Operator
Semrush
Semrush runs 18 bots across 3 agent types. Each one is a separate user-agent so you can allow or block them independently.
Semrush Reputation Management is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-BA is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-CT is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-ESI is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-FT is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-OCOB is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-SA is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-SEOAB is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-SI is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBot-SWA is operated by Semrush. Site-monitoring, uptime, performance, or QA tooling, usually run by a third-party SaaS on behalf of someone who manages the site. Rarely affects rankings or visibility.
SemrushBotBacklinkAudit is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBotBacklinks is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBotLinkBuilding is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBotSI is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SemrushBotSwa is operated by Semrush. Crawls broadly across the public web to gather content for training new model versions. Site owners can opt out via robots.txt, though enforcement varies by operator.
SiteAuditBot is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
SplitSignalBot is operated by Semrush. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
Live data · via Cloudflare Radar
See how Semrush'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 Semrush's
- ·Robots.txt and crawl-purpose breakdowns per operator
- ·Industry and content-type targets for each crawler
- ·Time-series trends going back several months