What is iAskBot?
iAskBot is an undocumented AI agent operated by iAsk. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | iAsk |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
iAskBot has no reliable traffic profile. Its crawl rate and targeting may change without notice, so the patterns recorded in Agent Analytics are the best guide to its behavior.
iAskBot's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; iAskBot/1.0; +https://iask.ai/) Chrome/124.0.6367.171 Safari/605.1.15 |
How To Block iAskBot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block iAskBot from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all undocumented AI agents at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: iAskBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/iaskbot
Disallow: /Global Statistics for iAskBot
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 iAskBot in their robots.txt files.
Overall Undocumented AI Agent Traffic
0.0% of all web traffic came from undocumented AI agents.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by iAskBot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block iAskBot?
Be cautious. iAsk has not stated why iAskBot visits, so any benefit is difficult to weigh against the cost. Block it if the traffic is excessive or targets content you do not want collected. Doing so does not affect traditional search rankings. For context, 2% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for iAskBot.
Does iAskBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. iAskBot 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 iAskBot respects it.
Does iAskBot Access Private Content?
Unknown. No access boundaries have been published for iAskBot. Assume it can read anything publicly reachable, and make sure sensitive areas require authentication.
Why Is iAskBot Visiting My Website?
iAsk has not disclosed why it visits. Possibilities include training-data collection, index building, or an unannounced experiment. Its request pattern is the best available clue to its purpose.
How Can I Tell if iAskBot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks iAskBot 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 "iAskBot". Compare its volume and targets over time; sudden changes may reveal a shift in purpose. Because iAskBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.