Can AI crawlers read instagram.com?
AI crawlers can read some of this site. The fixes below close the gaps. 11 of 20 checks failed.
Scored 57/100 on 2026-10-14 from https://www.instagram.com/
What an AI crawler gets
The first 400 characters of text in the HTML, before any JavaScript runs.
Instagram See everyday moments from your close friends . Log into Instagram Mobile number, username or email Password Log in Forgot password? Log in with Facebook Create new account Meta About Blog Jobs Help API Privacy Terms Locations Popular Instagram Lite Meta AI Muse Threads Contact Uploading & Non-Users Meta Verified English Afrikaans العربية Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά English English...
826 characters of readable text
Which AI crawlers are allowed
| Crawler | robots.txt says |
|---|---|
| GPTBot | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBot | Blocked |
| ClaudeBot | Allowed |
| Claude-SearchBot | Blocked |
| PerplexityBot | Allowed |
| Perplexity-User | Blocked |
| Google-Extended | Allowed |
| CCBot | Blocked |
| Bytespider | Blocked |
| Amazonbot | Allowed |
Score by category
Fixes, biggest first
Add structured data (JSON-LD)
Machine-readable facts about your business: name, logo, what you sell. AI systems use it to describe you accurately.
Publish a sitemap.xml
A list of every page you want found. Without one, crawlers only find what's linked.
Add real copy to the page
Readable text is a tiny share of the page's code, or there's very little of it. Crawlers summarise words, not markup.
Give the page an h1 heading
One clear main heading tells a crawler what the page is about.
Use semantic HTML tags
Tags like main, nav, article and footer show which part is content and which is chrome.
Describe your organisation in JSON-LD
Organization or WebSite objects tie your site to a known entity, so answers name you correctly.
Keep sitemap dates fresh
No lastmod date in the last 90 days, so crawlers can't tell what changed and may not come back.
Offer a machine-readable interface
A valid /openapi.json or /llms-full.txt lets AI agents use your product or read your docs in full, not just your homepage.
Add an llms.txt file
A short Markdown summary of your site at /llms.txt. Cheap to add, but few AI systems request it yet, so it's worth 3 points.
Write a descriptive page title
The title is often the only line an AI answer quotes. Say what you are and who it's for, in 10 to 100 characters.
Mirror llms.txt at /.well-known/llms.txt
Some tools look in the .well-known folder instead. A copy of the same file covers both.
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9 checks passed
- Publish a robots.txt file (4 points)
- Let GPTBot crawl the site (6 points)
- Let ClaudeBot crawl the site (6 points)
- Let PerplexityBot crawl the site (6 points)
- Put your words in the HTML (18 points)
- Stop serving an empty app shell (10 points)
- Add a meta description (3 points)
- Add Open Graph tags (2 points)
- Add a canonical link (2 points)