Operator
Yandex
Yandex runs 34 bots across 5 agent types. Each one is a separate user-agent so you can allow or block them independently.
YaDirectFetcher is operated by Yandex. Competitive, marketing, or threat-intelligence data collection. Often crawls competitor pages, ad creatives, or pricing pages on behalf of a buyer.
yandex is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
Yandex bots is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexAccessibilityBot is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexAdditional is operated by Yandex. 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.
YandexAdditionalBot is operated by Yandex. 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.
YandexAntivirus is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexBlogs is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexBot is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexBot-MirrorDetector is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexCalendar is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexCatalog is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexDirect is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexFavicons is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexFordata is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexImageResizer is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexImages is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexMarket is operated by Yandex. Catalog crawler that indexes product feeds for AI-powered shopping experiences and answer engines. Allowing it is how products become discoverable inside agentic commerce.
YandexMedia is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexMetrika is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexMobileBot is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexNews is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexPagechecker is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexPartner is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexRenderResourcesBot is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexScreenshotBot is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexSearchShop is operated by Yandex. Catalog crawler that indexes product feeds for AI-powered shopping experiences and answer engines. Allowing it is how products become discoverable inside agentic commerce.
YandexSitelinks is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexTracker is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexTurbo is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexUserproxy is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
YandexVerticals is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexVertis is operated by Yandex. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YandexWebmaster is operated by Yandex. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
Live data · via Cloudflare Radar
See how Yandex'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 Yandex's
- ·Robots.txt and crawl-purpose breakdowns per operator
- ·Industry and content-type targets for each crawler
- ·Time-series trends going back several months