What is Google Videos?
Google Videos is a search engine crawler operated by Google. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
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| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Google Videos follows an algorithmic schedule shaped by your site's popularity, update cadence, and domain authority. It generally spreads requests across recurring crawl passes, throttles itself to limit server load, and respects crawl directives more reliably than most other bots.
How To Block Google Videos With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Google Videos from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all search engine crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Google Videos # https://knownagents.com/agents/google-videos
Disallow: /Global Statistics for Google Videos
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 Google Videos in their robots.txt files.
Overall Search Engine Crawler Traffic
15.8% of all web traffic came from search engine crawlers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Google Videos?
No, unless you want to remove your pages from that search engine. Google Videos supplies its index, so blocking it can eliminate your visibility and organic traffic there. Nearly every website should allow this category. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Google Videos.
Does Google Videos Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. Google Videos 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 Google Videos respects it.
Does Google Videos Access Private Content?
No special access. Google Videos can reach only content available to anonymous visitors and does not sign in. Make sure sensitive content is not public by mistake.
Why Is Google Videos Visiting My Website?
Google Videos is adding new or changed pages to its search index. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or direct submission.
How Can I Tell if Google Videos Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Google Videos 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 "Google Videos". Look for recurring passes that revisit changed pages and discover new ones. Because Google Videos does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.