What is NewsBlur Page Fetcher?
NewsBlur Page Fetcher is a bot operated by NewsBlur, an RSS feed reader and news aggregation service. It fetches content from websites on behalf of subscribers, with the user agent number indicating how many users are subscribed to that feed. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | NewsBlur |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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.
NewsBlur Page Fetcher's User Agent
| User Agent | NewsBlur Page Fetcher - 1723 subscribers - https://www.newsblur.com/site/9284876/the-atlantic ("Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/147.0.0.0") |
How To Block NewsBlur Page Fetcher With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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: NewsBlur Page Fetcher # https://knownagents.com/agents/newsblur-page-fetcher
Disallow: /Global Statistics for NewsBlur Page Fetcher
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 NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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 NewsBlur Page Fetcher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block NewsBlur Page Fetcher?
Usually not. Blocking NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for NewsBlur Page Fetcher.
Does NewsBlur Page Fetcher Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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 NewsBlur Page Fetcher Access Private Content?
No. NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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 NewsBlur Page Fetcher Visiting My Website?
Someone shared a link to your page. NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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 NewsBlur Page Fetcher Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks NewsBlur Page Fetcher 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 "NewsBlur Page Fetcher". Look for a page and its preview assets being requested without follow-up navigation. Because NewsBlur Page Fetcher does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.