- Company
- Apple
- Product
- Apple Intelligence
- Why it visits
- Indexing for AI / search answers
- How to verify
- IP list + reverse DNS
- User-agent contains
Applebot
How to tell a real Applebot from a fake
- The user-agent contains
Applebot. On its own this proves nothing: fakes copy it. - The visit’s IP address is inside Apple’s published list (apple, below). If it isn’t, it’s a fake.
- Or: the address’s reverse DNS name ends in .applebot.apple.com, and that name resolves back to the same address.
IP ranges: apple
24 ranges · updated 12 Oct 2026 · source search.developer.apple.com
Show all 24 ranges
17.241.208.160/27
17.241.193.160/27
17.241.200.160/27
17.166.192.48/28
17.166.240.48/28
17.166.248.48/28
17.166.20.0/24
17.166.21.0/24
17.166.22.0/24
17.166.23.0/24
17.166.24.0/24
17.166.25.0/24
17.166.232.0/24
17.166.233.0/24
17.166.234.0/24
17.166.235.0/24
17.166.236.0/24
17.166.237.0/24
17.166.150.0/24
17.166.151.0/24
17.166.152.0/24
17.166.153.0/24
17.166.154.0/24
17.166.155.0/24
Recent changes to these ranges
No changes recorded yet. When a company adds or removes ranges, it shows up here (lists are checked every day).
Allow or block Applebot in robots.txt
Block it everywhere:
User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /
Allow it everywhere:
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Fake bots ignore robots.txt: block them by address in your firewall instead.