Operator
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo runs 3 bots across 2 agent types. Each one is a separate user-agent so you can allow or block them independently.
DuckAssistBot is operated by Duckduckgo. Fetches a page in real time when an LLM is mid-answer to a user question. Traffic spikes correlate with question volume rather than crawl schedules, so it shows up unpredictably.
DuckDuckBot is operated by Duckduckgo. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
DuckDuckGo-Favicons-Bot is operated by Duckduckgo. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
Live data | via Cloudflare Radar
See how DuckDuckGo's bots show up in real internet traffic
Cloudflare Radar publishes a continuously-updating view of AI bot activity across the websites Cloudflare protects. You can see which user-agents drive the most requests, how that share shifts week to week, and which industries each bot crawls hardest. The data refreshes on Cloudflare's side, so the link below is always current.
Open Cloudflare Radar AI InsightsWhat you'll find there
- User-agent share for every tracked AI bot, including DuckDuckGo's
- Robots.txt and crawl-purpose breakdowns per operator
- Industry and content-type targets for each crawler
- Time-series trends going back several months
AI operator best practices
How the leading AI operators behave: self-verification, distinct bots by purpose, and whether they respect robots.txt. Live from Cloudflare Radar.