{"id":702378,"date":"2025-12-06T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cloudflare-416-billion-ai-bot-requests-blocked-since-july\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:45:10","slug":"cloudflare-416-billion-ai-bot-requests-blocked-since-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cloudflare-416-billion-ai-bot-requests-blocked-since-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare: 416 billion AI bot requests blocked since July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f013053e7a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f013053e7a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cloudflare-416-billion-ai-bot-requests-blocked-since-july\/#Google_sees_32x_more_webpages_than_OpenAI_Cloudflare_CEO_Matthew_Prince_wants_Google_to_separate_search_crawling_from_AI_crawling\" >Google sees 3.2x more webpages than OpenAI. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince wants Google to separate search crawling from AI crawling.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_sees_32x_more_webpages_than_OpenAI_Cloudflare_CEO_Matthew_Prince_wants_Google_to_separate_search_crawling_from_AI_crawling\"><\/span>Google sees 3.2x more webpages than OpenAI. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince wants Google to separate search crawling from AI crawling.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>Cloudflare has blocked 416 billion AI bot requests for customers since July 1, according to CEO Matthew Prince. To highlight Google\u2019s massive edge in AI, Prince revealed that Google can see 3.2x more pages on the web than OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care.<\/strong> Generative AI systems are consuming huge amounts of web content, and many publishers have no way to push back. Cloudflare\u2019s numbers show how aggressively AI bots are scraping the web \u2013 and how uneven access is for the big AI companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>.<\/strong> Cloudflare customers have been automatically blocking AI crawlers since the company launched its pay-per-crawl initiative July 1, Prince said yesterday at WIRED\u2019s Big Interview event. Since then, Cloudflare has logged 416 billion blocked AI bot requests.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare\u2019s analysis showed that Google sees:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3.2x more webpages than OpenAI.<\/li>\n<li>4.6x more than Microsoft.<\/li>\n<li>4.8x more than Anthropic or Meta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThey have this incredibly privileged access,\u201d Prince said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture.<\/strong> Google gives publishers a lose-lose choice: Block AI training and risk vanishing from Google Search, or allow Googlebot and accept AI scraping.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cYou can\u2019t opt out of one without opting out of both, which is crazy. You shouldn\u2019t get to use your monopoly of yesterday to secure a monopoly of tomorrow,\u201d Prince said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The AI picture.<\/strong> According to Prince:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AI represents a major platform shift that could reshape the web\u2019s business model. <\/li>\n<li>Cloudflare wants to prevent consolidation, keep the web open, and help creators and businesses navigate the transition.<\/li>\n<li>Publishers already blocking AI crawlers are seeing encouraging results, Prince added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next. <\/strong>The value of \u201ccreative, original human thought\u201d will rise as AI models chase higher-quality training data, opening doors to paid licensing, Prince said. Meanwhile, Cloudflare is pushing AI giants \u2013 especially Google \u2013 to separate search crawling from AI crawling. Prince said:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cGoogle is the problem here. It is the company that is keeping us from going forward on the internet, and until we force them \u2013\u00a0or hopefully convince them \u2013\u00a0that they should play by the same rules as everyone else and split their crawlers up between search and AI, I think we\u2019re going to have a hard time completely locking all the content down.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The story.<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/big-interview-event-matthew-prince-cloudflare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1<\/a> (sub<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion required)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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