheiq can read publicly available pages but cannot bypass authentication. Assume anything you publish openly may be collected.
Why Is EzoicBot-Nicheiq Visiting My Website?
A client of Ezoic may be gathering competitive intelligence, measuring advertisements, or evaluating content for brand safety. The pages requested reflect that client's objective.
How Can I Tell if EzoicBot-Nicheiq Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks EzoicBot-Nicheiq 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 "EzoicBot-Nicheiq". Look for repeated requests to the same small group of commercial or ad-supported pages. Because EzoicBot-Nicheiq does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.