What is OddlyBot?
OddlyBot crawls public web pages to create a verifiable record of what they published and when. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when OddlyBot visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | OddlyBot (+https://myoddly.com/bot; oddly-benchmark-bot) |
| Operated By | Oddly Even |
| Source | Official Website |
| Identity |
Verified
Verified Identification
Requests claiming to be this agent can be authenticated using its published verification method. |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is OddlyBot Visiting My Website?
OddlyBot is preserving your pages as part of a historical record. It returns periodically so the archive can capture how your content changes over time.
Should I Block OddlyBot?
Rarely. OddlyBot preserves snapshots of your pages through redesigns, migrations, and broken links. Blocking it prevents future captures but does not remove existing snapshots. To remove those, you must contact the archive directly. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for OddlyBot.
How Do I Block OddlyBot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block OddlyBot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all archivers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: OddlyBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/oddlybot
Disallow: /Insights for OddlyBot
As of November 9, 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 Compliance
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
OddlyBot Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From OddlyBot?
OddlyBot periodically fetches complete pages rather than checking metadata alone. Visit frequency typically rises with your site's popularity and update cadence.
Does OddlyBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
OddlyBot is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether OddlyBot respects it.
Is OddlyBot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. OddlyBot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking OddlyBot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. OddlyBot's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does OddlyBot Access Private Content?
No. OddlyBot archives only what an anonymous visitor can see. Anything public at crawl time may remain available in its archive long after you remove it from your site.
How Can I Verify a Request From OddlyBot?
Agent Analytics tracks visits from OddlyBot and every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper, then authenticates each visit using OddlyBot's published verification method. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "OddlyBot". Look for a page and its embedded assets being fetched again after a long interval. A matching log entry alone is not proof because any bot can claim to be OddlyBot.