What is MediaMonitoringBot?
Direct Answer: MediaMonitoringBot is a web crawler operated by MediaMonitoringBot that indexes news and media publishers' websites.
MediaMonitoringBot crawls and indexes news and media publishers' websites for new materials and tries to match it against keywords provided by customers (subscribers) and send them updates based on that information. It uses a specific user-agent string and follows robots.txt instructions from the database.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify MediaMonitoringBot in your live traffic data:
MediaMonitoringBot/1.1 (+https://mediamonitoringbot.com/crawler; crawler@mediamonitoringbot.com)
robots.txt Rules for MediaMonitoringBot
Respects robots.txt: Yes
Use the following robots.txt rules to control MediaMonitoringBot access:
# Block MediaMonitoringBot
User-agent: MediaMonitoringBot
Disallow: /
# Allow MediaMonitoringBot
User-agent: MediaMonitoringBot
Allow: /Robots.txt is a directive, not a barrier
MediaMonitoringBot states that MediaMonitoringBot respects robots.txt. However, configuration mistakes, caching delays, and edge cases mean your directives may not always be followed as expected. Live traffic verification confirms whether MediaMonitoringBot actually obeys your rules in practice.
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Crawl Behavior
Frequency:Not Documented
Request Pattern:Not Documented
Official Documentation Quotes
"MediaMonitoringBot crawls and indexes news and media publishers websites for a new materials and try to match it against keywords provided by our customers (subscribers) and send them updates based on that information."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for MediaMonitoringBot over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.
View recent activity data (last 7 days)
| Date | Activity Index |
|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 88.0 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 82.7 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 83.1 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 81.8 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 87.3 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 90.2 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 88.9 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track MediaMonitoringBot traffic?
Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. MediaMonitoringBot may appear in your live traffic data with varying frequency. Tracking its behavior helps you decide whether to allow, throttle, or block it based on actual data.
Protect your crawl budget. Every bot request consumes server resources. Understanding what MediaMonitoringBot crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.
Log Verification
To verify MediaMonitoringBot traffic in your live traffic data:
- Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
- Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by MediaMonitoringBot)
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available
Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.
Undocumented Information
The following information is not officially documented for MediaMonitoringBot:
- crawl frequency
- IP verification
- JavaScript rendering
Official Documentation
View Official MediaMonitoringBot Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.