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Applebot

Apple
Directory statusActive
Last updatedSep 20, 2026

Overview

Applebot is a search crawler from Apple used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness; it appears in server logs as .

Profile

Operator
Apple
Classification
Search
Verification
Verified
Last verified
Aug 7, 2026
Common Use
Powering Apple search experiences including Spotlight, Siri, and Safari; crawled data may also be used to help train Apple foundation models unless publishers opt out with Applebot-Extended.
Company
Apple
Confidence
High
Family
Apple
Identity Type
official-documented
Kind
crawler
Purpose
indexing
Respects Robots
yes